Launch 360 Very Loud

Soldato
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Hi,

Purchased a 2nd hand 360 from a well known retailer. Noticed it was 5 years old when I got it back home so I assume it's a launch day console.

I'm not to bothered by this because I've got 12 months warranty, so if anything happens I can get an exchange.

However, upon using it I realised how LOUD it is compared to my other Xbox 360 elite.

Are they known to be really loud?
 
Are they known to be really loud?
The DVD is and with the PS3 they seem to get a bit more noiser over age too...

You should get a spreadbet on how quickly or how often youll need to exercise that warranty. Theres no chance of them supplying a slightly newer one?

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
I had a luanch 360 and they are damn loud, installing the games to the HDD helps a lot, i just got the new 250GB slim and that really is whisper quiet once games are installed.
 
A launch day 360 will inevitably be louder than anything remotely newer. It's more of a miracle that it still works at all IMO!

(Before I get jumped on as a 360 hater, I've owned several, from a launch day machine to a latest S :))
 
Just checked the history for it on Microsoft and it hasn't been repaired once. Warranty sticker is still in tact aswell.

Suprising really, it probabaly wont last very long?
 
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If you warranty is out, open it up and clean it out with a can of compressed air, get into those heatsinks, and blast out (perhaps wd40) the fans. You'd be amazed at the difference it can make after a year or so.

Literally halved the noise from one I cleaned out recently; was only a bit over a year old too, I hate to think how much dust could be in a launch machine.
 
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