Post by: 3rdEye on November 24, 2005, 01:10:00 PM
Post by: kaz786 on November 24, 2005, 01:16:00 PM
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Post by: 3rdEye on November 25, 2005, 04:48:00 PM
Post by: MoreCowBell666 on November 25, 2005, 05:42:00 PM
me and my 5 friends all have a 360, and its not defective/loud/etc....
fan noise is little to none, and yes, the dvd drive can be a little irritating, but its only loud when your using it, so all you have to do is turn up your movie/cd/game and voila, it goes away
Post by: saltydoc on December 07, 2005, 01:55:00 PM
. If the problem cant be solved, I may have to wait until I can put an alternative drive in myself. I will update this when I get the system back. So far the service has been spectacular. I had no wait time for customer service and the shipping box came to my door the next day. MS said that I will get my unit back in a week.
Post by: hellfire500 on December 07, 2005, 02:02:00 PM
send it in for a overhaul.
Post by: DarkSky Forever on December 07, 2005, 01:38:00 PM
Post by: AnC on December 10, 2005, 04:00:00 PM
QUOTE(saltydoc @ Dec 7 2005, 08:26 PM) 
I have the same problem with my 360. The DVD is louder than my 25yo refrigerator. It only happens with the 360 games and not with DVDs or xbox games. I sent my unit to MS for repair because the noise is unacceptable. Hopefully, I either have a bad drive or they have a newer model drive that they can put in. Turning up the sound to mask the noise is not a reasonable solution to the problem (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cussing.gif) . If the problem cant be solved, I may have to wait until I can put an alternative drive in myself.
I will update this when I get the system back. So far the service has been spectacular. I had no wait time for customer service and the shipping box came to my door the next day. MS said that I will get my unit back in a week.
the Dvd drive is loud on all the box's, same for the UK too. but silent when playing dvds and Xbox 1 games.
so its not a fault.. just xbox360 wanting to read its games at the highest Reader speed for some stupid reason, im thinking it must be a 16x dvd reader because at top speed they are all bleeding loud (even the supposedly siletn ones (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)).
Post by: schtruck on December 12, 2005, 02:43:00 AM
Now strangely i tried the New DVD demo from XBOX360 Magazine, and DVD read without making much noise??? so there is a first idear: perhaps Games Are protected, then DVD need to run Fast and Decrypt DATA quickly and Perhaps DVD Demo isn't encrypted.....
Same for DVD video, No noise...
Post by: Darcom on December 13, 2005, 06:43:00 PM
QUOTE(3rdEye @ Nov 24 2005, 09:17 PM)
Okay, I love the 360 so no bashing here, but I am wondering if my 360 is possibly defective. The fan noise is remarkably loud, more so than any other PC I've ever used. I know the G5 chips produce a boat load of heat, so I can understand the need to cool it. I just am hard pressed to believe it's supposed to be this loud. Anyone else experiencing this?
Yes my xbox 360 was about 3x louder then my custom PC with 6 fans. I also sent it in to get it fixed the guy who I talked to said it sounds like an over working fan problem which is common since this thing gets hot. I hope they send it back with the problem fixed and how my 360 ate my call of duty 2 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grr.gif)
Post by: AnC on December 14, 2005, 06:07:00 PM
QUOTE(Darcom @ Dec 14 2005, 01:43 AM)
Yes my xbox 360 was about 3x louder then my custom PC with 6 fans. I also sent it in to get it fixed the guy who I talked to said it sounds like an over working fan problem which is common since this thing gets hot. I hope they send it back with the problem fixed and how my 360 ate my call of duty 2 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grr.gif)
no its the dvd drive.. its louder than ANY fan i have ever used in a custom pc.. i garauntee it will come back and be just as loud as when you sent it off.
its a shit DVD drive, ms picked a manufaturer that could mass produce them at a cheap price.
Post by: AwS16v on December 18, 2005, 02:58:00 AM
Please modding dudes come up with a solution so we can swap out our cheap noisy drives with something a little bit more slicker/quieter...
Better still.....please ms can we have a 120gig hd so we can backup our games to hd and play without mini tornados in our sound-proofed games rooms...
mmm not likely me thinks 
Hey apart from this though the 360 kicks arse..
