Got new 700M...have some issues

Hey all...first time here. Well, I just received my new I700M and I'm loving it but I have three issues I can't figure out. First, I can't update any of the bios on the dell site. When I do, it tells me that I have to have the AC plugged in and with the battery at atleast 10% charged in order to update the bios, but eventhough everything is set, I still can't update it. I don't know what the problems is.

Second, when I load cds into the DVD/CDRW drive it makes all kinds of loud noises. The laptop starts to vibrate, the touchpads keys buzz, and worse of all, the drive itself is making clanking/clunking noises when it spins. I can stand the the laptop vibrating, but the drive is making some ugly noises like it's banging on to something. It might be a bad cd drive, but it seems like it's hitting against the walls of the laptop as well. I don't know...it's pretty bad. This can't be normal right? I've never experienced this on laptops before.

Third, the harddrive makes clicking noises. Every few seconds it clicks. "click, click, click" Eventhough I'm not using it, it'll still make that noise. Is this normal or is the drive bad? Is there a fix?

I hope you guys can help me out or at least point me in the right direction. This is my first Dell and although I happy with my purchase, these minor issues or giving me a headache. Thanks in advance for any help.

Oops, forgot to mention...it's the 40 gig one, I don't know the maker. I can hear it loading and such which is normal to me, but the clicking noise is new for me. I've never heard that before on my other laptops so I don't know if it's normal. Is there a fix for this one?

But yea, about the cd drive, it's the dvd player, and CDRW burner one...not the dvd burner itself. It does make some unsual loud noises kinda like..."khut, khut, khet" when it's loading and then when it winding down. A couple times, my dvds wouldn't eject. For people that have this model, does it just spins and winds down..."smoothly" and not sound like somebody's trying to strangle it?

This really sucks because it's my first Dell and I was not expecting this. The only thing I WAS expecting was the bad service and it seems like I will have to face them after all.

Is it really normal for the clicking noise? It's really annoying....like clock ticking around your ear. It just found out it's a 40gb hitachi. Sucks!

I also took out the dvd drive and put it back in, still the same problem...loud clunking loading noises.

Looks like I have to call Dell for fix.

Any other 700M owners experiencing these problems? I'm beginning to think it's just me!

Lucky you...sorry about your LCD though. You should get it fixed.

I will do as you guys suggested. The clicking is annoying. I swear I was at the library and people were staring at me. I don't think it was at the nice new laptop! It was the noise! I also found out that my 700M already has A02 installed. Also, the cd drive is really bad. It does this with all cds. The only time it makes the noises is when it first loads and when it winds down. In between that it sounds like normal spinning.

Thanks for all the help!