UPDATE Geek porn: Xbox 360 Elite stripped down to the bare naked essentials

[Raven]

Originally Posted by qj.net

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UPDATE Llama decided to do a Part 2 to their little anatomy discussion. The new pics come from the back of the Elite motherboard, but by comparing these with the launch 360 [Only registered users can see links. ], they've strengthened their suspicions that the Elite isn't using (yet) [Only registered users can see links. ].

The interesting part to most is the area under where the CPU connects we see lots of changes around here but its mostly just smaller components in a tighter space. The Ball Grid Array size has of course not changed so although we see a denser arrangement of smaller components we should not take this to mean that it is necessarily the 65nm core.


[Only registered users can see links. ]Llama.com takes an [Only registered users can see links. ] and takes the stuffing out of it. Hey, it's all in the name of "being able to repair - or mod - the Xbox 360 Elite in the future (no matter what [Only registered users can see links. ]'s EULA may say)." Here are the bare essentials of what they found:

• It uses the [Only registered users can see links. ] GDR-3120L FK78 DVD drive, meaning "extracting the drive key and flashing the firmware of this unit won't be a problem!"
• Llama's amused at "Microsoft's most creative measures to minimize the dreaded Xbox 360 3 flashing red lights 'Ring of Death' error caused by poor BGA connections of the CPU and [Only registered users can see links. ]": ""The good ol' a dab (of glue) will do ya methodology"
• The 120GB HDD uses a [Only registered users can see links. ] MHW2120BH drive. "Our initial attempts at dumping Sector 16 using The Specialist's hdhacker application was not a success... Without the Sector 16 you will not be able to upgrade your stock 20GB drive to 120GB the cheap way." Oh well, [Only registered users can see links. ].
• The fan header's been switched from the 4-pin Molex to a standard 3-pin fan header connection. For those who're using the [Only registered users can see links. ], Llama's now offering 3-4 pin adaptors.

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[QueenB]

I was following this

Looks amazing inside - this stuff intrigues me (dont let me near it though, that would be unsafe, I break things )!