What's that noise?

My 10 month old 12" PB, 1.5 GHz, has suddenly started making noise when it heats up. I'm assuming its the fan. Of course, it doesn't do it all the time .. just some of the time and it never used to at all. Should I take it to the Apple Store for repair?
Thank you

hi, Tom4jax -
difficult to help you at this moment. can you describe the noise somewhat better? is it a fan, or is it a clicking sound from the disk drive? i presume it is not noise form the loudspeakers (just to be sure...)
and what do you mean with "heating up"?
Under normal conditions, my PB12 is quiet; there is a very very little fan sound. when I start it, i can hear the hard disk working. When the PB has to work very hard, the fans are kicking in in order to cool the processor.
this as indication how my PB works wrt noise.
please, post back with some more details.
thomas

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