T400s Hard Drive Clicking - Load/unload cycle count SMART Attribute decreasing very quickly

Hi,
I get a T400s 2808 CVG. I degrade to XP Pro SP3.
The Hard-drive is Toshiba MK2529CSG.
I experience Hardrive clicking (or ticking) when the hard drive is idle. Forcing the drive to be busy silences the ticking sound.
On the other hand I get the issue that "Load unload cycle count" SMART attribute is decreasing very quickly. I loose 1 point each 4 or 5 days.
I also make a little test to check the correlation between the reported number of load unload cycle count and the ticking sound.
Postive. Each time I hear the tick, each time the SMART attribute report one more Load/unload cycle count.
Any one get the same issue?
Any solution?
I already see and read http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_hard_drive_clicking
Thanks and regards,
Patrick

any harddisk that make any unusual mechanical noises probably means the the harddisk will die soon
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