Anyone else experienced a continual clicking sound?

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    My week-old Aspire One 10.4" netbook makes the clicking sound that a computer usually makes when shutting down, every few hours of use. Is this normal?
     
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    No. Clicking sound comes often from dying HDD... It could be coincidence obviously but a lot of people reported this type of issue...
     
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    Strange enough my old 150 model used to make this clicking sound all the time. I thought the hard drive was farked. But it turns out the AAO died completely before the hard drive. It's currently hooked up to my Wii so I don't have to use disks anymore (stops the kids from scratcthing them)
     
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    OK, thanks, do you think I should return it to the store?, it's only a week old
     
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    You might want to read below about HDD clicks on the Acer. It's both a power management and more importantly a safety feature - whether it's necessary depends on how rough the user is on the machine. I wouldn't disable it if I was slinging it around in a backpack instead of mainly using it about the house.

    As described, A1ctl fan control software is much used and discussed here - I don't know how well it works on the latest models:

    http://nodadev.wordpress.com/pc-projects/a1ctl/
     
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