Strange rattling sound

theres a very strange rattling sound from inside my Macbook. I first noticed it yesterday when i picked it up and heard a small sound so i shock it a bit harder n to my shock i heard a rattling sound i am to worried to open it up incase it falls out and really causes some damage plz help.

You can do one of two things.
Take it to apple and see if they can remove it.
Or you can remove the battery and then remove the l shaped shield covering the RAM and hard drive. Then it may fall out. Depends on where it is in your computer. If this doesn't work you should have apple remove it because it could short you system out.
Mort

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Take a cardboard tube, like from a paper towel roll, and make sure the sound is coming from the vid card. I know you said that if you touch the card the rattling stops, but let's make sure it really is coming from the card. Next, with the power off, pull the video card and blow it out with compressed air. Re-seat the card firmly and re-connect the power cables. Turn on the machine. Does it still rattle?
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