0ptimusPayne
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Im gonna unplug my Titan fall launch bundle's kinect and see whats up. Give me a sec...
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#Xboxnoise - Kinectless Xbox Ones may have a problem?
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Storm Raider
Banned
Holy shit I remember that thread from way back when I used to lurk around the Wii/PS3 launch!
makingmusic476
Member
That's one of the legendary threads.
That has nothing to do with it. It`s the consoles that are broke. People refer to the kinectless Xbox One because these are the bundles that is affected my this.
I realize that although I only really bought it in preparation for Sunset Overdrive, so I figure I might as well just return it and get the bundle when that comes out (hopefully with fixed units if it's a hardware issue).
scytherage
Member
I've had the kinectless X1 for a few months now, works perfectly. I don't have this issue and I've been through a lot of games already.
No, and I think that is very strange they haven`t.
FlamingHawk
Banned
My Xbox One also made a weird noise when I first used it, right when I put in a disc it made a horrible noise. I don't know about now since I haven't used it since I bought it though.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
There are 5 million XB1s out there. Even the occasional 'isolated' case would seem magnified when it's all brought together in ONE thread.
I have a 1425X which exhibits the noise problem.
The noise can appear as soon as you plug it in or while doing the mandatory system update. The noise seems to only appear in the dashboard when idle and no game is suspended in the background.
If you manually completely exit the game from the dashboard (not suspended in the background) the noise immediately starts up again.
If you use the instant-on power mode, the noise is there even when the console is turned off!
The noise is a high frequency sound like an old harddrive working really hard or an old matrix printer. It is definitely not the sound of the harddrive working because as soon as you load a game from idle the sound disappears.
Some people say it is coil-whine sound.
Edit: I am currently waiting for an advance exchange and really hope i get a noiseless One.
The noise can appear as soon as you plug it in or while doing the mandatory system update. The noise seems to only appear in the dashboard when idle and no game is suspended in the background.
If you manually completely exit the game from the dashboard (not suspended in the background) the noise immediately starts up again.
If you use the instant-on power mode, the noise is there even when the console is turned off!
The noise is a high frequency sound like an old harddrive working really hard or an old matrix printer. It is definitely not the sound of the harddrive working because as soon as you load a game from idle the sound disappears.
Some people say it is coil-whine sound.
Edit: I am currently waiting for an advance exchange and really hope i get a noiseless One.
Glad ppl are bringing this up as in standby i can hear it. I have a kinect plugged in.
Its only recently though and was fine up until a week ago or so. Its quite quiet but i have resorted to hard shutting it down as i can hear it when im trying to go to sleep. Not a problem when the systems running though. Its probably still doing it but the tv sound completely eclipses it anyway.
REMEMBER CITADEL
Banned
Not necessarily, it could be a combination of specific hardware and firmware (since the issue mostly seems to be appearing after the initial update) that amplifies it, although it might also appear under different circumstances in isolated cases. It could also be a power supply issue that manifests itself in the console.
I've had mine since March, and I've been using it with Kinect without any such problems. After first hearing about this last night, I decided to test it out. I unplugged the Kinect and left the console idling on the dashboard for 25 minutes as I was getting ready for work. No strange sounds have appeared, there's just the usual very faint HDD/fan noise that you can hear when you're close to the unit.
RedAssedApe
Banned
post in reddit (major seems to frequent that /r/xboxone) or tweet major nelson?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Mine is fine.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Read my comment above ... but I have to say comments like this amuse the hell out of me. A problem doesn't have to effect 100% of the people for it to be described as a 'problem'. 999 out of 1000 could explode and that one lucky guy could come to a forum and type:
'Mine is fine.'
RespectThySole
Member
Yeah this doesn't seem like a widespread case at all, if it was there would be more threads about it. Sorry to hear about those that are affect though, make good use of that warranty.
John Caboose
Member
I have around 6-8 friends that bought Xbox Ones when it came out here in Sweden. About half report this noise problem. Reading on the forums proves that a lot of people are having it. Dismissing it as "not widespread" is the wrong thing to do.
