Faint high pitched stratchy whirring sound

This morning whne i turned my macbook on i heard a faint high pitched scratchy whirring sound. I have not heard this before, and my computer is 3 days old. Anyone know what this is?

Ps: i have determined it is not coming from the speakers or anything but under the keyboard, so presumably the hd or something like that.

The Hard Drive?

I feel like the HD is on the right hand side of the keyboard and makes a constant low hum. This noise is from the left side and ocassionally dies away but then quickly comes back.

If its on the left then it is the fan.

but my internal temperature is only showing 34 degrees celcius on my widget

NikBhat said:

but my internal temperature is only showing 34 degrees celcius on my widget

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so....?

eek maybe im wrong but i thought the fan only kicked in at a higher temperature

How can I look up the temp of my hdd?

i downloaded a widget from the apple widget site

Ah ok, what is that widget called if you don't mind sharing?

heh, I looked but was unable to remember the name..uh I think i searched "temperature" or "internal temperature" just play around with that and you should find something (if not the same program)

Alright thx.

Okay i determined that it was in fact the fan and so this discussion can be closed by a moderator if they see fit

Try iSlayer, they have good stuff.

Incidentally I think the HDD is on the left of the track pad.

IronMac said:

Try iSlayer, they have good stuff.

Incidentally I think the HDD is on the left of the track pad.

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Awesome thx for that website.
The widget is awesome.