Strange sound on start-up

Every time i open my MBA there is a strange sound comming from the left part of the keyboard near the "esc" button and power port. It's like a "clink" sound last 2 seconds almost like a short circuit sound.
Is this normal or should i go to apple service asap?

I would definitely have it looked at ASAP. If it is a possible warranty issue, you could be jeopardizing coverage if you continue to use it and further damage results from that continued usage. Irrespective of that, it never gets less expensive to repair, if you wait.

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I was using my computer just fine earlier tonight. The battery got low and the computer powered down.
Now, I cannot get the computer to start back up. It makes sounds like something is running smoothly. I've tried starting it up several times and done some of the keystroke combinations I've read on other posts (command, option, p, r and shift at start-up). Every time I can get it to do something, I either get a gray screen or a folder with a flashing question mark and one time I got it to get to the Apple logo where it just kept spinning.
Any ideas?

asyversen:
If you have the original HDD in the computer it is probably failing of failed. These HDDs have an average life of 3 to 5 years, and yours might have retired. If you are able to boot from the install disk to a Repair Disk
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel, and report if it says anything but Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
If DU reports errors it cannot repair you will need to use a utility like Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior
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Strange sounds - mid 2010 iMac 27'' i7

Hi all,
I have my new iMac for almost a month now and today I started hearing some strange sounds every 5 to 10 minutes. What I hear is something like a rat in the mac scratching its fingers on the aluminium:
chk---chk--chk-chk-chk-chk. It goes like this, one scratch - pause - second scratch - pause and finally four continuous scratches.
I have lowered the volume of the built-in mic and line in with no luck. When the sound is muted I don't get it so it's a sound coming from the speakers for sure.
Any ideas?
Regards

Well,
kinda embarrassed but whatever, someone else might have the same issue.
I'm writing the cause to save him/her from formatting the computer, spend hours on the net searching for strange sounds on iMac, cursing apple etc...
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Outlook.
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When comming from a sleep (not always, but when beeing longer in sleep) I hear (next to the superdrive sound that is normal) a sort of cracking 'strange' sound out of my left/center area just around where the fan is.
It's a sound like you plugin a radio with an headplug let's say. Seems to come out of the speakers, but i'm not sure about that.
Is it normal (didn't do this before, only noticed it now after a month)? Or can i add another point to the list when i'm calling applecare (i really have a very monday morning machine i guess,: cpu whine, display not ok, strage blinking numlock sometimes).
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2565669&#2565669

Great description...! I thought it sounded a bit like the trashcan sound.
I have got the same thing which isn't exactly my biggest problem... I also have the situation, that my MB doen't go to sleep, unless I directly tell it to. I thought the sound was related to that problem, but as none of you have mentioned it...?
Also my MB cannot be started normally every now and again and I have to do a PRAM reset to get it running again.
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The first one had the RSS, by the way.
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I need some help with a problem I have in Logic Pro 8.
When I have arrange window open, suddley strange high tones starts to make noise in my headphones. I don't know where these sounds comes from or why, but I need some help to get them away. Should I just try to contact Apple?
Martin

Hi Martin
Welcome to the forum. Give everyone here some more info about your set up otherwise it may be difficult to figure out what is wrong.
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Which OS?
any hardware devices?
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I'm new to Logic Pro, after having worked with garageband for many years. I've just been trying to record guitar through my audio interface, with strange results. I've set my audio in and output source as my M-Audio firewire solo, created an audio track, and selected the guitar sound I want. At first there was no input, then when I deleted the first track and created a new one, I could hear the guitar through the monitor and it was being input, but it had a horrible distorted and out of tune sound - and that was how it sounded when I recorded it too. Then I tried it again and it seemed to be working fine for about 5 minutes - it sounded fine through the headphones and the recording was right - but then went back to the strange sounds again - without me changing anything!
I'm using Logic Pro 9.1.8, on a Macbook Pro running Mac OSX 10.8.3, and have a M-Audio Firewire Solo audio interface.
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Stephen

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The sound comes from around the center to the bottom right of the keyboard and sounds like I guess a bubbling/gargling-ish scratching sound I guess. I have no idea where the CPU is on the MacBook so maybe it's coming from that? It's very difficult to explain but it's the only other strange sound I've heard besides the buzz in the top left corner so maybe some of you know what I'm talking about.
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Karl:
Sounds like you are due for a HDD replacement. Try booting from the install disk, launch Disk Utility in the Utilities menu and see if the HDD appears in the sidebar. You can also boot from the Apple Hardware Test and run the extended test. However, from your description it sounds very much like the HDD. Hopefully you have an up to date backup.
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Just done a fresh install of Snow Leopard with all updates,iMac 5.1 behaves strange, sometimes I start Google Chrome and look at youtube videos the computer freezes and shuts down immediately, I believe its related to overheating ?

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why it takes a long time to load a lot of things.
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Strange sound on retina macbook pro

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Try formatting the player, and loading a firmware update. Then load some new content (music) onto it. Also, if you have another set of headphones to try, that would be best, to make sure that isn't causing the problem.
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