Xbox one console making clicking noise AND now games are running slowly (offline)

I'm in the same boat as 'HC Raven Rages' - picked up the Madden bundle and it was making the "old hdd noises," sounds kind of like a fan bumping a wire or something.. So I took it back to Gamestop and they replaced it with a new one. Box #2 is having the
same problem, maybe even a little louder than the first, but I'm downloading all the updates to see if that clears it up somehow. My next thought was to ditch the Madden bundle but apparently that's not the solution.

The guy at Gamestop (real nice guy) said to bring it in tomorrow morning if it's still making the noise and he'll replace it again, but he doesn't think it will make a difference. I could deal with the noise during a game of Madden, but it would drive me
crazy if I were watching Netflix or using other apps. I'm wondering if there was a huge shipment of defective consoles and they just haven't realized it yet.

I never said you did. Your console must have had a faulty hard drive from the day you bought the console. In which case you need to have the console replaced or repaired. All of your content and save games will all still be available for download on the
replacement console. You won't lose a thing.

The clicking noise is not a good sign and should not be happening.

Yea. I just picked up the madden bundle a couple of days ago and was experiencing the same noises. Very annoying as I don't watch things very loud so I can still hear it lol. So I returned to the store, got another madden bundled unit and exact same issue.
Thinking advance replacement is going to be the way to go. Frustrating but as long as I have a quiet, working unit by the end of next week I'll be happy.

I'm certain that your console is faulty. The clicking noise you are hearing may actually be coming from the hard drive. Faulty hard drives can make this sound it's own as the 'hard drive click of death'. Since all Xbox One games need to be installed to
the hard drive, the crashes could well be related to this.

This isn't an issue that regularly pops up on the Xbox One, after all, it only uses the same type of hard drive as your typical laptop. I think this is where your issue is.

Either way it needs to be replaced/repaired.

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