I had the creaking noise upon receiving it. On my unit, it was that the black plastic strip had come unclipped on one side. Just push the plastic strip back in place making sure that the teeth of the clips hook back in place. Voila.
This processor is a bit slow for my tastes, though. I’ll give it a few more days to see if its just my Google Drive / Dropbox hogging resources. My CPU usage is almost always 80% – 100% used! Also the trackpad is a bit annoying. I’ve been spoiled by my Surface Pro 4 all these years. Maybe I’ll try the Xiaomi
