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Bat · 2007-02-06 6:37 pm

Probably too old to resurrect, so a mention that this...

bratboy wrote:
Though I just recently bought a 360, i got the version with the older optical drive (thanks a lot, overstock.com!)

Anyway, i noticed today that the drive was making a constant 'access' noise, like the piece with the lens was constantly moving back and forth.

So far, I could only hear this on Ninja Gaiden Black, a xbox game running in emulation. The 360 games I've tried were just making the usual noisy drive sounds.

Anyone have a similar experience?

... is teh solved.

No, not THAT optical drive; just a quieter DVD drive

The sharp-eyed folks over at Engadget have picked up on a bit of interesting news for potential Xbox 360 owners out there. The Xbox 360 has been criticized for a number of issues over the past year. There's the hulking power supply, the tendency for the machine to overheat, the red rings of death that seem to show up on occasion and the extremely loud DVD drive.

It looks as though Microsoft is finally getting around to solving that last problem. According to Xbox-Scene, Microsoft has begun shipping Xbox 360 consoles manufactured in November 2006 onward with new BenQ VAD6038 DVD drives. The BenQ VAD6038 replaces the Toshiba-Samsung and Hitachi-LG drives currently in service on the Xbox 360.

According to user reports, the new Philips-based drive is extremely quiet compared to its predecessor and even loads games faster.

So it now appears that Microsoft is slowly but surely chipping away at the Xbox 360's weaknesses...

nayrk · 2007-02-08 2:09 pm

I was also under the impression that it was getting the ability to use HDMI

bratboy · 2007-02-08 3:29 pm

I believe this is actually the third different drive...in that top post I was referring to the first version (which I have).

Bat · 2007-02-08 7:34 pm

bratboy wrote:
I believe this is actually the third different drive...in that top post I was referring to the first version (which I have).

The BenQ VAD6038 replaces the Toshiba-Samsung and Hitachi-LG drives currently in service on the Xbox 360.

Those two may both have been used up to now; not sure. It does look like this will be the only one used going forward.

I only used the quote from you to reintroduce the topic of 360 DVD noise, tho the issue of replacement (unlikely by MS, I think) might have been raised. Perhaps one might do that oneself once it's out of warranty (might require different firmware etc.; not to be done likely, especially for XBL use).

Bat · 2007-02-08 7:36 pm

nayrk wrote:
I was also under the impression that it was getting the ability to use HDMI

Not now. Perhaps a future version, which might also come stock with larger HDD etc. as the article mentions. You do read the links?

nayrk · 2007-02-08 9:12 pm

^not at school computers

sosumi · 2007-02-08 11:24 pm

Thanks to a poewrful sound system and Shotguns of War, I never hear the thing.

Bat · 2007-02-09 4:12 am

Same here. I use earphones, so... smile

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#1 2007-02-06 6:37 pm

360 Gets New Optical Drive

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