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hello.

i got my laptop bac from cervice 2 months ago, and now it starts 2 make klicking sounds in the speakers, it vibrates and the fan goes all the time. what should i do? this will be the third time it will need a service, or ill get my money back.

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Given the symptoms you described — audible clicking, constant fan, vibration and an HDD area that gets extremely hot — treat this as a likely hardware problem and protect your data first. Back up anything important immediately and power the laptop down if the case gets hot enough to burn; continued use risks data loss or further damage.

A quick way to narrow the cause:

  • Determine whether the noise is electronic (audio clicks) or mechanical. Put your ear close to the speakers and then close to the hard drive area. Try headphones: if the click is still heard or the case vibrates, it’s probably mechanical/electrical inside the chassis rather than the speaker cone.
  • Boot into the BIOS/UEFI (before Windows loads). If the clicking persists there, it’s almost certainly hardware. If it only occurs after Windows loads, check drivers and power-management settings.
  • Check hard-drive health with the vendor’s bootable diagnostics or a S.M.A.R.T. utility. In Windows you can run chkdsk /r to find bad sectors — but S.M.A.R.T. warnings, high reallocated sector counts, or high temperatures point to a failing drive.

Building on suggestions from , and : scanning and blowing out the fan are reasonable first steps, but they don’t rule out a failing HDD or a failing power/audio component. Do not open the laptop if it is under warranty. Record the sound with your phone and demonstrate it to the service tech in person. Keep dates, receipts and service reports; after repeated failures ask for escalation or replacement under warranty/consumer rules.

Immediate checklist: backup now, record the noise, run HDD diagnostics, avoid heavy use if the chassis is very hot, and take the machine to service with your recordings and documentation. If diagnostics show HDD problems, request a drive replacement (consider an SSD swap) rather than another temporary fix.

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Member Avatar for laila christin

hello.

i got my laptop back from cervice 2 months ago, and now it starts 2 make klicking sounds in the speakers, it vibrates and the fan goes all the time. what should i do? this will be the third time it will need a service, or ill get my money back.

i hate this hp laptop

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Hi, scan ur pc for virus/spyware/malware. May be, without ur consent, some software would running in the background.
Follow these:
1. Download n install Malwarebytes from .
2. Then do a quick scan adn fix detected issues.
3. Reboot ur system and see if you still hear click sounds.

Member Avatar for maceman

Hi Laila Christin,

I would take it back to service and take the money back.
After scanning your computer you could try to clean the fan with compressed air.

Member Avatar for cguan_77

hello.

i got my laptop bac from cervice 2 months ago, and now it starts 2 make klicking sounds in the speakers, it vibrates and the fan goes all the time. what should i do? this will be the third time it will need a service, or ill get my money back.

test your laptop in front of the tech but you should have tested it before you bring it back.

Member Avatar for laila christin

Hi Laila Christin,

I would take it back to service and take the money back.
After scanning your computer you could try to clean the fan with compressed air.

i have runned malware scan,virus,trojan and spyware scan, but there is nothing that comes up on it. so i think ill get my money bac 2 day.

Member Avatar for laila christin

test your laptop in front of the tech but you should have tested it before you bring it back.

i have done everything that i can do. after 34 type of scans last night my screen started 2 blink. i still have a klicking sound in my speakers, and my fan is clean and only 2 months old:( but the mailthing i dont understand is that were my hdd is it gets so hot that i can burn my hand on it.

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