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June 20th, 2010 | 
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The Xbox 360 Slim which was announced and released during this year’s E3 might already be having problems.Images have been discovered on a Forum showing an Xbox 360 Slim with the “Red Dot of Death”- It’s the same as the Red Ring of Death- The Forum, NeoGaf has not confirmed whether or not the images are 100% real, but the images posted show one of the Xbox 360 Slim with the RDOD, and another image showing the error message on the Dashboard.
Team Xecuter who already announced they acquired some new Xbox 360 consoles and are sharing them with Team Jungle and C4E now posted PCB Scans of the new Philips/Liteon DG-16D4S DVD drive found in new 360 consoles.
News-Source: team-xecuter.com
Anandtech.com posted a new article with lots of details of the new Xbox 360 (8 pages!). Here are some interesting details:
* Apparently 45nm is the magic number. The new CGPU is rumored to be made at Chartered Semiconductor, now under the ownership of Global Foundries.
* The new hard drive is a Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 1.5Gbps SATA hard drive. It spins at 5400RPM and has an 8MB buffer. [so unlike previous reports, it's still just an SATA laptop drive]
* Actual Power Consumption (PSU is 135W):
- System off: 0.6W (Valhalla), 2.0W (Jasper), 2.8W (Falcon), 2.3W (Xenon)
- Idle at dashboard: 70.4W (Valhalla), 93.7W (Jasper), 101.4W (Falcon), 155.7 (Xenon)
- Gears of War2: 88W (Valhalla), 105.9W (Jasper), 121.5W (Falcon), 177.1W (Xenon)
* Sound Comparison
- Idle: 45 dB(A) (Valhalla), 50 dB(A) (Jasper)
- Load (Spinning Disc): 51 dB(A) (Valhalla), 54 dB(A) (Jasper)
* Guide to open-up your new 360 here
Full Story: Anandtech.com (8 pages)
From anandtech.com:
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Today UPS dropped off my Xbox 360 Slim (codename Valhalla) and I did exactly what you’d expect me to: run power numbers on it and take the whole thing apart. I’ve posted pics of the system compared to the old Jasper Xbox 360 here and a gallery of my dissection of the system here.
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Many More Pictures: anandtech.com[1] and anandtech.com[2]
From xbox360.ign.com:
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The newly remodeled Xbox 360, announced at E3 this week, will never show the three red lights of death. Ever.
That doesn’t mean the system won’t ever break, of course. It just means that Microsoft’s redesign has done away with that messaging system to let the user know that their console had bought the farm. In an interview with Phil Spencer, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Game Studios, it was revealed to IGN that the new design has a different way to communicate any potential hardware failures.
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Full Story: xbox360.ign.com
The New 360 has been opened up by the guys at solomods.com.
We now also know the DVD-drive, it’s a Phillips/Liteon DG-16D4S with firmware V9504. Most likely it will be the same “mediatek” chipset,
so the MRA way to dump firmware might work.
News-Source (incl. more pics and first New 360 case-mod): solomods.com (via xboxland.net) (thx to OPA for news/links)
From gamerzines.com:
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The new Xbox 360 console consumes 10% less power than existing Jasper Xbox 360s, GamerZines can reveal.
According to official statistics released by Microsoft, the new Xbox 360 only requires 135W of power while gaming, as opposed to the 150W the existing Jasper Xbox 360 requires.
According to Microsoft, the power consumption drops to just 1W when putting the new Slim 360 into standby, a whopping 50% reduction off the 2W the Jasper uses.
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Full Story: gamerzines.com
From engadget.com:
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While those lucky enough to find themselves in America can start hoarding new Xbox 360 consoles this week, folks in Europe are being forced to wait until July 16th. But hey, at least you now know how much it’ll cost you when that fateful day arrives, right? Microsoft has just fessed up to a €249.99 [200GBP for UK] MSRP.
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Full Story: engadget.com | wired.co.uk
