Alienware 14 Freezing?

Hey guys, I just received my Alienware 14 and I seem to be having a bit of a Bad Luck Brian situation with it. When I first booted it up out of the box, it took me three attempts to get it to start. It would power up to the Windows loading screen and just shut off. When I finally got past that, I noticed from time to time my system would literally freeze up and I would have to hold the power button to turn it off. I ran the basic and extended diagnostic tools from the BIOS but nothing showed up as being faulty. The freezing has been sporadic so I'm not really sure what to put it down to.

Anyone else having issues like this? 

Also, to the right hand lower portion of the laptop (to the right of the trackpad), I occasionally hear a really loud noise (like something activating).