potential xbox issues?

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ive got an original xbox 360 (the white one)

its already red ringed and had the motherboard replaced and then 5 mins after i got it back it did the same thing and had another motherboard:confused:

anyway i only usually play skyrim and forza 4 (plus various indie games but these dont cause any issues) these 2 games are both installed on my 250gb hdd

when i load up skyrim or fm4 it goes into that noisey full whack mode (i dont know the tech term) for 1-2mins and then settles back down.

im just wondering if i have a problem or if this is just an aspect of these games pushing the 360?
 
Hmm, what is the noise more detail please :p

by "full whack" i'm guessing you mean the fans/disc drive making a lot of noise.

pretty normal for an old xbox (mine is also a white one, but not an original) and it has RRoD on me only once in the 4 years i have had it. (and Microsoft let me have free repairs even out of warranty)
 
Aeleys said:
Hmm, what is the noise more detail please :p

by "full whack" i'm guessing you mean the fans/disc drive making a lot of noise.

pretty normal for an old xbox (mine is also a white one, but not an original) and it has RRoD on me only once in the 4 years i have had it. (and Microsoft let me have free repairs even out of warranty)
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its been repaired by microsoft twice for the motherboard.

and by full whack i mean the fan/disc making a lot of noise, the noise it makes when you play a game not installed to the hard drive.

both games are installed to the hard drive though so why would it make this noise? im just wondering if i shouldnt worry or if i should be saving for a new xbox?
 
I believe that all of the drives (certainly on the non-slim xboxes) have started doing this since Microsoft applied the update to read over-sized DVDs last year. Mine does it too and it's an HDMI model from a couple of years ago; it shouldn't be a problem.
 
Ysmalari said:
I believe that all of the drives (certainly on the non-slim xboxes) have started doing this since Microsoft applied the update to read over-sized DVDs last year. Mine does it too and it's an HDMI model from a couple of years ago; it shouldn't be a problem.
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This.

Should be nothing to worry about. Basically when Microsoft updated their DVD specs to allow more space to be useable, they also made an update that reads the game disc for a minute or two even if it's installed on the HDD. It's more annoying on older consoles as the DVD drive sounds like a jet engine!
 
Yeah it's nothing to worry about.

only thing i notice that bothers me about one of the recent updates is that if you dont sign out of your xbl account the xbox will sit there turned on for about 1-2 minutes (green light on power pack) but if you sign out it turns straight off, like any other electrical appliance....
 
Now you mention it mine does that too, I'd assumed that it was just cooling itself a bit before turning itself off but weird that it turns off immediately if you sign out :confused:
 
My xbox churns like its got like 6000 spanners stuck inside there, i think noise is expected on older models.
 
Ysmalari said:
Now you mention it mine does that too, I'd assumed that it was just cooling itself a bit before turning itself off but weird that it turns off immediately if you sign out :confused:
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It's only recently happened with one of this years updates, i don't recall the exact one. but it happens with every xbox of every type (old,HDMI whites,elites,slims)

so i know it's a software issue and not a hardware one.

plus i don't know how significant it is but it can't be too healthy to turn your xbox off every time before it has fully powered down and turned off? I'm wondering how many people actually don't notice this and have caused some sort of damage without realizing?

i just sign out now, and then turn it off to make sure already been through a RRoD i really don't want the hassle of another. :p
 
glad i dont have anything to worry about.

apart from having 2 motherboards 3 years ago its been perfectly fine. it does however jam on occasion, jammed tonight when loading a single player race.

i just press the power button on the front of the console to turn it off and mine stays on for a bit, i just leave it be and it shuts down properly eventually
 
Jamsames said:
glad i dont have anything to worry about.

apart from having 2 motherboards 3 years ago its been perfectly fine. it does however jam on occasion, jammed tonight when loading a single player race.

i just press the power button on the front of the console to turn it off and mine stays on for a bit, i just leave it be and it shuts down properly eventually
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it jams? aka freezes up?

mine does that on occasion and if you're leaving the power supply on anyway the turning off thing is ok i guess. just i normally turn it off from the plug so i prefer to wait :p
 
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