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Hi,

I appear to be having a strange problem with my laptop. I am having a
constant ticking noise come from my laptop, which would make one think
it is a hard-drive error, but the noise only sounds when I have one
particular application open. The second that application is minimised,
the ticking noise stops and doesn't continue until that application is
opened again - Strange !!

I have checked all settings etc with my laptop and the application, but
cannot seem to cure the problem.

If anyone has heard of this before or is aware of a fix - please
let me know as it is most frustrating !!

Thanks,
SelCo.

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sounds to me like a bad sec tor in the hardrive to a scandisk and
defrage to see if that helps

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selco40@hotmail.com wrote:
>constant ticking noise come from my laptop, which would make one think
>it is a hard-drive error, but the noise only sounds when I have one
>particular application open.

And the name of this mystery application?

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What for a application is that? Harddisk intense? Dell has an Firmware
upgrade for HTS Hitachi drives maybe yours needs one, too..

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