360 fan noise

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:27

Just traded my 360 20Gb in for an Elite. My previous 360 was manufacturered in 2007 but was virtually inaudiable.

The new elite has noticeable fan noise.

Is this normal? :confused:

Nismo · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:27

Yes.

Many 360s sound different to each other in terms of both fan, and drive noise.

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:30

Great. Got an irritating whine whenever I play now

Amazing quality control there Microsoft

rp2000 · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:31

[TW]Fox;15157168 said:
Great. Got an irritating whine whenever I play now

Amazing quality control there Microsoft

I know it sounds time consuming, but could you not return it as you just got it today and take pot luck with another?

rp200

Nismo · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:32

Yep, Forza 3 in particular seems to make mine work harder.

Just an excuse to turn the car noise up

Nimzicki · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:32

rp2000 said:
I know it sounds time consuming, but could you not return it as you just got it today and take pot luck with another?

rp200

That could go on forever really

antijoke · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:33

Oh dear Fox, welcome to the world of loud 360's.

Zensuji · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:33

[TW]Fox;15157168 said:
Great. Got an irritating whine whenever I play now

Me too, I usually get her to leave the room when I'm playing though.

BA DUM TISH!!!!!!

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:34

rp2000 said:
I know it sounds time consuming, but could you not return it as you just got it today and take pot luck with another?

If there is a good chance the next one won't be noisy then yea, I'll give this a go.

MeAnBoY · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:35

Zensuji said:
Me too, I usually get her to leave the room when I'm playing though.

BA DUM TISH!!!!!!

Bahaha

AWPC · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:42

You need to get a Jasper Arcade then buy the 120GB HD

it also comes with 512MB Flashram built into it which make the NXE a bit faster & you can use for game saves or arcade games with the approx 275MB spare after NXE installs. This is what I did in the summer as its the only guaranteed way to get a quiet one. Now I have a Jasper with Elite spec and its very quiet all the time.

Elites are still not all using the Jasper chipset so until that happens its the best method.

rp2000 · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:45

AWPC said:
You need to get a Jasper Arcade then buy the 120GB HD it also comes with 512MB Flashram built into it which make the NXE a bit faster & you can use for game saves or arcade games with the approx 275MB spare after NXE installs. This is what I did in the summer as its the only guaranteed way to get a quiet one. Now I have a Jasper with Elite spec and its very quiet all the time.

Elites are still not all using the Jasper chipset so until that happens its the best method.

This implies that all Jaspers are quieter than other revisions which is not the case. It is pot luck. A day 1 360 can be quieter than one manufactured yesterday.

rp2000

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:46

I'm pretty sure this is a Jasper as it has a production date of September 2009 and a smaller power pack?

cokecan · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:58

I think the Jasper's had 150watt power bricks (falcons were 175 and the old xenon's were 210 i think)

But as RP said, it is just pot luck

I've got a jasper arcade and I cant say its any quieter than my original launch console tbh (it's just cooler and it's not died yet

)

Zensuji · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:02

[TW]Fox;15157304 said:
I'm pretty sure this is a Jasper as it has a production date of September 2009 and a smaller power pack?

Thats defo a jasper

schnipps · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:35

I have never heard a quiet 360 yet, i didnt think it was possible to get a silent one?

Wayne~ · 23 Oct 2009 at 14:11

Just rip the game to the HD, will be much quieter

Wyrdo · 23 Oct 2009 at 15:08

Duroxis said:
Just rip the game to the HD, will be much quieter

That won't make a difference to the fan noise.

I have two 360's in the house at the moment, one has virtually inaudible fans, the other is a noisy bugger

I'll be trading the noisy one towards my MW2 Super Elite next month though.

dannyjo22 · 23 Oct 2009 at 15:46

I wrap mine in clingfilm to cut out the noise. I've gone through 10 360's for some reason and they are all different regards fan noise.

All of mine have been pretty good for fan noise though or I'm just more tolerant to it.

Janesy B · 23 Oct 2009 at 15:52

dannyjo22 said:
I wrap mine in clingfilm to cut out the noise. I've gone through 10 360's for some reason and they are all different regards fan noise.

All of mine have been pretty good for fan noise though or I'm just more tolerant to it.

Serious?