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    Default Noisy crystal xbox?

    Are crystal xboxes supposed to be noisier than their black counterparts?

    My crystal box makes quite a loud whirring noise..presumably either a fan or the hard drive - but my old black xbox wasn't as bad.

    Or is it just a hit and miss thing: some are noisy, some are not?

    If it will help I think I'll get one of the Argos £50 jobbies, as my noisy box is pissing me off....

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    Default Re: Noisy crystal xbox?

    my new xbox that a got from argos is very quite compared to my m8's crystal
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    Default Re: Noisy crystal xbox?

    its hit and miss, some crystals have a very loud HDD. You should replace the stock one anyway with something nice and large

    its also very easy to replace the fan on the back, as long as your not scared of a bit of ghetto saw work.
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    Default Re: Noisy crystal xbox?

    lol...so it is probably the hard drive then, as opposed to a fan?

    cheers for the responses gents

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    Default Re: Noisy crystal xbox?

    yeah the fans are usually pretty quiet, the HDD is usually the loudest thing in there. On the very early models there was a gpu fan which was loud too, but the crystal doesnt have that.

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    Default Re: Noisy crystal xbox?

    It might be that the crystal one has the extra fan on the gpu, I cant remember what versions had/did not have the gpu fan. I think they altered the large fan in the back too on certain versions.
    Also, check the metal shielding around the inside of the case, I removed the bit around my dvd drive because it was vibrating and used to make a hell of a noise compared to it now.

    Edit-Beaten to the post by 909, well that theory is out the window

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    Default Re: Noisy crystal xbox?

    i noticed the one that i got was very very loud but after changing the fan its barely noticable, before layin out any more money get a nice quiet 8cm fan chop the corners off and the tabs out the xbox's innerds and try that the difference it made to mine was massive and now when watching a film or telly proggie on it i can hear what they are saying lol

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