Got my replacement console back today and it has a manufacture date of Jan 2009.
I assumed they where sending out the Falcon board without the HDMI the opus. Checking the back and then seeing 16.5v it seems they are sending out the first revision boards again. I don't care that much it just might explain why I have had continued problems.
A friend came round today and he has been sent a 16.5 recently. My other xbox that was sent back in January also has a 16.6 rating.
I was reading this article and it seems they are even selling new consoles with the old board....
Sneaky Microsoft: Still Shipping Zephyrs
In my Jasper hunting I came across a strange beast, I found an Xbox 360 Pro with lot number 0843X. I figured it was new enough that it could be a Jasper, but looking at the 12V current rating I found that it was a 16.5A unit. I thought perhaps it was mislabeled and I'd heard about some newer systems having a 16.5A 12V rating, so I thought I'd buy it and take a closer look.
Once I got it home I confirmed: the machine was a Zephyr, that's the original Xbox 360 hardware with HDMI support, meaning a 90nm CPU, 90nm GPU and 90nm eDRAM - the very configuration most likely to Red Ring. I'm guessing it's a reworked Xbox 360 that never made it out of the factory in the first place due to an instant failure; something Microsoft fixed and sent out at a much later date.
Even if you don't care about getting a Jasper, it may be worth looking into what it is you are getting to make sure that you're not stuck with a box that's more likely to fail
http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3472&p=1
I assumed they where sending out the Falcon board without the HDMI the opus. Checking the back and then seeing 16.5v it seems they are sending out the first revision boards again. I don't care that much it just might explain why I have had continued problems.
A friend came round today and he has been sent a 16.5 recently. My other xbox that was sent back in January also has a 16.6 rating.
I was reading this article and it seems they are even selling new consoles with the old board....
Sneaky Microsoft: Still Shipping Zephyrs
In my Jasper hunting I came across a strange beast, I found an Xbox 360 Pro with lot number 0843X. I figured it was new enough that it could be a Jasper, but looking at the 12V current rating I found that it was a 16.5A unit. I thought perhaps it was mislabeled and I'd heard about some newer systems having a 16.5A 12V rating, so I thought I'd buy it and take a closer look.
Once I got it home I confirmed: the machine was a Zephyr, that's the original Xbox 360 hardware with HDMI support, meaning a 90nm CPU, 90nm GPU and 90nm eDRAM - the very configuration most likely to Red Ring. I'm guessing it's a reworked Xbox 360 that never made it out of the factory in the first place due to an instant failure; something Microsoft fixed and sent out at a much later date.
Even if you don't care about getting a Jasper, it may be worth looking into what it is you are getting to make sure that you're not stuck with a box that's more likely to fail
http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3472&p=1