NB510 - noisy hard drive

Hi
I have just treated myself to a brand new nb510-11j and having owned and loved my old nb250 I thought this may be a better replacement as my boyfrind kept telling me the nb250 wasn't going to last forever and I should upgrade.
I recieved the new one yesterday and registered the warranty with toshiba and I just wanted to ask a couple of questions. The new one makes a low "rattle" noise from the minute I turn it on till it gets switched off. I assume it to be the hard drive but is this normal ? My mb250 ran pretty much silently and you only heard the hard drive kick in every now and then. Also it felt "warm" after a couple of hours, not boiling like an old laptop but just warm and my OLD computer never gets warm so I am a tad concerned about this too. I just need to know if it is normal or should I send it back whilst I still can ?
The other question was if I get this one upgraded to 2 Ram (which I did on the 250) is the toshiba warranty still valid ?
Many thanks
Jen x

To be honest my NB520 is pretty quiet and I dont hear anything. Im very happy with my machine. It is quiet, run perfectly and battery life is excellent. Friend of mine has NB550D and it is also extremely quiet.
As Akuma already wrote clicking noise on some HDDs is pretty normal but very annoying.
I dont want to make some panic here but I think you should exchange it and compare it with HDD on other machine.
RAM upgrade will not cancel warranty and this option is for notebook owners. My NB520 has 4GB inside.
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