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How to Make an XBox 360 Silent

The Xbox 360 console has a very loud disc drive that some users may find annoying and disruptive to gameplay. This noise is also distracting in small spaces like dorm rooms or small bedrooms. While the noise produced by the console cannot be completely silenced, it can be significantly reduced by removing the spinning disc drive from the equation, which produces the loudest sounds. Xbox 360 games can be installed onto the console's hard drive, removing the need to run the disc drive and significantly silencing the machine.

Things You'll Need

Xbox 360 hard drive
Game disc

Instructions

- 1
  Power on the console and place the game disc to be saved into the disc drive.
- 2
  Scroll down to the "My Xbox" menu on the Xbox 360 dashboard.
- 3
  Scroll across to the "Game Library" option and press "A" to select it and bring up the library screen.
- 4
  Select the game in the disc drive from the list. It will be highlighted. This will bring up the game screen, which includes information about your progress and achievements in the game.
- 5
  Press "Y" on the controller and then select "Install Game to Hard Drive." The console will then copy the game to your hard drive. A progress bar will track its copy rate. The process could take up to several minutes.
- 6
  Leave the disc in the drive. You still need the physical disc loaded into the Xbox to initiate playing the game. This prevents people from copying rentals. However, once the system verifies that you own the game, the disc drive will stop spinning and the console will play the game from the hard drive.

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