Fabian- Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Dashboard update to quiet 360 DVD drive? German website Cynamite is reporting that Microsoft has released a dashboard update to developers that will quiet the loud Xbox 360 DVD drive. This update will supposedly prevent the DVD drive from spinning at full RPM unnecessarily and will manage the drive's spin speed much better. In general, the update would tell the DVD drive not to spin so fast when it isn't needed, which would in turn make it less noisy. Cynamite is also reporting that the dashboard update should be coming to Xbox Live soon for the rest of us to download. Even though we know your answer we have to ask, would you welcome an update that would ultimately quiet down your 360's DVD drive? Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted February 22, 2007 MVC Share Posted February 22, 2007 That?s great. The noise from the drive was my only gripe I had with my 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo003 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I never thought microsoft would try to solve this problem by software. Kudos to MS (even if they are just trying). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noveed Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 if they can quieten the drive by flashing it i wonder if they can knock off the firmware hack, if so ma bro is in for a suprise, i aint gonna tell him lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemus Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 As long as it doesnt **** up my system ill give it a +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreqFace Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Nice, I suppose, but the problem now is that you're gonna notice it more (just speculating here). When it's one constant sound you get used to it, but if it's spinning up and down all the time, you're gonna keep noticing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted February 22, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2007 worth a try.. every dashboard update i fear for it messing up my software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Markus Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Dashboard update to quiet 360 DVD drive?Even though we know your answer we have to ask, would you welcome an update that would ultimately quiet down your 360's DVD drive? No way Jose, I want to keep this poor excuse of jet engine running on maximum RPM... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inplode Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 As long as it doesnt **** up my system ill give it a +1 QFT ~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Good. In my honest opinion, that's one of the xbox's major problems in a (pretty) short list. I love playing my friend's wii because it's so damn quiet :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightz Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 when i first got my 360 i thought that the noisy drive was deafening (slightly exaggerating there :shifty: ), but now i'm used to it. if this is true, the silence of the drive might be deafening and i might actually miss the loudness :laugh: nonetheless, like you guys said, i just hope this doesn't mess up our systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Fingers crossed. I wonder if the drive running at full RPM constantly has any influence in the hardware problems of the 360? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pc_Madness Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Fingers crossed.I wonder if the drive running at full RPM constantly has any influence in the hardware problems of the 360? It certainly could be the cause of the disc scratching if the drive is spinning too fast. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 What is it's max RPM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTETHISACCOUNT Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 It better not screw up load times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInAlley Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Last Dashboard upgrade bricked my 360, i hope this one doesnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+vlsi0n Subscriber¹ Posted February 23, 2007 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 23, 2007 I update without fear; they know what they're doing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted February 23, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2007 This shouldn't brick things, it's just better DVD drive managment, so when a game is reading data off the disc when you're playing, it's not spinning at full rpm, cutting noise out. When a game first loads up a level though, and needs to go at full speed, it will probably make the noise again. This should give devs more control though, if your game doesn't need to spin the disc at full to get the data off of it, then you set it to go at a slower speed etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dijital Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I for one am definitely for the it, as long as it doesn't decrease the loads too much, it probably won't even be noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I would welcome this upgrade. My DVD drive sounds like a friggen' harrier jet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hopefully we'll actually be getting this update soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inplode Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I would welcome this upgrade. My DVD drive sounds like a friggen' harrier jet. yea reason i play with headphones on lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 So between this alleged update and the new BenQ drives the 360 should be a lot quieter than the launch units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Pretty cool, didn't know they would be able to do this via an update. Ah, the perks of being a software company, eh? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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