Xbox 360 - Loud noise from drive when playing games from disk.

Drake5 · 16 Sep 2013 at 19:34

I have a 2009 version Xbox 360 so it's a fair bit old now. When playing games directly from the disc (Not from the HDD) the drive can get very loud and you can hear the drive reading the disc (clicking noises etc) however game play is absolutely fine and isn't affected at all.

Just wondering if this is normal for the older Xboxs?

Many thanks

Bennie-Mac · 16 Sep 2013 at 19:43

Are you the guy who nit picks and eventually returns every single product you seem to ever buy? If so yes its normal and you are just being super duper sensitive as usual.

If not then its probably still normal.

slinxy · 16 Sep 2013 at 19:44

I heard a rumor that the suggested fix for that was to place a breeze block underneath the machine or was that for the xbox...

Something Else · 16 Sep 2013 at 21:09

yes its normal for xbox.

install to the hdd if you want it to stop

jake108 · 17 Sep 2013 at 06:09

You can install the games to hard disk in order to keep the noise down, although it does verify the disk for a few seconds. Sounds normal for a 360.

I have heard of people replacing the DVD drive with a quieter model with modded firmware but considering the risks of das ban hammer of Microsoft probably not recommended.

redline · 17 Sep 2013 at 08:03

slinxy said:
I heard a rumor that the suggested fix for that was to place a breeze block underneath the machine or was that for the xbox...

Or take the breeze block and repeatedly hit the Xbox until the noise stops

Mine sounds like a jet plane, with a flock of birds caught in the engine... so yes, normal.