Envy sleekbook speaker rattling and screen brightness won't go down

Hello! I have an hp envy that when I play any music on there is a rattling sound coming from the top left speaker. The sound stops when I press mute. I restarted the computer and tried to play a song file and it seemed fine until I started another program (windows movie maker) and the sound again started to rattle. It has not done this in months. I bought the computer in October 2014 and I remember hearing that rattling sound briefly, but then it stopped and I never noticed it again. 
Also, just in the past day I noticed that my screen was super bright and in an effort to save energy I hit the key on the the keyboard and nothing happened. I went to settings and scrolled the brightness down but the screen did not change.

Holly_J wrote:
Here are some troubleshooting steps to try for the screen brightness: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&​lc=en&docname=c00832191
As for the speaker, you may want to try reinstalling the wireless driver: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-Que​stions/Buzzing-and-Crackling-Sound-w-HP-ENVY-Sleek​...
Let me know if that helps!
I've checked out the link and tried a few of those options however my screen brightness will not change. The slider in the options says that it is all the way down but the screen does not change. And when I press the keys on the keyboard for brightness nothing pops up on the screen saying that it is going up or down. This is just strange. It doesn't adjust when I unplug the power adapter either.

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