Xbox 360 Fanboy

@dragod
Yeah, you're probably right, but they're going to lose an insane amount of money anyways with this whole extended warranty. Hopefully they'll be able to solve this RROD problem and get a handle on it. It's ashame you guys have to go through this shit after paying the kind of money that you did.

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As pointed out, the repair shop WILL send you back someone else's repaired 360 rather than a new one, for whatever reason they use. Maybe new units get new units, maybe not.

The junker I now have works, but the DVD drawer only opens with help from me. It seems slower at booting, but no game functionality seems to be affected. I am still waiting to get Halo 3, though...

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if you send it back to microsoft you SHOULD be getting your very same sytem back.

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There,the "falcon" is out,can we end this story now?

I have never seen so much amazement over a console chip in my life.

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Well I just got my Xbox back from the repair center and it's a brand new Xbox that was made on September 13 2007.

There's no HDMI port though but it is very VERY quiet compared to my old one. And it seems to me that it doesn't get nowhere near as hot as my old box use to get. So I don't know if I got the new falcon chip or not but here's to hoping that my new box doesn't break.

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@Don: "You got poor Fezmid over here worried to play his 360 in fear of the RROD, it finally happens, then they send him another one without the chip. So now he's right back where he started, playing scared."

Ummm, I'm not playing scared. I got a good year out of the console, and now I have one that seems to work again. My $300 video card in my PC just died a few weeks ago as well (6800GT), and you don't hear me complaining about nVidia. I just bought a new video card. If I have to buy a new console in another 8-12 months, so be it.

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Hm, still waiting for my coffin. I hope they send me a whole new one, that would be spiffy, but really, I just want one that works.

Is that so much to ask?

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kerbero9, the math here is not too hard to understand. Even if the CPU is not the main heat contributor, ANYTHING that lowers the average internal temp of the system is a good thing and will help improve system stability.

Will it solve all the problems? Of course not. But it will help.

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Yeah the system will run cooler and with the still upgraded GPU heatsink the problem should go away for the most part unless some ppl continue to put their system in a closed space.

I'd say the whole RROD is a nightmare for MS like it is us. I think they wouldn't have bothered with a new rev if it wasn't gonna help on reliability alot. What is the chances of a RROD on old systems like 30%? I think the falcon will drop it to 10% or less depending on room temps and such the 360 is kept in.

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I am an owner of the Xbox 360 in both the Pro and Elite versions. Looking to add the Halo 3 edition shortly. I am also owner of the PS3 and the Wii. I am just a fanboy of games. I must say I have *NEVER* had a problem with my Xbox's but I have them in a well ventilated area that I put 2 120mm case fans in my cabinet. 1 to draw air in and 1 to draw out. Works well.

Now, on the other hand. I have the PS3 and I have had them die 2x. I called Sony 2x and each time since I couldn't find my receipt I was charge $150 bucks to get in repaired or refurbished.

Something I like about Microsoft is that they do not require the receipt to fix a console. They will take your serial # and you send it in for repair.

One thing I wish tha both companies would do is take your credit card # over the phone, send out a refurbished unit immediately after the phone, you return your broken unit in the same box tha will include pre-paid shipping. Then if they do not receive your broken unit, they charge your credit card the full price. This makes it so you are not out of gaming for 5 - 8 weeks like the companies about have.

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will this falcon make the system any faster????

just run cooler???

dats it?? no performance gains??

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Of course no performance gains. It's a game console, not a pc. Revisions on a console are never for performance. They are for stability, reliability or overall size reduction.

I'm hoping one of these tech sites like Ars or HardOCP gets a confirmed falcon system and can get some temperature tests done in the next few weeks against a Zephyr 360. I'm curious to see if this gets the kind of improvements many (including me) are hoping for.

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Does the elite have the falcon chip? And is it worth waiting till August for the 65 gpu chip? And also, if my elite breaks after August will they send me a new one with the new additions?

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there's nothing to do with the lot #734... We have people who bought consoles from older lots and had falcons... a way to find out if u have a falcon is taking a look at the back of the xbox... if there's something like "ICASA..." you certainly have the top xbox 360

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Hey Kids,

Prolly old news here, but I picked up a 360 Elite at Gamestop in Springville, Utah today (11-19-07) and confirmed that it is indeed a Falcon CPU version. It bears a manufactured date of 10-06-07 but team FDOU and is lot #740.

I checked another lot manufactured on 9-05-07 and it was NOT Falcon.

Good luck, and may this be the end of the RRoD!

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All you need to know and more about the Falcon: http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3152

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all this talk and name calling is a joke too. if all of you would have got your XBox 360 at COSTCO you could return it and get a new one the same day. forget going to microsoft and waiting 2 or 3 weeks and get another used one. I know your headaches because i am on my 4th 360 in a little over a year, and yes they do have the lasted models in stock. to the guy that is unsure of getting one JUST DO IT! hopefully there is a COSTCO near by. Your welcome everybody debate settled!!!!!!!

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