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Posted Nov 29, 2008 at 12:20PM by Gino D.
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Posted Jul 30, 2008 at 08:45AM by Victor B.
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Posted Mar 11, 2008 at 09:58AM by Charles D.
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Posted Feb 15, 2008 at 01:15PM by Glen D.
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When we ran the story on an insider revealing the truth behind Microsoft Xbox 360 system failures, it caused quite a stir. Don't look now, but there's more information coming out with stark consistency to the earlier revelations. Jacob Metcalf, recognized for revealing the Microsoft-Bungie split, says there are two more Xbox 360 chipsets coming after Jasper. Details in the full article. |
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Posted Feb 01, 2008 at 08:43AM by Isaac C.
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Microsoft's been under a lot of heat because of the Xbox 360 overheating issue (pun intended). To address this, Microsoft came out with Project Falcon, a new Xbox 360 model sporting the 65nm chip, which will offer a significant reduction in heat. Ben Heck, modder extraordinaire, got the new Falcon model Xbox 360 and tested it against the older Zephyr model in a laptop-type environment. He found that the Falcon runs much cooler than the Zephyr. Details in the full article. |
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Posted Jan 19, 2008 at 11:01PM by Nicolo S.
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The person who first spread the rumor of Bungie leaving Microsoft which eventually came true, Jake Metcalf from 8BitJoystick, claims he had a chat with someone who worked with Microsoft on the Xbox 360 project for years and knows why the 360 is suffering from hardware failures. If this "insider" is to be believed, Microsoft intends to release a new 360 SKU every year and consoles for the next-generation are already being developed by the platform holders. Head over to the full article for more details. |
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Posted Oct 01, 2007 at 04:54AM by Charles D.
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It didn't take very long for first reports of the infamous Halo Red Ring of Death (RRoD) to infect the newly released Halo 3 limited edition Xbox 360 consoles. Despite Microsoft's assurances that the new 65nm CPU/GPU (the Falcon chipset) would reduce cases of the RRoD, the image above shows evidence contrary to this statement. The main problem was said to lie in the overheating of the GPU. There were also speculations that not all of the limited edition consoles had the supposed Falcon chipset. Either way, this does nothing to change the fact that Microsoft's console is still plagued with a host of hardware problems. This was hardly the first time that reports of the RRoD has spoiled gamers' experience with this next gen console. Hopefully, Microsoft will be able to provide a truly permanent solution to their console's limitations. |
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Posted Oct 01, 2007 at 04:03AM by Ryan A.
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Online site DailyTech reports that an Xbox 360 owner with a gamertag of JWSpeed dissected his new Halo 3 Limited Edition console and found out that it came with the long-promised 65nm CPUs. Aside from that, the said gamer also noticed a simplified heatsink design for the console. For so long now, gamers have been requesting Microsoft for a solution to the overheating problem suffered by the Xbox 360. While the company has yet to publicly discussed the issues surrounding the Red Ring of Death, it is a common and popular belief that this is due to the 90nm CPUs' lack of cooling capabilities. Aside from the already mentioned advantage, shifting to 65nm CPUs will also save Microsoft some money. These chips are smaller and 50% less expensive to manufacture. It is unsure until now, however, whether the GPU has also been moved to 65nm. |
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Posted Jun 22, 2007 at 10:17PM by Glen D.
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We have a couple of interesting photos taken by Ash 2006. What you're seeing right now are extended heat sinks on an Xbox 360 GPU from the UK. "Modded a 360 today and was shocked to find an extension on the gpu heatsink. The guy had just received it back from M$ as he had the 3 red lights," writes Ash2006 in a forum post. For the non-hardware savvy types out there, a heatsink is basically a device that prevents overheating in a lot of appliances and consumer electronics. In the case of the Xbox 360, it's used to prevent the dreaded three red lights of death which often means that your system is down for the count. While the common belief is that cooling the system down will prevent the hardware issue, some people in the QJ forums claim that it's caused by faulty manufacturing with the system's memory. It's a sensible point that may hold some proof, but we haven't seen too many details to confirm or debunk it. There are no clear stats to indicate how rampant or trivial the issue is, but one thing's for sure: Microsoft needs to take a stronger stance on the matter to keep their large install base happy. |
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Posted Jun 20, 2007 at 06:10PM by Ceasar S.
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While many of the news and talk revolving around Xbox 360 overheating issues
have caused much disappointment to the Microsoft camp, many hardware
enthusiasts with specialties in "bang for the buck" have foreseen a
time their own console would hiccup after feeling the hot exhaust from
the back of their unit.
And although console gamers usually don't come with the geeky and techie know-how of Banzai Runner hobbyists, an owner of eight failed Xbox 360s finally tapped into his inner geek and got the problem of the Xbox 360 issues down pat. In response to the surprisingly non-technical explanations of Microsoft's Todd Holmdahl - the man behind the hardware aspects of the next-gen console - Jeremy Anderson gave his own analysis of why the Xbox 360 is failing considerably. And he did that on the comment section of the published interview in question. Click on Full Article to read Anderson's views on why the Xbox 360 can't alleviate heat well. |
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