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Why is my new 360 SO LOUD?

EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles.Portland, ORRegistered User regular
edited May 2009 in Games and Technology
I just picked up a new 360 Arcade from Gamestop. Got it home, popped in Fable II, and the DVD drive is very, very, very loud. Is this normal?

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  • Uncle_BalsamicUncle_Balsamic Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yes. They are very noisy things. The one I've got recently is extremely loud although nothing bad has happened yet so I assume it's normal.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Uncle_Balsamic wrote: »
    Yes. They are very noisy things. The one I've got recently is extremely loud although nothing bad has happened yet so I assume it's normal.

    Wow. I don't remember my old 360 being this loud. I mean, it's REALLY spinning. Is there anyway to minimize this?

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  • Rex DartRex Dart Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Install your games to the hard drive.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Rex Dart wrote: »
    Install your games to the hard drive.

    This.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Rex Dart wrote: »
    Install your games to the hard drive.

    This.

    No, This.
    Esh wrote: »
    I just picked up a new 360 Arcade.....

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  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    But he bought an arcade. So no hard drive.

    I'm curious as to just how loud it sounds since you're saying it is louder than your previous console.

    EDIT: Beat'd

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    360 Arcade

    That. Don't think the damn thing has much space at all does it?

    Beat'd too.

    Well if you want to install shit onto it you'll need to buy an Xbox 360 Hardrive, the 20GB ones are pretty cheap.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    CarbonFire wrote: »
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Rex Dart wrote: »
    Install your games to the hard drive.

    This.

    No, This.
    Esh wrote: »
    I just picked up a new 360 Arcade.....

    Well, I'm buying a hard drive for it next week. So then I will.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Kuratosu wrote: »
    But he bought an arcade. So no hard drive.

    I'm curious as to just how loud it sounds since you're saying it is louder than your previous console.

    EDIT: Beat'd

    It's almost distracting from the game. Though I seem to remember hearing that Fable II loads quite a bit from the disc, so maybe that's it?

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

    No, it's a Jasper.

    Also, it says I only something like 80 megs free on the onboard memory. I haven't updated Live and there's only Fable II save on there. What gives?

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    CarbonFire wrote: »
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Rex Dart wrote: »
    Install your games to the hard drive.

    This.

    No, This.
    Esh wrote: »
    I just picked up a new 360 Arcade.....

    Well, I'm buying a hard drive for it next week. So then I will.

    That will more or less solve your sound problem, though make sure to get a sufficiently large HD (60+) so you can fit all your games on it.

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  • HedgethornHedgethorn Associate Professor of Historical Hobby Horses In the Lions' DenRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

    No, it's a Jasper.

    Also, it says I only something like 80 megs free on the onboard memory. I haven't updated Live and there's only Fable II save on there. What gives?

    When you say you haven't updated Live, you mean you still have the old style Dashboard? After installing NXE, you should have about 85 MB of free space on a Jasper.

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  • Big DookieBig Dookie Smells great! DownriverRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I have to say, mine is pretty loud too. I just got it back in December, so it's fairly new, and I just assumed all of them were this loud.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Not only are 360s baseline loud but I've heard people say that Fable 2 is a very noisy game played off the disc. So there's that too.

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    My Red Elite Jasper is as silent as the grave compared to my launch 360.

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

    No, it's a Jasper.

    Also, it says I only something like 80 megs free on the onboard memory. I haven't updated Live and there's only Fable II save on there. What gives?

    Assuming it's a recent arcade, you'll also have several XBLA game and 360 game demos preinstalled on there as well. Feel free to delete them if none of them interest you.

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I've got a launch model. It's also pretty loud, I can promise.....though generally speaking, it doesn't approach the sound of the game (unless I'm in a particularly quiet point).

    But I tend to play my games fairly loud.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Zerokku wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

    No, it's a Jasper.

    Also, it says I only something like 80 megs free on the onboard memory. I haven't updated Live and there's only Fable II save on there. What gives?

    Assuming it's a recent arcade, you'll also have several XBLA game and 360 game demos preinstalled on there as well. Feel free to delete them if none of them interest you.

    It came with a DVD with some games on it, which I traded in right away at the store along with the composite cable (I bought a component for now). I'm not seeing anything besides the Fable II save in my "Memory". Where exactly else should I look?

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    Zerokku wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

    No, it's a Jasper.

    Also, it says I only something like 80 megs free on the onboard memory. I haven't updated Live and there's only Fable II save on there. What gives?

    Assuming it's a recent arcade, you'll also have several XBLA game and 360 game demos preinstalled on there as well. Feel free to delete them if none of them interest you.

    It came with a DVD with some games on it, which I traded in right away at the store along with the composite cable (I bought a component for now). I'm not seeing anything besides the Fable II save in my "Memory". Where exactly else should I look?

    All right then. Nevermind. If you got one with a CD then you wouldn't have the demos.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I have to say, mine is pretty loud too. I just got it back in December, so it's fairly new, and I just assumed all of them were this loud.

    They're not all that loud. If it's that loud, it's a sign that something's wrong with the DVD drive. My last refurb ran whisper quiet, and the Jasper I replaced it with this week is only fractionally louder.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Zerokku wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    Zerokku wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Sounds like you have an older model. What's the date on the back?

    No, it's a Jasper.

