Thinkpad T530 Constant Beeping From CD Drive

My Thinkpad T530 has been constantly beeping for a few days now.
My laptop is about a month old and didn't start beeping until recently.
It isn't beeping from the speakers, but from some internal source.
I can hear it best when I put my ear up to the CD drive.
I am not sure if it is coming from the CD drive itself but it is from that general area.
It's a quiet beep and it beeps about once a second. 
Please help I really don't feel like sending my laptop in for such a minor issue.

so it is beeping without you even touching the keyboard?
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