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19/06/10

Xbox 360 Slim RRoD Risk “May Be Identical to Older Models”

10:36:44 am by drf, Categories: News , Tags: 360, bodge, microsoft, rrod, slim, wannabe, wii, xbox

Games don't really interest me too much, at least not modern ones, but heres a little bit on the so called new Xbox360 Slim, apprantly it may suffer from the same RRoD problems of the previous models. If you ask me its trying to be a Wii anyhow, I mean its not like Microsoft would ever dare steal someone elses idea now is it? (ask IBM,Xerox,Apple :p )

The new XWii 360:

Xbox 360 slim

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Hackers dissectcting the Xbox 360 “Slim” report a disturbing discovery – internal parts thought to be associated with RRoD failures remain unchanged, causing some to speculate that the new model may have the same problems which plagued older revisions.

At the heart of the speculation is the so called “X-clamp,” a part which is claimed to be one of the major contributory factors to RRoD, and which hardware hackers quickly noted with some consternation remains substantially identical between the models.

An explanation given by “modders” (actually just pirates using the usual euphemisms about “backups” and “modding”):

What are X-Clamps?

X-Clamps are metal brackets which hold the Xbox 360 CPU and GPU down tightly onto the motherboard. There are two individual x-clamps within the Xbox 360 which hold down the heat sinks for the CPU and GPU.

Since they have been poorly designed the x-clamps bend when introduced to immense heat (if you’ve ever played an Xbox 360 you know it gets hot), and with that bend the Xbox 360 motherboard and break the connection between the GPU (sometimes CPU too) and the motherboard, thus you will have a RROD.

Although there are many things that can cause the RROD this is the most common.

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