Noisy fan
 

Hi y`all
I mainly use my xbox for playing dvds, but the fan noise is driving me mad. I did read somewhere here, but can`t find it now, about replacing the fan/s with quiet ones. Has anybody done this yet? And if so where does one get them from.

Re: Noisy fan
 

lt's probably cheaper to buy a dedicated DVD player from somewhere like Tescos (< 50 pounds I believe) than buy a new fan.

Re: Noisy fan
 

That`s my delima. I only have room for one unit. I moved the DVD player into the bedroom, and there`s no chance I can put the xbox up there as my wife goes to bed early (early starts) I don`t really want to get rid as I do play games now and then. I just need to quieten the damn thing down a bit.

Re: Noisy fan
 

I don't know what fan you mean (as I don't have an xbox) but presumably there's one on the processor heatsink, which would probably be a standard size, 60 or 80mm, you can purchase these on just about every PC component suppliers site.

Re: Noisy fan
 

That`s probably it, I guess i`ll pop it open and take a look see, any rec on a fan makers, or are they much the much.

Re: Noisy fan
 

i have done a bit of googling and cant find anything specific for xbox , i reckon bifta is spot on with his suggestion :tu:

Re: Noisy fan
 

Vantec or Papst (if you can find them) are fairly quiet, but probably anything other than a Delta Screamer would do you (the term "Screamer" gives away it's decibel level). it's probably a 60mm fan, you don't have as much choice with them unfortunately but I guess anything would probably be better than the stock one.

Re: Noisy fan
 

Here a pdf on how to make your Xbox "silent"

http://dwl.xbox-scene.net/~xbox/xbox...-Xboxmod08.pdf

and lots of other mods (if you ignore the mod chip section) here:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/tutorials....,1,0,0,0,0,0,0

Re: Noisy fan
 

Thanks for that, nice one.