Microsoft beefs up Xbox 360 cooling -- freaking finally
Posted Jun 13th 2007 11:20AM by
Paul Miller
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Only took 'em a couple of years, but
Microsoft is finally taking a bit more of a proactive approach to its perennial "
ring of death" problems of overheating 360s. Yeah, that means instead just doing the
towel trick to get your 360 up and running again, you can send your Xbox off to Microsoft, and they'll actually improve the cooling internals -- in some countries anyways. MaxConsole had been getting some reports of French Xbox 360s getting this special treatment, and now they've got the first solid proof from Czech reader Ikari. We're no cooling experts, but it sure looks fancy in there!
New Pictures of 2nd GPU HeatSink on Xbox 360 - Update: Video
>> =Ikari= sent us these pictures of his Xbox360 he just got back from repair (after RoD problem) ... another confirmation of the new 2nd heatsink/pipe technology
we talked about yesterday that Microsoft installs to provide additional cooling for the Xenos GPU. For now it's unknown if Microsoft just installs this new dual-heatsink technology to repaired Xbox360s or also in new units.
The question is when are they fixing ours?
Mine is made by MADCATZ but has a Gameshark logo on the front of it. Mine has an external power source though (plugs into the wall outlet). Its does not plug into the XBOX. For some reason this one uses the USB port. I got mine in Best Buy and they all plug into the wall.
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