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It is now my second day to using this laptop, and quite often, I tend to hear crackling noises coming from the laptop. As a side note, the laptop is not able to handle functions such as opening 3-4 windows with other applications in the background. Could the reason behind the crackling noise be from the HDD hard drive?
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Hi,
Does the noise coming through the speaker or do you hear from around HDD area? You could try using another HDD to eliminate the faulty HDD, if possible, on the other hand, if it's through the speakers, you could try reinstalling the Sound driver.
You can try a program like CrystalDiskInfo to check if your drive is failing. Is it a scratching type noise? It could also be the speakers possibly, try playing a video and see if you can replicate the noise.