In an effort to boost stability, Microsoft has been putting in an additional heat sink on the graphics chip of refurbished Xbox 360’s as of late. Now, that added heat sink is in all new Xbox 360 Elite models being shipped. Ben Heck, modder extrordonaire, took apart his newly purchased Elite to find the change.
This is good news for people thinking about buying an Xbox 360 right now, as the stability problems have been widely publicized.
I’m going to take Ben’s word on this one. I’m not about to void the warranty on my Elite and see if I have the new heat sinks.
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Write a Comment»MS knows how to first create a poor product and then slowly patch it. From software to hardware this is what they do. This is the expertise they have and this is why we as consumers loose when choosing an MS product.
oldest gamer, that’s the worst BS I’ve ever heard. MS is just trying to get the problems solved as any other company would do. Ever heard about the PS2 early defects? Yeah, but something tells me if it’s Sony’s problem it doesn’t matter, does it?
I hope that is not their final fix because it is far from brillant.
It will improve the heat dissipation but face it MS, your asking to much from the hardware.
Yea. I know a few people, Including myself that went through a few PS2’s beacuse of the infamous disk read error and whatnot. I’m not saying MS didn’t make a mistake, but this is not the first time it has happened.
However, I still think MS should have seen these errors in the development of the 360, but I’m glad they are actually fixing it.
Niggas what!!!!! M$ sucks my balls that are hairy, and i havnt washed them for 5 years! then they suck my dick, which they chock on, and then i tea bag there throat, and then they give me free 360’s
DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE MANUFACTURE DATE ON THIS CONSOLE ?
I wonder if that actually prevents the 3RLod or just holds it off for a while.
P.S. THESWAT you have a messed up mind
so does this mean that all the problems are gone ?
I just got my 360 back from repair. It’s a premium system, not elite. By photographing through the vent-holes on the side, I can verify that my new XBox has these additional heat sinks. Manufacture date 8-8-2007.
The “final fix” will be the 65nm chipset to be released later this year, likely. There will be no announcement. In 2009, a 40nm chipset will likely be released that will run even cooler and better.
My 360 will still be under warranty for the red ring at that time, which means free replacements. I cool with that. You gotta take breaks from gaming now and then anyway. =)
My 360 is still gonna but the elite is no different really IMO
well i have two elites that are linked together and constantly on and have many many hours of gameplay thanks to halo3 and moh airborne, and both are quieter than any other 360 and i have yet for them to even get hot after playing them so i would say they did a better job with the elites than they have with any of the other premiums and there are big differences in the elites if you have seen one taken apart, components have been changed in size, heatsinks, and they have the new disk drives in them, hdmi port 120 gb of memory, and you still think their the same?
Does it apply for the Premium & Core/Arcade?
I have a launch PS2 that still works great, 100%. I got the letter about the recall, but I ignored it(if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it). Did Sony charge for the repairs?
My launch Xbox had disc read errors after about two or three months, and has had them since. Microsoft wanted me to pay for the repair, so I still have a defective Xbox.
My launch Dreamcast worked great, but I burned out the DC inverter playing a 18-hour marathon of Phantasy Star Online, but Sega repaired it free.
I have a second generation Gamecube that works great, but my brother’s launch Gamecube burned out after less than a year.
My bro has a launch 360 that broke down (and the replacement was dented and cracked), but my second batch Core works fine (some dirty disc errors and lockups on 2K titles, but otherwise it’s fine).
My PS3 and Wii work great, hehe my Wii works great.
I don’t mind if a system has a general defect, as long as the company owns up to it and repairs it for free. But if they play the denial game for a year and then decide to give people refurbs that do not match the condition of the system sent to them, that I have a problem with.
I’m glad that Microsoft is at least learning from their mistakes and trying to correct them on the newer machines.
Does this also have 65nm chip?
My first 360 was manufactured june 06 and broke down oct 07,it would have lived a little longer if i hadn’t had played Orange box for 12 hours straight.My second is well only 3-4 days old…we’ll see
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