This Xbox Series X issue is driving some owners crazy

This Xbox Series 10 issue is driving some owners crazy

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The Xbox Serial X launch is an exciting fourth dimension for well-nigh people, just don't tell that to the users reporting problems with the disc tray on their newly purchased consoles.

Specifically, online reports from some Xbox 10 early adopters claim the consoles have begun making some bizarre clicking and whirring sounds later discs are loaded into the tray. For some, the disc tray doesn't take discs at all — obviously a big problem for users who specifically bought the Xbox Series Ten for a console with a disc tray.

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Some players have indicated that disc tray issues have either resolved or disappeared completely when they orient their Xbox Series X systems differently, either past placing them vertically or horizontally compared to how they had been displayed before. Other players still have been hearing loud noises coming from the Xbox Series X while installing games, but those sounds don't appear to be equally bad as the ones coming from the disc drive or those that arise from installing games.

My new @Xbox has at present turned into a mechanic machine gun or a metronome.. great outset to side by side gen! Never had any issues with Xbox at all before.. @XboxSupport pic.twitter.com/N85LjyHn0bNovember 10, 2020

Though there are several users taking to social media and Reddit with like complaints every bit well as videos and audio, there doesn't seem to be any theme or mutual thread between those who find themselves experiencing problems. Unfortunately, in that location doesn't seem to be a fix at this indicate, either. Your best bet appears to be contact Xbox support at this point if you've run into any problems.

Every bit of this writing, Microsoft hasn't acknowledged the disc drive outcome or the hard bulldoze noises, though at that place is a listing of known issues that you can bank check against.

It appears the Xbox Series 10 has been plagued with quite a few problems since it made its debut before this week. Originally, when the Xbox Series X and Serial X launched on Tuesday, users were met with an Xbox Alive outage that left many unable to enjoy their new games.

This problem non only affected those who had simply bought their systems, but some journalists who had had their Xbox Series X systems weeks ahead of its debut. This caused problems with the Series 10's ability to verify that users owned certain games to let players get into them, likewise every bit problems downloading games overall.

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