Constant ticking sound ...

[flounder]

Hi

I have recently received my new thinkpad, a T42 2378FVU ... While this one has no dead pixels like my last one, theres a constant, albeit very inaudible, ticking sound, just like tick tick tick tock tick ... This is apart from the normal fan noise ...

Is this ticking normal?

Thanks,

Regards,
Ali

[benz]

this is nothing abnormal - it is the hard drive optimizing OS files. this will taper off the more you use the laptop, mine did that for about a week then it all but stopped. If you absolutely must stop it, you can download TweakUI, it will allow you to turn off "Optimize hard disk while idle" which is a windows function.

[flounder]

Hey Benz,

Thanks man ... I feel relieved

[ian]

Really wierd - I got a watch that makes EXACTLY the same noise - and IT doesn't have XP...