    Also, it says I only something like 80 megs free on the onboard memory. I haven't updated Live and there's only Fable II save on there. What gives?

    Assuming it's a recent arcade, you'll also have several XBLA game and 360 game demos preinstalled on there as well. Feel free to delete them if none of them interest you.

    It came with a DVD with some games on it, which I traded in right away at the store along with the composite cable (I bought a component for now). I'm not seeing anything besides the Fable II save in my "Memory". Where exactly else should I look?

    All right then. Nevermind. If you got one with a CD then you wouldn't have the demos.

    Apparently it DID download the update, it just hadn't installed it. Weird. Now I just have to find my Download History..

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  • ArasenArasen Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    On my 3rd dvd drive in my 360, louder than hell. It's a pretty big turn off compared to my whisper quiet PS3. Never really realized how loud it was until having something to compare it to. Hopefully when this one dies when the waranty is over the replacement one will be quieter.

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It can get kind of loud, but its most likely Fable 2 causing the problem. It reads a lot off the disc

    only real solutions are either get a hard drive and install it or stop playing it.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    LookFreeGrenade wrote: »
    It can get kind of loud, but its most likely Fable 2 causing the problem. It reads a lot off the disc

    only real solutions are either get a hard drive and install it or stop playing it.

    Can't stop playing. Love it so much. So loud though. Hopefully I make some decent cash at my new job this next week.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I also found mine was significantly quieter when horizontal as opposed to vertical.

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  • MoioinkMoioink Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fable 2 is the poster child for game installs on 360. The noise the drive makes and the menu lag is unbearable when running off the DVD.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    It seems to be random, actually

    sometimes my 360 is whisper quiet running off the disc on any game (fable included)

    sometimes it's like RARGGHH I AM A DVD DRIVE NOISE NOISE when playing.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Jam Warrior wrote: »
    I also found mine was significantly quieter when horizontal as opposed to vertical.

    I always run Horizontal. There's something about vertical that just freaks me out.

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  • ChewyWafflesChewyWaffles Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    I just picked up a new 360 Arcade from Gamestop. Got it home, popped in Fable II, and the DVD drive is very, very, very loud. Is this normal?

    Take it back if it's that bad. My launch 360 was like a jet turbine spinning up. My 2nd and 3rd 360's are far quieter, even when I use the DVD drive. Both have 120's on them, though, so that's hardly a factor anymore (since I'll install the games).

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  • UltimanecatUltimanecat Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    Jam Warrior wrote: »
    I also found mine was significantly quieter when horizontal as opposed to vertical.

    I always run Horizontal. There's something about vertical that just freaks me out.

    You and your pedestrian Xbox use. The libertine way to set it is first vertically, then diagonally, then reversed, and then in the shower....

    ....what?

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    My Elite sounds like a fucking hurricane. (It gave a guy from New Orleans FLASHBACKS! )

    I doubt there is anything wrong with your 360; but if it's that bad, try exchanging it.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    I just picked up a new 360 Arcade from Gamestop. Got it home, popped in Fable II, and the DVD drive is very, very, very loud. Is this normal?

    Take it back if it's that bad. My launch 360 was like a jet turbine spinning up. My 2nd and 3rd 360's are far quieter, even when I use the DVD drive. Both have 120's on them, though, so that's hardly a factor anymore (since I'll install the games).

    Well, from the rest of the responses in the thread (and from doing a bit of Googling) it's apparently Fable II's fault. If after buying the HD next week and installing (and checking it with a couple other games) it's still loud as all get out, I'll return it.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Ultimanecat wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    Jam Warrior wrote: »
    I also found mine was significantly quieter when horizontal as opposed to vertical.

    I always run Horizontal. There's something about vertical that just freaks me out.

    You and your pedestrian Xbox use. The libertine way to set it is first vertically, then diagonally, then reversed, and then in the shower....

    ....what?

    I was thinking of hiring someone to just constantly rotate it while in use.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Running my 360 vertical makes the entire desk (solid metal bottom) shake from the drive resonating with it.

    Only run vertical if you really have to.

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  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I've heard tales of peoples' discs getting fucked up badly when running vertical.

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yeah, just in case, but if there's anyone reading this who doesn't already know, NEVER EVER move your 360 while it's running.

    Also, don't get a 20 GB hard drive. Yes, they're the cheapest, but I guarantee that after a while, you'll start craving more HD space, if for nothing more than installing more games.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Kuratosu wrote: »
    I've heard tales of peoples' discs getting fucked up badly when running vertical.

    Only because the system shifts in mid-play, either from falling, or they're too stupid to turn it off first.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    l337CrappyJack wrote: »
    Yeah, just in case, but if there's anyone reading this who doesn't already know, NEVER EVER move your 360 while it's running.

    Also, don't get a 20 GB hard drive. Yes, they're the cheapest, but I guarantee that after a while, you'll start craving more HD space, if for nothing more than installing more games.

    I'm definitely getting the 120gb. I used to have an Elite, so I can never go back to a smaller HD.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Bionic Monkey wrote: »
    Kuratosu wrote: »
    I've heard tales of peoples' discs getting fucked up badly when running vertical.

    Only because the system shifts in mid-play, either from falling, or they're too stupid to turn it off first.

    Or you know, because the system is poorly designed and can just eat discs whenever the hell it feels like it.

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