360 noise reduction fix
If you have ever wanted to reduce the noise levels of your 360 when playing a game, then this might be the fix for you. Whilst it is nothing official, and if attempted will void your warranty, it might be worth a go if it really does bug you. The guide tells you how to do everything very simply.
As mentioned, attempting this will immediately void your warranty the moment you lay a screwdriver inside the machine. However, if you no longer have a warranty to worry about, you might want to give this a try for the sake of experimenting. It isn’t a firmware hack, so you don’t have to worry about Micrososft banning your machine the next time you log in to Live, so if you have the time, you could give this a go.
The instructions are easy to follow and literally talk you through it as you go, so you should never become stuck. They also have some nice pictures on offer, showing you various different things, and make the whole process that much easier. It does require you to spend some of your own money, so you have to decide whether you can justify it or not: do you really want to open up your 360?
So the end result of all the modification? A moderate success, as the experimenter describes it as. That basically translates to “it did reduce the noise levels, but not a huge amount”. Which is exactly what happened. Whilst the whole point of the experiment was to reduce noise produced when playing a game, the noice levels actually reduced across the board, meaning even sitting idle on the dash was quieter. The first table below shows sound levels before modification:
And after modification? See the table below:
As you can see, there are differences, but nothing major. However:
In the logarithmic decibel scale, a difference of 3dB is literally half the sound pressure. That doesn’t quite map to human perception, though, and a 3dB difference doesn’t always sound “half as loud.”
Based on that, you would have to say that that is good going. The only way you would ever know if it made a difference though is to do it yourself and see. If you do plan on doing this (which I don’t, for the record), then make sure you let us know the end result in the comments section.
Definately does not seem worth it.
Yah but if you open your box you can’t even pay MS $140 to fix it either.(correct me if Im wrong here)
Yeah but you can get some hardwarefreak do the job and pay only 50 bucks!
umm…it’s called a “loud sound system”…that should take care of the xbox noise
or 5.1 headphones
Hardly a solution for a loud machine
You bet my 800 watts of surround sound are an effective solution
That’s like wiping the toilet seat off in a public restroom after taking a wiz. Just not worth it.
At the normal noise level of the 360 a reduction by 4db is nothing. Almost half the sound pressure sounds a lot but the way these things work most ppl won’t even notice the diffrence.
I’d say a reduction by 12 or 18db is what one should aim for. That’s A LOT less noise and you’d still hear it and still consider the 360 noisy.
why not just put more volume on TV??
I never hear the 360 anyway because my TV is loud enough. It blocks out the 360 and Nyko fan i have attached to it.
nyko fan?..good luck with that shit..
what do you people do sit right next to the tv? or play with the tv all the way down? i play with it moderately turned up and about 5-6ft from the tv and i can barely hear the darn thing even when the dvd’s fully spinning…
Also i’d say taake that nyko off it’s already been determined they do more bad then they do good… the 360 doesnt overheat (atleast not any of the 2006-2007 units) if its in decent conditions.
I just have to hope my 360 will crash sometime before my guarantee is up so i get a new quiet one lol
Wouldn’t matter though if the free replacement for 2005 consoles is for the whole world.
My 360 was made on Christmas day
“the 360 doesnt overheat (atleast not any of the 2006-2007 units) if its in decent conditions.” - chris
hmmmmm. i guess i am glad we have an expert like you around.
this will just make ur 360 overheat..dont do it..
friends 360 is blinkin red lights after doing this and playing for 10minutes..and even tested with 2 diffrent..and same..causes overheat..dont do it..
Why does this come up over and over again on Xboxic:
“It isn’t a firmware hack, so you don’t have to worry about Micrososft banning your machine the next time you log in to Live”
Like some weeks ago when there were some forum stories of people at the fall update having bricked 360’s. Xboxic was all over it saying it was doom-day. It’s almost like you get paid by MS to put it in the world almost like a religion. And we all know that one about the fall-update. No line of cases with FW flashes, just a fault of MS.
I bet in the end, they even can’t do anything about one having a flashed FW, unless you play backups on Live with it. If they can ever manage to detect that already.
And I know, I know like some things have been claimed in the past. But why haven’t they done anything right yet already then for at least 8 months a FW flash being out in the open?
So well. The Xtreme 4.2 B FW flash seems the best way to get the db’s down still. Although I would never try that, I just put my 5.1 sound system a bit up
I’ll gladly discuss but not in the comments. Feel free to open a forum topic
Meanwhile, don’t try to put it off that we’re MS advocates simply because we state truth and don’t blindly advocate piracy (like some sites) or deny the existance hacking (like many other sites).
Technical and non-technical facts: hacked firmwares are detectable, MS can ban your machine, MS is not doing it on any grand scale (yet), it is not known whether MS has any intention to do so, hacked boxes may increase their sales better than the costs involved.
All of the points above are simply that: facts.
I have been wanting to do something to turn down the turbine 360 in my living room. This doesnt seem worth it. My warrenty is alost up though and I may take my own measures at that time.
Hey check this out 360 is not that bad: http://www.engadget.com/2...-produces-the-most-noise/