Gerry, is yours an AMD as well? I bought 3 AMD HP desktops, and they had
this problem among other problems. Like losing the audio sync and the
movies, etc. I know some people love AMD processors and some swear at
them. If I see a good deal and it has a AMD, I skip over it and just
look for Intel processors. As AMD has problems with many chipsets.
Rumors say it is getting better, but I don't believe it yet.

And Kevin, I too have a Gateway Celeron M laptop and I love it. I love
it so much as leave my desktop off and have my Gateway hooked up as my
desktop. Removing a few cables and I am portable. I even use it with my
USB TV Tuner card and I record a lot too. While I do have a DVD recorder
for the TV too, but I like the recording on the laptop better. If it
isn't too late for your friend Kevin, if it were me, I would take it
back and get an Intel based laptop.

--
Bill

"Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in message
news:4586aaa3$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net
> Could be the HD turning over, got the same thing with my ACER system,
> bloody annoying when your in a quiet room.
>
> Haven't worked out if it just the norm or the HD's on its way out,
> but its been doing it since I bought it about 5 months ago.
>
>> My friend recently got a new laptop, Gateway laptop with AMD 64
>> turion processor, not sure which hard drive.
>>
>> There is this annoying clicking sound coming from the laptop.
>>
>> Here are some attributes of the sound:
>>
>> 1) It seems to be the same sound as the "Windows Explorer
>> navigation" sound that you can set in sounds from the control
>> panel. I did try setting this to "None", but this did not resolve
>> the issue. 2) The sound occurs intermittently even if there is no
>> user on the
>> laptop, if it is just sitting on the counter, you will be able to
>> hear the clicking as if someone was clicking on web links in Internet
>> Explorer.
>>
>> I have read multiple posts in an attempt to find someone who has
>> experienced this. The only thing I found is that some people believe
>> it could be related to "spyware".
>>
>> Does anyone know what could cause this? A virus? spyware? hard
>> drive problem?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Kevin