Dissasembly of 360 "Slim"

Photos of the insides of the 360 "Slim"

[Blaze929]

wow still looks as crowded as ever. And they say they fixed RRoD huh?

[kingjoker34]

yeah cause they took out the red light lmao.
so it is impossible to even see red lights on the new 360, good way to trick the casual market.

[Serjikal_Strike]

But its a DOT now

[darthv72]

should be able to do some new slimmer 360 portables now.

Rumor has it they have been working on revising the physical form since 07 so for them to have put so much time and effort into making it look like this it had better not go wrong.

Then again, sony put allot of time and effort into the ps3 and it gets a ylod just after the years warranty is up.

Point is, people will find fault in anything they have no interest in simply because they can. No matter if its deserved or not...they just will.

I will be retiring my original pro for one of these slims real soon.

[DJexs]

thats microsoft for yah they are tricky. I honestly was expecting a leprechaun to be inside that thing when they opened it up.

[DaCajun]

All the "slim" Xbox 360 sales will be from current Xbox gamers/fanboys trading in their old one for a new one even though their old one still works just to boost their beloved consoles sales. I'm not trading mine in, I've had it since 2006 and it still works when I use it so why get a new one if it works fine?

I just don't understand psychotic fanboy logic at all.

[DJexs]

@dacajun

shhh do not say that I got reported for trolling by saying that.

[darthv72]

"All the "slim" Xbox 360 sales will be from current Xbox gamers/fanboys "

Lets think back to when the ps3 slim came out. If I do recall there were plenty of so called ps3 gamers/fanboys proclaiming they were purchasing the slim.

Not "ALL" but i would say a good majority of the ones on this site have done that so why is it wrong for 360 fans to do the same?

[Kurt Russell]

LETS JUDGE IT BEFORE IT HAS HAPPENED HOOOORAAAAY

Troll chumps

[kingjoker34]

/do you really want to argue that it wont happen?

[Kurt Russell]

No, but I would rather wait until there is something tangible to argue with...

And anyway, I don't have the bubbles to argue.

I see no point in crying foul unless it starts to occur; it seems to make sense to have fixed it by now.

[Ocelot525]

yes, I don't really think m$ is that stupid to reintroduce RROD

oh wait, they are crazy:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[midgard229]

aaaaactually my friend got the 360 and it stopped working yesterday, , it just freezes and stops working after a while ,Ms is sending him another.

he's pissed but i just laughed, so he's stuck using his regular 360.

told him not to buy it

[midgard229]

steve balmer is a true MS fanboy lol. he's wat all the little fanboys on this site want to grow up to be :)

[WetN00dle69]

Well been using mine for a couple of hours now and its been working flawlessly.

[tommyth3cat]

As long as its properly vented it doesn't matter how "crowded" it looks. The main culprit of RROD was cause by Microsoft thinking they could design their own graphics chip and then cutting corners in that process.

[dragonelite]

lol they didn't design the GPU come on go read some facts GPU was designed by ATI and CPU by IBM.

Rrod was because smoldering smelt and disconnect because of the heat and word is that the new 360 is pushing heat out like no tomorrow.

[tommyth3cat]

Yeah maybe you should read info from sites that actually know what they are talking about.

Microsoft designed the first set of gfx chips and cut corners so they failed. The problem you are talking about was idiots that left their 360 on for days or on carpet so it wasn't properly vented.

[Garnett]

Wow...
ATI made the Xbox 360 GPU, Which is better than the "C311" and "RSX".

My Jasper (which is now outdated) doesnt even get hot, let alone RROD.

[greatjimbo78]

"wow still looks as crowded as ever."

Not something we can say about your brain cells though.

[kingjoker34]

also not something we can say about MS

[darthv72]

Cons
•The shine on the case shows every fingerprint
•Face plate is no longer detachable
•They are still using the original X clamp on the chipset
•Free floating disk drive
•Didn’t come with a data transfer kit
•Didn’t come with HDMI cables only av

Honestly, people said the same about the piano black finish on the ps3 and psp. Doesnt make them any less of a console.

