Senin, 27 April 2009

One Minute Review: Jasper Xbox 360

By now the new Xbox 360 you buy will be built around a chipset known as “Jasper.”

Jasper 360s feature a redesigned motherboard with 65-nanometer graphics and processing chips. The cooler running, less power-hungry sum-of-parts is meant to make the infamous Red Ring of Dead a thing of the past.

Looks as though Jasper-powered Xbox 360s are starting to trickle into stores as well as online retailers, according to the Xbox 360 DVD drive database. If you're going to shop for a Jasper-powered Xbox 360 for this Christmas, make sure the manufacturing date starts from 2008-08-06 upwards and is has a lot number of 8031 and higher. Hopefully this will spell the end of the RRoD problems for Microsoft.

How did you know it was a Jasper? As reported for months, the thing to look for when buying a new Xbox 360 is a power spec of 12 volts, which you can find by inspecting the box’s serial number cutout hole. It may take some finger wiggling to reveal the power rating - assuming, of course, the person selling you the unit allows you to handle the box in the first place.

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