Tas
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Registered: 11th Dec 05
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is it just mine thats fucked or is everyone elses really loud?
im quite suprised didnt think it wuld be loud, but its a constant noise
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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awaits Topshots....'they never break, they are perfect, Im in love with mine, its better than the PS3' post.
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ssj_kakarot
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
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yeah i was very surprised how loud mine is.
Also mine has a few problems really need to take it back to the store can never be rsed though lol.
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Mark1984_SRI
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Registered: 7th Feb 06
Location: Preston
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They're always loud mate, just the way they are i guess 
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DarkBahamut
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Registered: 4th Jun 06
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Its not the fans, its the DVD drives that make the noise. If you play an arcade game the system makes near zero noise.
The easy way to prove this is the case is to put your hand behind the system while it on the dashboard and making no noise. Feel the amount of airflow? Now do the same while a game is running. No more air is coming out of the system, meaning the fans arent spining any faster, so the noise cant be from those.
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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yes it is, i dont use mine for DVD's/HD DVDs as with all consoles i have had they make a noise.
it also depends on when yours was made as i think they changed the DVD drive to a tosh/samsung on later models
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RyanSxi
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
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topshot shut up about later models etc making stuff up  mines a christmas model and it's rather loud. although isn't as bad when watching dvd's ive noticed. only notice how loud it is when i have no sound on which isn't often enough to bother me
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topshot_2k
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ryan they swapped from hitachi to samsung iirc or vice versa.
but if you read my first 3 words, i agree it is loud.
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RyanSxi
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
ryan they swapped from hitachi to samsung iirc or vice versa.
but if you read my first 3 words, i agree it is loud.
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Voyto
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Registered: 9th Feb 03
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If its a Samsung drive, you can have the firmware flashed on the drive to reduce the read speed from 12x to 4x. Makes a big difference in the noise it makes, but means games take a couple of seconds longer to load
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Voyto
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oh and you'd have to to your warrenty
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Mark1984_SRI
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quote:
Originally posted by Voyto
If its a Samsung drive, you can have the firmware flashed on the drive to reduce the read speed from 12x to 4x. Makes a big difference in the noise it makes, but means games take a couple of seconds longer to load
You can flash the Hitachi drive too, I have a Hitachi drive and lots of games 
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Voyto
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark1984_SRI
quote:
Originally posted by Voyto
If its a Samsung drive, you can have the firmware flashed on the drive to reduce the read speed from 12x to 4x. Makes a big difference in the noise it makes, but means games take a couple of seconds longer to load
You can flash the Hitachi drive too, I have a Hitachi drive and lots of games
Same here, but as far as im aware, theres no firmware to slow the drive down
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