Reading forum reports those who turn in their Xbox Ones are not guaranteed to get a silent console either, several have gotten new ones that make the exact same noise.
Just like the RROD or the YLOD wasn't a widespread case at the start?
REMEMBER CITADEL
Banned
That goes without saying, but it's generally a good idea for everyone to post their status and some info about their console so that we could get the idea of how widespread the issues are.
StrikeFirst117
Banned
Launch day one console here, no issues so far other than having to replace the power supply brick a month ago.
Well, there's plenty of replies at the Xbox Forums. That's where the first reports of an issue would come out of, no?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you rely on support sites to get an idea of how many people are having issues, the answer's going to be "all of them."
gamercraig
Neo Member
Can confirm it is nothing to do with Kinect - I bought a model with Kinect just over a week ago and it had this same problem.
I returned for a refund even before reading it was a common problem, pleased I did. Will hold off buying another one for now.
I returned for a refund even before reading it was a common problem, pleased I did. Will hold off buying another one for now.
Magical Drop
Neo Member
I treated myself to an Xbox One last week (Kinectless version) and it had the hard drive whine thing. It was fine at the very start but half way through the mandatory update it started doing it - was even doing it in standby and it's unbearable.
I spoke to MS Support who confirmed that they knew of the issue and in the rep's words "we can fix this". Means they probably have a handle on whatever it is that's causing it. The system has gone off to them to look at, so it'll be interesting to see what they say when it returns.
Other than the noise the console seemed to work just fine and there was no signs of the drive actually failing in the short time I used it (unlike the first replacement WD SATA drive that I bought for my PS4 which died a spectacular insta-death).
I spoke to MS Support who confirmed that they knew of the issue and in the rep's words "we can fix this". Means they probably have a handle on whatever it is that's causing it. The system has gone off to them to look at, so it'll be interesting to see what they say when it returns.
Other than the noise the console seemed to work just fine and there was no signs of the drive actually failing in the short time I used it (unlike the first replacement WD SATA drive that I bought for my PS4 which died a spectacular insta-death).
The amount of reports from different parts of the world indicates that the problem is not isolated or miniscule. I'm afraid that many people will think this is normal behavior and not report or try to do anything about it.
It could also be that the recent release in countries with other electrical systems meaning other PSU's and possibly other components have exposed the flaw in a different way.
It is my belief that this issue will grow in the coming weeks requiring an official statement from Phil or MajorNelson.
It could also be that the recent release in countries with other electrical systems meaning other PSU's and possibly other components have exposed the flaw in a different way.
It is my belief that this issue will grow in the coming weeks requiring an official statement from Phil or MajorNelson.
regenhuber88
Banned
this
Poodle Cannon
Member
Damn, I don't experience this noise with the kinect unplugged. I got mine pretty close to launch though.
What on earth? What could possibly cause the system to make noise only when the Kinect isn't plugged in? That doesn't make any sense at all.
I've never heard anything like it. I just tried unplugging the Kinect and running the system; no clicking or strange noises at all.
I do believe that people are having this problem, of course, but the idea that simply unplugging Kinect would cause the issue is baffling to me.
I've never heard anything like it. I just tried unplugging the Kinect and running the system; no clicking or strange noises at all.
I do believe that people are having this problem, of course, but the idea that simply unplugging Kinect would cause the issue is baffling to me.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I feel a claim like this needs to be backed up as it's simply too unbelievable.
To go through 7 XBox Ones in the space of a month? Seems hard to believe...
That makes more sense but I shouldn't be related to Kinect unless it's simply Kinect putting more of a load on the system resulting in a different thermal state.
Were they broken or did they simply suffer from the noise being described here?
Fox Mulder
Member
I heard it after hooking it up and updating, and it did sound like a HDD. I haven't heard it since though, maybe because I've had a game in the drive the whole time?
this is a very minor issue and nothing worth getting worked up over, especially if they can just fix it with an update. Nothing is broken as the console works fine.
this is a very minor issue and nothing worth getting worked up over, especially if they can just fix it with an update. Nothing is broken as the console works fine.
ShadowNate
Member
= Defective.
Because other people have posted that their Xbone does not have this issue.