that is what i was thinking. there was no noise that i could hear. and it was making me mad. then i took it apart and the smell was so strong and there was so much dust and peices that were about 2 inches across were just sitting there. i have a plastic sandwich bag with peices in it. and some of the peices are just like, shit, how did this happen and not make a sound? that is odd. but im glad i found out what it is. and i am going to try to return it as a manufacturing defect.