Why does the 360 spin the drive while idle?

So you've just turned your 360 on and it's booted to dashboard but why the hell does the drive keep on spinning?

T.

Dunno. After it identifies the game it should stop spinning tbh. Maybe it does if you stay in dashboard longer? (Never in dashboard very long tbh)

I notice as you very specifically hear it stop spinning when you play a game from HDD.


rp2000
 
I've noticed the same tbh, though when in dashboard it does spin the disc slower (about same speed as when you play a DVD).

You are right though, it should just stop, i've no idea why it spins when the drive isn't even being accessed.
 
It's checking something on the disc while it's idle, mine used to do it when I was playing XBLA games, unless you sit a foot from it, this isn't even an issue, you're making something out of nothing.

Ring xbox support if you care so much.
 
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