Faceplate thing...I never changed mine so to me this isnt much of a con.

X clamp shouldnt be viewed as a con considering it was never determined that it was the cause of the RROD. Bad solder points and heat warping of the board is more likely.

Tray drives for discs are nothing new and pretty much any tray drive will scratch a disc if you flip the sucker over while spinning. My ps2 has scratched disc from changing it to upright from laying flat when playing a game. Guess what...my fault for not stopping the damn game!

No data xfr kit...no real need if you are a new purchaser. Why doesnt the ps3 come with an external usb enclosure to put your drive into when you swap it out?

HDMI cables are personal preference. If you got a 6ft cable chances are you would have needed something longer and still bitched. AV is standard. HDMI is personal choice. I had to buy an hdmi cable when i bought my sony bluray player (aka PS3).

I will say though that they should go back to using the HD/AV cables instead of just the plain reg ones.

[Theonik]

This is the year 2010 though. Both the Wii and PS3 learned from the mistakes of a tray design and dropped it. The old 360 also scratched disks while moved but they still haven't learned. Also the PS3 now has the ability to do data transfer over an Ethernet cable so you don't need an enclosure just a cheap cable. They should have implemented that feature.

[Dorwrath]

Actually it is coming with the data transfer kit. According to Microsoft and Major Nelsons dashboard video

[XactGamer]

N4G ^^^ it's getting out of control ^^^ I came in to read about the motherboard because I build PC's and all I see is a mile long troll conga line.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

LOL!

[Theonik]

You gotta love the konga. xD

[DoomeDx]

Jesus that guy really loves his site.

site-name watermarks on every picture..making them annoying to look at

[dirthurts]

Nothing unusual here. If I was the first to mod a new console I would have my logo all over it too.
It's great for creating traffic to his site.

[jjesso1993]

wanted this but turns out its still a crapbox Its stupid they cant fix simple heating issues. what are people are goning think when there pushed for next gen xbox even after hardware redsign they cant fix a simple error I wont touch any of microsoft hardware ever again.

[dirthurts]

Don't knock it unless you actually know what you're talking about.
My rig at home uses a similar clamp system at 3.8ghz (quad core) and there are no problems whatsoever.
The older clamp was just too thin and warped.
The new clamp looks fine.

[Mr Marbles]

modded already, they didn't waste time. It actually looks pretty good in the modded state.

The RROD is history morons, 45nm chips throw off very little heat. Also I dont think MS wants to drop another billion dollars on system replacements.

[Pennywise]

Morons? I would say that would apply to the person jumping to conclusions that microsoft learned how to build hardware.

[tommyth3cat]

They decided that the 10 million they would spend on an ASIC vendor would be a better idea. So unless you mean putting the 360s together the components and chips are not the problem anymore.

[Gun_Senshi]

how to known trolls have 4 bubbles already?

[P1NKY]

RROD is history because the new Xbox 360 S doesn't display RROD anymore. It's a Red Dot. Only time will tell if they have truly fixed the faults with the Hardware.

[divideby0]

Mr. M.... MS was presented a 100% fix to the RROD, but they didnt want to do it, so they are living with the xclamps which do fail... even though the heat is less with the chip shrink, x clamp was a FIX, not a SOLUTION

I wouldnt call others morons, based upon a 30K ft view of the technology, which you are showing

[oguzsasi]

" If your Xbox 360 S got broke! We are begging you to not to make any youtube videos! Dont tell this to anybody! Even your mom! If you have that problem, please call us. We will send you Bill Gates with his credit card number a.s.a.p. !!! "

[ForROME]

I want to someone to put the Jasper board next to the new board so we can see the difference

[militant07]

is HANA chip also included in 45nm chip or outside?

it would be really good if its inside.

[rock_solid]

good design. 360 slim is an overall better package than PS3 slim.

