Hardware How loud should the fan be?

[XpertXP1]

Got a Switch just about a month ago now, noticed the fan since day one is loud, almost like a ticking sound. The unit has not been dropped at all, Im the only user (adult). Is a loud fan normal? It almost sounds like a rumble motor from the joycon being activated, but when I actually listen to it, its the fan spinning.

I can post a video later, but figured I would ask.

Thanks!

 

[Armadillo]

Mine is near enough silent. Sometimes after a long session on a more demanding game, I can hear it, but really only if I go over to the console (docked) and listen for it. It's not really something I hear in normal usage.

 

[XpertXP1]

Mine is near enough silent. Sometimes after a long session on a more demanding game, I can hear it, but really only if I go over to the console (docked) and listen for it. It's not really something I hear in normal usage.

Hmmm, well, I can hear the fan come on usually around 10-15 mins of playing Mario Odyssey undocked. Ill upload a video of it later tonite or tomorrow. I was even thinking of opening it up and checking to make sure the fan fins arent bent at all or make sure nothing is blocking them.

 

[yusuo]

Mines completely silent as well, don't actually think I've ever heard it

 

[XpertXP1]

Mines completely silent as well, don't actually think I've ever heard it

Thanks for the reply, i was afraid that was the case. Well, ill look into opening the switch and maybe just reseating the fan. Sucks that its having an issue being that its so new....

 

[Mnecraft368]

I notice it alot while playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 while docked, probably because I never had sound on. Even when I put sound on, I could still hear it.
Handheld mode, still makes a noise, and if you listen for it then you can hear it pretty loudly but while playing I never really notice because I am focused on the game (or wearing headphones listening to something)

 

[Michael Morsette]

Mine is silent too, never hear it.

 

[OkazakiTheOtaku]

I usually hear the console in handheld while playing Zelda. Other games like Taiko, Tetris, and Odyssey are silent, fan-wise.

 

[MarkDarkness]

Odyssey while underwater whirs in an exaggerated way sometimes. Otherwise, runs smooth.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Mine is usually almost silent, it can sometimes get a bit loud while playing Splatoon 2 though.

 

[CheatingSoi]

Yeah mine is aways silent. The only time I can hear it sometimes is in docked but the volume has to be on mute. Also sometimes the fan will really scream for just a few seconds after waking the console up from sleep but that never lasts long.

 

[guily6669]

Mines completely silent as well, don't actually think I've ever heard it

Do you live in Russia or what? LOL

Mine is also silent, But I can definitely hear it when playing Zelda, some parts it increases a bit, but in the 20 hours of use of my Switch it was pretty silent, but I can totally hear it from time to time when it increases a bit, off course on a loud place outside home you might not even hear it.

But I never tested the dock, my friend's Switch was super damn loud on the dock while playing Zelda, but the console was also defective, it broke like 2 days after, was making a huge high pitch noise from the speakers even if we muted the console so he returned it and brought a stupid PSVR instead .

 

[Mr. Wizard]

Don't think I've ever heard mine either, I have to periodically check if it's still blowing.

 

[linuxares]

Mine is normally very silent. I think I managed it to spin up once, it was downloading a lot of updates while I was playing Xenoblade 2. It was a really hotday as well. So it spun up for like 2-3 minutes and then went back. Spun up I mean like you could hear it, but it's not like superloud.

 

[Ericthegreat]

Got a Switch just about a month ago now, noticed the fan since day one is loud, almost like a ticking sound. The unit has not been dropped at all, Im the only user (adult). Is a loud fan normal? It almost sounds like a rumble motor from the joycon being activated, but when I actually listen to it, its the fan spinning.

I can post a video later, but figured I would ask.

Thanks!

Yeah that doesn't sound right

 

[Pluupy]

Mine made a noticable whir and hum when I went to Dominican Republic late June. Very humid. No room air circulation. Poor thing just couldn't breathe.

In USA, it barely makes a sound unless it is doing something demanding like Fire Emblem Warriors scenes.

 

[Mat37]

After like 1 hour or so playing Fire Emblem or Xenoblade mine start to be loud and even more noisy than my computer or my fan i use when it's too hot

 

[Trylk248]

Actually, you should not care much about the fan noise volume unless it has some odd behaviors. I personally made a custom setup for my switch in dock mode that allows better airflow in the tight area.