My brand new Macbook Pro makes an odd repetitive sound.

I recently bought a brand new macbook pro as I just returned my Macbook 2.4ghz only 2 weeks after using it as apple upgraded their whole line of laptops just after my purchase. The Macbook made no sounds when it turned on maybe a 2 second flicker noise when being woken up but thats it. My new MBP makes this repetitive sound 3 times over like it's taking in a disk when it's not, I haven't even installed a disk yet. Is there anyway I can fix this or will I have to take it to the genius bar?
Thanks
Garrett

I would disagree... Chances are that if it's bad enough to annoy you like you say then it is more than likely a problem and you should (again) take it back and show the person at the Apple store. I have a late 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro that I bought two months ago and the DVD drive stopped working properly as well (among other things).

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