[divideby0]

based upon what ? please explain
where is the power brick ? is it internal now ?
no Blue Ray
no 3D

yea explain

[rock_solid]

external power brick is better, that's what 99% percent of laptops and electronics manufacturers do. because of the heat dissipation and the negative impact on the performance of internal components, also in case of malfunctioning power supply you can easily buy a new one instead of disassembling the system.

why do you need blu-ray anyway? if you can rent HD on Xbox live? also for 3D it's making games worse on the PS3. affecting it in negative ways, making the game more sub HD and performs really weak.

so let's stick to good design decision. +1 to MS.

[trancefreak]

LOL @ rock solid DUde Laptops are portable with a big old battery on them. How far could you take your xbox off the power cord before it stops working.

And if your power brick broke you think goo ole ms will help ya out by just replacing it for ya free of charge.

[Dorwrath]

If it's in warranty yes they will, did for me anyway.

Stop pretending Sony wouldn't treat you the same way. Out of warranty and your shit out of luck with both companies.

[Persistantthug]

Do you seriously believe that?

First of all, BluRay > DVD...PERIOD. Had XBOX 360 had DVD, FF13 could have had 1 to 1 parity. I also like to OWN my HD movies and have actual disk hard copies.

-Speaking of movies, you know the browser allows me to DL pretty much any movie I want for free, right? Movies, music, Free themes, pron (*wink*)

-Does XBOX 360 still use AA batteries like its 1982?

-Bluetooth...check.

-any laptop harddrive I want...check

-Peace of mind that my product won't break even if I play it for 48 or 72 hours straight....check

-The most "latest and greatest" first party titles that can't be played ANYWHERE else....check
btw....how many MS made 360 games were announced for E3?

Free internet gaming.....check

-helps cure cancer...check...lol

Well, to 360's credit...it finally got WiFi....so all is not lost...congrats :)

[vampstreak]

Now that is what i wanted to see. looks crowded but if all goes well i just may consider buying one. but it is a long shot, i have doubts

[PS360PCROCKS]

Haha! USB Wi-Fi? So Microsoft just took their existing Wi-Fi took off the plastic and put it in the box? What a great deal than, you get a $100 Wi-Fi dongle free! Lmao.

[dirthurts]

It's still free.
I'd rather it be usb, that way if I ever wanted to swap it out it's simple.

[PS360PCROCKS]

True. Makes sense. I just kind of had to laugh because all they did was use what they were selling for $100 and throw it in the box now. Yet the price doesn't go up huh? I thought the dongle was worth $100? lol

[divideby0]

x clamp fix...omg.... they have been presented with a REAL solution not this x clamp looming hardware failure fix...

MS... you have been told the proper fix and yes its gonna add a little more to the cost of the box, but at least you know of a REAL solution..

to bad you continue to cheap out on your hardware and still charge gamers a premium.

new 360 or new PS3 . PS3 still is better value and better built

are you still using an external brick ?

[dirthurts]

You would realize that this is a newly designed clamp. Looks pretty solid actually.
But since you've obviously never worked on would you really shouldn't comment on the quality of their mounting hardware.

[raziel6430]

i just got my new xbox...and i just got a ps3 slim...i'm all set....hoo ooh hooo

[raziel6430]

i just love it when a plan comes together...halo here i come..and socom...

[AliTheBrit19]

Microsoft, when it comes to building hardware you are still as bad as ever.

It boggles my mind you don't include a HDMI cable?!?!

[Dorwrath]

My PS3 Fat didn't include a HDMI cable, so whats your point exactly.

[PS3 Supremacy]

It's the same steaming pile of shit, just this time it's jammed pack into a smaller PC case. RROD incoming, stop drop and roll. Remember that procedure, you're going to need it.

[MetalFreakMike]

I just traded in my arcade one because I really do not use it much anymore. I'm going to buy the 360 slim down the road in a few months but for right now I'm just going to stick with the PS3. I like the new look of the 360 slim and can not wait to get one so my entertainment center can finally match. The white 360 did not look right next to all black hardware. I'll most likely buy one when Gears 3 comes out. Good job MS, now just make sure your hardware problems are all sorted before you claim its all fixed!