360-Update for a Less Noisy Hard Drive

Annoyed that your Xbox 360 makes too much noise when the hard drive is working? Not likely, or not that much would be my guess, but if it does annoy you that much, then you should know that a recent software update for the Xbox 360 significantly decreases the noise emanating from the console's disk drive. How is that possible and what are the implications you ask?

Well, Microsoft designed the 360's hard drive to work fast or to not work at all. No other in-between speed was in the plans for it and they thought nobody would complain. Apparently, some became annoyed by the noise the hard drive makes when it accesses data. Now, there's a solution to the problem and the only thing you have to do is get your update up and working on the console. But, as I'm sure you've already guessed it, slower running hard drive equals...that's right, more loading time. Some users even reported problems with the disc drive as well: when a user changes the console's orientation, the inserted disc brushed against the drive's pickup assembly, thus scratching the disc.

Back to the point of the story, where was I? Oh yes, let's not forget that more complex games need plenty of loading even during gameplay. What will that result in, with a slower working hard drive? Anyway, it's too soon to say if Microsoft's solving the noise problem will give birth to a new one all together, but really now, does the console make that much noise? It doesn't make much more noise than a normal PC hard drive, so why all the fuss? Next thing you know, they'll be complaining about the longer loading time. Spoiled brats is what they are.