Weird sound from xbox series x fan

So, I recently noticed that my Xbox Series X fan runs loud when playing Series X|S / Optimised for Series X|S games specifically.

It’s quite strange as it’s dead quiet every other time, but as soon as I start a Series X|S game, the fan becomes so loud that I need to turn up the tv volume.. it’s quite distracting.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?

FYI - My Series X is a pre-order/launch day model.. and it sits in an open and well ventilated tv/entertainment stand*

In comparison, I owned an Xbox One S for three years and I never heard the fan on that.

I’m having the exact same problem now. The only time my Xbox sounds loud is when running series x enhanced games, it’s completely fine on old gen games. Have you had this issue fixed or is it still a problem now?

morswinn,

sounds like there may be a barring going bad on the fan. Of course that could be distortion. To be safe I would have it sent it for warranty work or repair based on the sound. You can do that by going to

support.xbox.com/.../getting-your-product-serviced

Hope this helps!

It would be the only explanation for the problem to happen only on Xbox series x, which is weird.

What sort of sound are you getting? Just a super loud fan sound, or does it sound like the fan is hitting something? I get a super loud fan on my Xbox One X, but never anything more than that.

Just to let you know fish didn’t work as well I’m just going to download it from the app

it’s weird though that he downloads on the Xbox One but not on series X