360 owners

Post by **tnf** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:17 am

Is your 360 pretty loud, specifically when reading discs?

I'm not sure if its just mine, or if they are loud in general. I can definitely hear the drive when it is accessing the disc, and am always concerned about what a normal noise is vs. what a 'bad' noise is (i.e. a noise that might indicate problems with the drive).

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:40 am

I've heard every 360 everywhere scratches discs, so it's probably quite loud and it's a bad noise.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:45 am

JulesWinnfield wrote:I've heard every 360 everywhere scratches discs, so it's probably quite loud and it's a bad noise.

They do, when you move them while they are reading and turned on..

Post by **booker** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:39 am

I've had other cd drives that were louder but I can hear it when the games starts up. Once in game I can't hear it.

Post by **ImInDeepShit** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:42 am

ever used a dreamcast? that thing sloud.

Post by **neh** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:44 am

mine is only loud playing GRAW for some reason (really whines a lot unfortunately) - other games its pretty fine - having said that I've just put it flat now rather than upright - I reckon that sill sort a lot of that noise out tbh

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:19 am

The 360 is loud, but damn, look whats inside it, its gotta have some serious cooling...

I hopoe one day M$ release a smaller, wtaer cooled version or something like that, with a HD ready drive... Thats a win :icon14:

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:46 am

its not really that loud. i mean yea you hear the disc spin the first 10 seconds but after that you hardly hear it. ofcourse i always have my sound pumped up but its not louder than loading from a cd in your pc.
it hooves a bit during full auto though, but i never had any whining going on. my 360 seems to rock *knocks wood*

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:53 am

my xbox is pretty loud, way louder than my computer

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:54 am

yeah, mine is. It's normal.

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:54 am

Grudge wrote:my xbox is pretty loud, way louder than my computer

You have a 360?

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:55 am

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:57 am

stupid cunt. this topic's for 360 owners.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:04 am

well, duh

Post by **Fender** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:22 pm

My buddy has one. He let me borrow it for a week when he went away for work. I could hear it from behind a glass door on my entertainment stand.

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:26 pm

entertainment stand

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:30 pm

glass door.. to improve circulation :icon14:

Post by **Fender** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:44 pm

There are holes in the back. Prevents the 14 month old from pushing buttons and turning dials and pulling cables. The first button she learned to push was the power button on the TV. I had to disable the front panel.

Post by **tnf** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:14 pm

o'dium wrote:The 360 is loud, but damn, look whats inside it, its gotta have some serious cooling...

I hopoe one day M$ release a smaller, wtaer cooled version or something like that, with a HD ready drive... Thats a win :icon14:

I thought the video showed that the processor itself is already using a water-cooled device.

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:32 pm

na, i think it's just a fluid based cooler.

Post by **booker** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:59 pm

could always do it like this

[lvlshot]http://watercooling.50webs.com/4/3.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **shaft** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:55 pm

Mine is loud..I didnt even have a disc in it, I was messing with media center extender, it was alright when it was idle..but when I would start a video the fans would turn up quite a bit.