Odd alert sound from Macbook Pro Retina

Hi, my 13-in MacBook Pro Retina is late 2013 version installed with OS X Mavericks 10.9.4.
Recently, every now and then there will be a "ding" tone that sounds.
I have checked. I do not have any alerts on nor is it the incoming email alert.
I also could not find this sound under the sound alerts menu.
Anyone can be of help?

sorry to hear about your problems. Try running Audio MIDI, see what's it's set it for both the line out/digital out. Holding down the Alt Key (next to the space bar) gets you a list of all the input and output devices on your macbook pro. Also, see if accessibility is turned on under system preferences. Other than that, I can't say. if you have wifi problems, see if there's an update for it (airport?) or see if you can change Wi-ifi channels on your printer
well, I tried anyways
JB

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I’ll be very gratefully for your help. I wonder if only my MacBook making this noises or all MacBook Retina late 2013 making this.
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Jon Bo wrote:
Hi Mateusz,
I have the same issue on my new MBP retina 13 late 2013. It's not disturbing because I can hear it in only very quiet room and only if the content of the screen is changing (like scrolling web pages). It reminds me the sound of old 3'5'' hard discs. I first thought it's a hdd, but then realised my mac has only SSD.
I think it's a noise from the voltage regulators. This is normal for very high speed high-voltage signals.
But any way, MBP 13 late 2013 is the best laptop I ever saw
It's just silent and cool like an ipad. I wonder if it has a rotating cooler at all.
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Thank you Jon Bo for your response. I agree with you. This noise is something like electronic noise, and it is related to the graphics card.
The rMBP 13 late 2013 works without any noise other then situations I’ve described above. The noise is so quiet that I can't hear it when e.g. external HDD working in the same room.
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