Ticking sound when keyboard is pressed? Windows 7

It's plausible that the Filter Keys mode has been enabled accidentally.

In order to disable Filter Keys:

  1. Open Control Panel
  2. Go to Ease of Access Center
  3. Find the link called "Make the keyboard easier to use"
  4. Click the "Turn on Filter Keys" checkbox to disable it
  5. Click OK.

I had the same problem after forcing my (dell xps17) laptop to shutdown. It somehow ended up in "manufactured mode" with this bip.

I just had to press fn + x just when restarting it to solved that.

I did not even know they were a "manufactured mode" before that.