New Satellite C660 - Rattles and has Bad Sectors?

Hi, I have just bought a C660, but I'm a bit concerned by a couple of things.
First, every time I type there's a rattling noise coming from within the laptop - that doesn't seem right, but I thought I'd check whether everyone has that?
Second, the hard disk reports more than 2,700 bad sectors in it's SMART data. For a brand new disk this seems very poor! Have I got one that's been dropped or something?
Thanks in advance for any comments!
Mark

Hi
The strange noise might be coming from the HDD. This would also explain the bad sectors on the HDD.
Try to test the HDD using an tool like Drive Fitness Test. Its freeware so you can download this from different pages
If some problems would be detected I would recommend replacing the HDD.
Warranty seems to be valid, so ASP should be contacted to get such HDD

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