Post by: Ozy on December 18, 2005, 12:35:00 PM
Anyway, I'm getting a new x360 when my retailer gets them in, mine freezes too much.
Post by: coldsweat on December 20, 2005, 10:13:00 AM
The CPU's are basically Power PC G5's - If you know anyone who has an Apple G5, ask them how load their fans are, and I expect youll hear answers like 'Vacuum cleaner' & 'Harrier Jump Jet'! The Power PC processors generate a huge amount of heat compared to intel chips, and as such need big heatsinks - the mac G5 heatsinks are about 3" x 5" x 5" & with a 3" fan blowing on them!, the fans in the 360 are quiet by comparison.
Post by: jkt on December 20, 2005, 05:33:00 PM
as others have said... quit the game and go to the dash, its silent.
Post by: daghostmon on December 28, 2005, 12:57:00 PM
Post by: schtruck on January 04, 2006, 08:31:00 AM
New games, like DOA4 or DVD mag, use Last 360 devkit, and Speed is Controled, so no more Noise.
What's not cool, is that playing a game with DVDROM at full speed during some hours will reduce considerably the DVDROM life....
I have experienced recently some lock on game like NFSMW, and it seemed the DVDROM was too hot!!! arghhh
Post by: valius on January 04, 2006, 09:56:00 AM
QUOTE
Ok , i have an Answer from a Specialist..... DVDROM is controled by program, and seem that firsts Games, like Kameo/NFS/PGR3 and others used First 360 DevKit on which there wasn't Control on DVDROM read speed!!!
New games, like DOA4 or DVD mag, use Last 360 devkit, and Speed is Controled, so no more Noise.
What's not cool, is that playing a game with DVDROM at full speed during some hours will reduce considerably the DVDROM life....
New games, like DOA4 or DVD mag, use Last 360 devkit, and Speed is Controled, so no more Noise.
What's not cool, is that playing a game with DVDROM at full speed during some hours will reduce considerably the DVDROM life....
This seems like the most sesible post I have read in this thread....
I thought the DVD-ROM speed was cranked up to reduce load times & to compensat for the developers not being able to rely on 360's having HDD's to cach info off of the disc...
Post by: bigphill911 on January 04, 2006, 03:22:00 PM
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Post by: reservoirdog on January 17, 2006, 03:27:00 PM
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Post by: Captainskittles on January 18, 2006, 04:22:00 PM
my 360 is so freakin quiet no problems what so ever never froze once fans stay quiet at all times DVD drive is very quiet only with a slight increase in noise when spinning a disc still really quiet have to put my ear next to it to hear
Post by: cmcc186 on January 18, 2006, 08:50:00 PM
Just to let you know that its total pot luck and the odds will get better as time goes on as to the noise your 360 makes. Some units are fitted with much quieter but more expensive fans and DVD drives which will be introduced more as the 360 sells more and makes a profit. Same with the last XBox. The reason a few "good 'uns" are dotted around is so media reports, reviews and forums like this aren't full of "The 360 is too noisy....agreed....agreed....agreed" which gives it a bad image. But its too expensive to have quiet fans and drives in every machine. Happened with the last XBox and the PS2 too. My XBox is fairly noisy but my cousin's (who got his a year later) is whisper quiet.
Best way to reduce noise is to have it lying flat. The 360s fans will speed up and down according to temperature and the heat builds up more when its upright. Also your drive will make slightly less noise when running in a flat 360. Unfortunately the drive is a noisy bugger running at full speed (16x). Look it at this way. It has to transfer data to fill up that 512Mb RAM and put some data aside on the hard drive for later so it needs to be fast so you don't have 2 minute loading times.
Whats the 360's noise like when running XBox titles? I'm sure its much quieter.
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Post by: Hannard on January 21, 2006, 04:08:00 PM
Post by: wtk pro l on January 21, 2006, 04:16:00 PM
wow that sounded smart.
Post by: Hannard on January 21, 2006, 04:11:00 PM
QUOTE(wtk pro l @ Jan 22 2006, 12:47 AM) 
i think your fans are changing pitch to accomodate the higher tempatures that are produced the longer you run your system.
wow that sounded smart.
That thought occured to me, but the thing is, it does this from the moment it's turned on, and it goes up and down every minute or two.
This post has been edited by Hannard: Jan 22 2006, 12:21 AM