Is Xbox noise normal?

bit of a bogey

Hi, recently bought an xbox 360 elite and the thing sounds like a boeing 747! Is this normal? It is still very playable but it is a fair bit louder than any games console or PC that Ive ever used before. Any thoughts? Thanks

Brimmy

Some can be noisy. If you install the game to your hard drive and play it through that it reduces the noise a lot.

TouchingVirus

Brimmy wrote: »

Some can be noisy. If you install the game to your hard drive and play it through that it reduces the noise a lot.

Yes, they are noisy. The disc spins pretty damn quick so to reduce this noise you should install the game to the hard drive as Brimmy said above. I think you press Y to go into Game Options and can install from there. Been a while since I did it, my xbox managed to "lose" this feature because I was bad :P

consultech

I read a post in this forum a few weeks back about someone who had remedied this problem by "wrapping a towel" around their xbox.

Do not do this.

Nonoperational

consultech wrote: »

I read a post in this forum a few weeks back about someone who had remedied this problem by "wrapping a towel" around their xbox.

Do not do this.

God no.

Xluna

bit of a bogey wrote: »

Hi, recently bought an xbox 360 elite and the thing sounds like a boeing 747! Is this normal? It is still very playable but it is a fair bit louder than any games console or PC that Ive ever used before. Any thoughts? Thanks

Yes but you become desensitised to it after a few years......

alexcorb1991

wait til you stick one of those aftermarket cooler fans on the back then it sounds like an air raid

ldr

if we install the game in the hard drive do you still need the cd to play the game?

TouchingVirus

ldr wrote: »

if we install the game in the hard drive do you still need the cd to play the game?

Of course you do. The only way to play a game you've got loaded on the hard drive is to pop in the game's CD. The CD is also required for security checks. Piracy would be so much easier and so much more prominent if all you had to do was walk into xtravision, rent the game, copy to hard drive and return it.

consultech

alexcorb1991 wrote: »

wait til you stick one of those aftermarket cooler fans on the back then it sounds like an air raid

...if you're hookin those up to the internal electrics they usually do more harm than good btw.

tbh there aint a lot of need to be using your disc tray for games if you've got a 120gb elite. The only time I hear my xbox is when I occasionally watch the odd DVD on the it cause Im too lazy to change up one of the 3 HDMI cables on my TV/buy a splitter.

consultech

ldr wrote: »

if we install the game in the hard drive do you still need the cd to play the game?

Yup. Still needs to authenticate.

However, the less-fortunate of us can't even install to our shiny 2 month old Elite HDD's!

TouchingVirus

consultech wrote: »

Yup. Still needs to authenticate.

However, the less-fortunate of us can't even install to our shiny 2 month old Elite HDD's!

I feel the pain too, but I'm learning to solder now. I'll fix it soon

Slippin Jimmy

My xbox is also very noisy. As suggested above if you install your game to your hd this will help reduce noise.

bit of a bogey

Cheers. Thanks for all the advice! It really is noisy as [EMAIL="f@&k"]f@&k[/EMAIL] but I'm starting to become immune to it!

Slippin Jimmy

bit of a bogey wrote: »

Cheers. Thanks for all the advice! It really is noisy as [EMAIL="f@&k"]f@&k[/EMAIL] but I'm starting to become immune to it!

Just do what I do....hire up the telly.

corcaigh07

consultech wrote: »

I read a post in this forum a few weeks back about someone who had remedied this problem by "wrapping a towel" around their xbox.

Do not do this.

mine doesnt work if I dont do this!

Slippin Jimmy

corcaigh07 wrote: »

mine doesnt work if I dont do this!

From doing a bit of reading on this. It will just give up eventually on you.

marky boii

Ya its 100% normal

Ridley

consultech wrote: »

I read a post in this forum a few weeks back about someone who had remedied this problem by "wrapping a towel" around their xbox.

Do not do this.

To be fair that would solve the noise problem. And of course invite the red ring of death into your home...

corcaigh07

Ridley wrote: »

To be fair that would solve the noise problem. And of course invite the red ring of death into your home...

thats what i was hoping for!

Ridley

corcaigh07 wrote: »

thats what i was hoping for!

Wanting free repair, hm? :pac: