Xbox One noise--"Cricket-like"--when playing installed games

Noob Krusher · Nov 6, 2014

Hey guys,

My Xbox One makes a strange noise only when I play games off of the Hard Drive.

The noise sounds a little like this (not my video):

I have only experienced this with Sunset Overdrive, as it is my only game.

Is it normal to hear new sounds when playing installed games? Worried something might be wrong with the Hard Drive, and the sound itself is distracting when the TV has a low volume or the game is paused.

Thanks!

:)

godslayer1975-4C3D808C-BE16-4849-8A4C-1649BAEEFBE6 · Nov 6, 2014

Xbox One "Cricket Noise" when playing games

lol ya same and it was sunset overdrive at first but it happend with cod also , i notice my system was very hot so i put a fan to blow on it and after it cooled down the noise stopped but when it is very hot this noise always comes back and sometimes i need
to eject and put in a disk twice because it will not read it , it will say insert disk .

Shuboxx · Nov 6, 2014

Xbox One "Cricket Noise" when playing games

Interesting.. How often does the sound happen? Is it random, or do you get the same sounds when you play certain games?

I will see if my drive makes any weird sounds with Chariot, and will follow up.

If a hard drive was faulty, or if the drive heads were failing, you'd here a knocking/clicking sound on a constant basis, and things would load at a snail pace.

It could be dust on the fan. But opening the box voids any warranty.

KLRSKIR · Nov 7, 2014

That is definitely not a normal sound. I'd give Support a ring in your region.

KLRSKIR

That is definitely not a normal sound. I'd give Support a ring in your region.

Elliottos

Now it's making a strange whirring noise as well as ticking like a cricket.

vllsutiger23

My sounds more like a chirping noise, almost like a cricket, it's kind of hard to explain

Bazajaytee

Depends what noise it is you are talking about.

The Xbox One will make more noise while installing from a BluRay as it is spinning the disc at high speed to install the game.

Once installed, the game runs from the HDD and the disc is used for security authentication at boot up. That is why it is quiet when playing games.

So if the noise was a loud whirring, then that is normal during install. If it was anything else like grinding noise, that isn't normal.

Moltenix

Took my faulty Sunset bundle to the MS store for an exchange. Luckily they had one bundle left. The new one does not make the cricket-like noise anymore and is very quiet.

Xbox One noise--"Cricket-like"--when playing installed games