Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 - Page 3

Carey7090 · 09-30-2008, 06:34 PM

I would go for quieter drives then the BenQ. If the Elite has the BenQ drives, than you could go for something quieter lol. It's not loud, but it's not quiet. It is however, louder than my PC.

**stressfreesoul** · 09-30-2008, 10:13 PM

Its just the faff on of matching firmware to make it work with the picky hardware. Time that could be better spent making it look good!!

GoSuNi · 12-19-2008, 07:31 PM

I believe 'tis is best to leave it be. Best not to risk your own 360 for such activity.

Carey7090 · 12-20-2008, 07:49 PM

It's his 360, he can do with it as he pleases. He knows what he's doing so the odds of him royally screwing it up are much lower than a novices.

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Originally Posted by GoSuNi

I believe 'tis is best to leave it be. Best not to risk your own 360 for such activity.

**stressfreesoul** · 12-23-2008, 02:48 PM

The simplest way of quietening your 360 now is to install the game you want to play. Mine is silent through GTA4 and most of Gears Of War 2. Extends the life of your disk drive too (who agrees that replacing the Hard drive is soooo much easier?!)

GoSuNi · 12-24-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by stressfreesoul

The simplest way of quietening your 360 now is to install the game you want to play. Mine is silent through GTA4 and most of Gears Of War 2. Extends the life of your disk drive too (who agrees that replacing the Hard drive is soooo much easier?!)

How do you install, it sounds intresting.

Carey7090 · 12-24-2008, 03:59 PM

The HDs snap off really easily. It shows how to in the manual and I'm sure the Xbox website shows you how too.

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Originally Posted by GoSuNi

How do you install, it sounds intresting.

**stressfreesoul** · 12-26-2008, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Carey7090

The HDs snap off really easily. It shows how to in the manual and I'm sure the Xbox website shows you how too.

??I meant installing games onto the hard disk, not installing the hard disk into the Xbox...
To install your game to Hard Disk, go to your Games Library tab in the My Xbox dashboard section, making sure the game disk is in.
Select the game you want to install from the recently played list, you should then get the option to install it.
It usually takes about 10 minutes (depending on the game).
Read this page for more information.

chovy · 12-30-2008, 10:51 AM

looks pretty simple..
im going to have to look into this

justiceafm · 12-30-2008, 02:37 PM

I found it best to used a air spray can. spray he back of our unit where the cooling unit is. Also, lay your counsol flat, don't stand it upright. if for some chance it gets knocked over, you'll get the red rings of death!

ExMachina · 12-31-2008, 04:16 AM

Gotta agree with stressfreesoul, simply installing the games you play directly onto the hdd makes it so much quieter.

**stressfreesoul** · 01-02-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by justiceafm

I found it best to used a air spray can. spray he back of our unit where the cooling unit is. Also, lay your counsol flat, don't stand it upright. if for some chance it gets knocked over, you'll get the red rings of death!

One of the major intake vents for cold air in is on the end you would stand it up on too, so standing it up slightly restricts airflow.
I just got mine back from an Error 74 (Graphics Chip or Scaler Chip issues) repair. Microsoft in Germany are very quick. They had a new motherboard in, tested and on its way back to me in 2 days. Unfortunately, it was over christmas so I had to wait for UPS to get delivering again...

Gnard Smasha · 01-06-2009, 10:29 AM

Don't know if anyone has ever seen this guy before, but he has done some of the most AWESOME Xbox360 mods I've ever seen.

Xbox 360 Portable

This is one that he's doing for a soldier who's getting deployed and asked him for some help

I would gladly pay $1,000+ for one of these.

gamer(ps) · 01-24-2009, 07:04 PM

how is there a sound problem in the 360?

09-30-2008, 06:34 PM	#41 (permalink)
Carey7090 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO USA Posts: 213 OS: XP Pro.	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 I would go for quieter drives then the BenQ. If the Elite has the BenQ drives, than you could go for something quieter lol. It's not loud, but it's not quiet. It is however, louder than my PC.

09-30-2008, 10:13 PM	#42 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 Its just the faff on of matching firmware to make it work with the picky hardware. Time that could be better spent making it look good!! __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

12-19-2008, 07:31 PM	#43 (permalink)
GoSuNi Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 294 OS: Windows Vista: Home Premium My System	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 I believe 'tis is best to leave it be. Best not to risk your own 360 for such activity.

12-23-2008, 02:48 PM	#45 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 The simplest way of quietening your 360 now is to install the game you want to play. Mine is silent through GTA4 and most of Gears Of War 2. Extends the life of your disk drive too (who agrees that replacing the Hard drive is soooo much easier?!) __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

12-30-2008, 10:51 AM	#49 (permalink)
chovy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 looks pretty simple.. im going to have to look into this

12-30-2008, 02:37 PM	#50 (permalink)
justiceafm Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5 OS: windows xp service pack 3	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 I found it best to used a air spray can. spray he back of our unit where the cooling unit is. Also, lay your counsol flat, don't stand it upright. if for some chance it gets knocked over, you'll get the red rings of death!

12-31-2008, 04:16 AM	#51 (permalink)
ExMachina Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 83 OS: VistaUltimate/XPPro/Server2008	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 Gotta agree with stressfreesoul, simply installing the games you play directly onto the hdd makes it so much quieter.

01-06-2009, 10:29 AM	#53 (permalink)
Gnard Smasha Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 24 OS: win xp sp3	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 Don't know if anyone has ever seen this guy before, but he has done some of the most AWESOME Xbox360 mods I've ever seen. Xbox 360 Portable This is one that he's doing for a soldier who's getting deployed and asked him for some help I would gladly pay $1,000+ for one of these.

01-24-2009, 07:04 PM	#54 (permalink)
gamer(ps) Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 32 OS: win 2000 me edition	Re: Simple way to quiet your Xbox 360 how is there a sound problem in the 360?