help clicking noise on 380Z thinkpad laptop?

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Hi,
I recently purchased a used 380Z thinkpad. Everything on it seems to
run fine, except it makes a clicking noise that is very irritating.
Does anyone know why it does this? If I have it just sitting on the
table turned on, I can hear it from across the room. Any suggestions,
ideas? Is this something that can be fixed?

Thanks for any help

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

In article <Xns94E513AB84D00sonicyouth@216.196.97.135>, heyho@letsgo.com
says...
> keyto <keyto@lava.net> wrote in news:MPG.1b0895d3df70ed83989681
> @news.chartermi.net:
>
> > Hi,
> > I recently purchased a used 380Z thinkpad. Everything on it seems to
> > run fine, except it makes a clicking noise that is very irritating.
> > Does anyone know why it does this? If I have it just sitting on the
> > table turned on, I can hear it from across the room. Any suggestions,
> > ideas? Is this something that can be fixed?
>
> sounds like the hard-drive.... some ibm travelstars had a big problem in
> like 1999 or 2000... is that the era of this laptop? if so, you might want
> to get a new drive.
>
>
Thank You!