Even my 2xCD burner had the same casing (you could see where the fan would go)
but lacked the fan. I was also under the impression that these days the
disks spin so fast that there is enough airflow without anyway.
I might just have to open up my Blu-ray drive to prove there is no fan inside
now. ;-) Its rather besides the point I support, the fact is a fan doesn't
mean it HAS to be super noisy, but in the case of the 360 unfortunately they
are and the one in the HD-DVD drive just makes matters worse when listening
in a quiet room.
It just annoys me that by all reports I have heard, the PS3 is MUCH quieter
than the 360 because its fans are better designed - although it still has its
own issues supposedly.
There just seems to be some seriously bad design choices in a lot of modern
hardware which is seriously frustrating.
Alex.
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 18:14:52 PRoPHeTiZeR wrote:
> I think your missing the that bluray drives don't have fans, bluray players
> do, see the difference. Using your pc as a bluray player, I'm sure u have
> fans in it. But also, I'm willing to bet your drive does have a fan on it,
> since I see fans on several models of dvdrw's
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xbox@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Xbox@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex
> Atkin Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:22 PM
> To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Xbox] Re: Intercoolers....
>
> The thing is, I primarily play at night so the fans are more of an issue
> then. Actually, the biggest problem is watching movies as you can't hear
> the dialog without risking the loud bits waking the neighbors.
>
> HD-DVD/Blu-ray players yes they DO have fans, but I am pretty sure the
> Blu-ray reader in my PC does not and it doubles as a DVD Writer. That said
> I guess the 360 HD-DVD is 1st gen whereas the PC Blu-ray drive I think is
> 2nd gen. The more accurate laser positioning system sure burns DVDs more
> reliably even if is slower than my old DVD Writer. I prefer more reliable
> over speed any day.
>
> Alex.
>
> On Tuesday 27 May 2008 13:21:58 PRoPHeTiZeR wrote:
> > I'm willing to be all bluray/hd-dvd players have a fan in them these
> > days, with all the extra stuff they can do, downloading content and
> > whatnot
> >
> > But your right, fans are louder than normal, but they don't bother me,
> > it's the dvd drive that gets me, but only when I play late at night
> > without headphones. I do sit probably 12 feet from my 360 though, and
> > the room is pretty big.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xbox@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Xbox@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > Alex Atkin Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:06 PM
> > To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Xbox] Re: Intercoolers....
> >
> > I know its mostly the DVD-ROM drive but the fans ARE loud too.
> >
> > When playing HD-DVDs or movies from DVD (particularly high def stuff
> > which uses more CPU/GPU power) which do not spin up the DVD-ROM drive to
> > its super-noisy speed, you can hear the fans start to spin up and they
> > get pretty loud in their own right. They are the loudest thing in the
> > room compared to 2 PCs and 1xDVR box - all at the same time are quieter.
> >
> > Even the fan in the HD-DVD drive is stupidly loud. Why does it even NEED
> > a fan in the HD-DVD drive? That's insane.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > On Monday 26 May 2008 18:37:00 PRoPHeTiZeR wrote:
> > > It's not the fans that make the 360 loud
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Xbox@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Xbox@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Alex Atkin Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:49 AM
> > > To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Xbox] Re: Intercoolers....
> > >
> > > On Monday 26 May 2008 00:58:43 austinblake111 wrote:
> > > > --- In Xbox@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mamemike@...> wrote:
> > > > > Hey I'm sure this has been asked in the past but haven't seen it in
> > > >
> > > > the
> > > >
> > > > > few months I've been here... Besides adding a water cooler system
> > > > > to the 360 what/which cooling system is the better one/s? I've
> > > > > heard
> > > >
> > > > some
> > > >
> > > > > are basicly worthless but just wondered what the group thinks...
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > look theyre all worthless no other one is better theyre almost well
> > > > just the same no difference....but seriously i noticed that the
> > > > intercoolers break easely so itll mess up the 360 so be safe and make
> > > > sure the fans r always working or itll mess up the system.and your
> > > > system dont heat up its the fan thats causing it too heat up
> > > > faster.thatnk you
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure the initial problem with the 360 was dashboard/OS
> > > related. The fans never seemed to speed up much originally but
> > > gradually after various dashboard updates they seem to have improved
> > > that. These days it seems the opposite, they run fast even when barely
> > > under load probably in the hope that it stave off many peoples 3 red
> > > light errors until AFTER the 3 year warranty. I notice if you leave the
> > > 360 on the marketplace blade they seem to go nuts but on a page with no
> > > FLASH ads on it, they stay sane.
> > >
> > > I do wonder if they deliberately kept them slow to convince us the 360
> > > ISN'T too loud, which of course it sure is. I just wish they would
> > > spend a little more and put decent fans INSIDE the 360. The biggest
> > > problem is not the airflow noise, its the fan operating noise itself
> > > and there are aftermarket replacements which are known to shift as
> > > much/more air but be quiter about it - except I have a service contract
> > > so I can't modify my 360.
> > >
> > > Its a PITA that the 360 could have been perfect if Microsoft had not
> > > cut corners to save money.
> > >
> > > If the HD had been mandatory then the DVD-ROM drive could have spun
> > > slower which again would decrease the noise dramatically. What really
> > > annoys me is when my old 360 DVD-ROM drive had problems loading content
> > > from DVD it would spin down slower to improve its chances of reading,
> > > but it didn't seem to take much longer to read at that slower speed so
> > > I question if the DVD-ROM drive needs to spin this fast to begin with.
> > >
> > > Alex.
> > >
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