MacBook Pro w/RD: Strange whining noise!!!

My Mac recently got serviced at an Apple Store - and there seems to be a problem. When I power it on, and while I am using it, there seems to be a strange whining noise coming from the upper-right hand side (when looking down at the keyboard). Near the Power Button! It's been drifting in and out of a local Authorized Repair Place, and the problem still is not evident.
It wasn't occurring before I brought it to the Genius Bar. I don't have a pentalobular screwdriver. They had gone into the machine and reset the EFI password at the Genius Bar. All help appreciated! Thanks!
I have a desperate project that needs to be completed before the 25th. I need this back (my machine) before January 22nd, 2013. Please keep that in mind when suggesting repair options.

Isit just when it starts up ? What about when entering a disc into the drive, do you get a almost crunching sound? If so, most definitely the optical drive. Mine is the same, nothing to worry about.. I haven't had any problems so far, sometimes when burning a disc I get errors, but nothing major.

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