Newly repaired Xbox 360's come back with an even bigger heatsink to combat RRoD

Maxconsole have been informed that newly repaired Xbox 360 units from the MS repair center are coming back with much bigger heatsinks. The following pictures sent in by Artik from Logic-Sunrise show the difference between the old heatsink (top left) and the new one (all the rest).

[nanometric]

Maybe M$ could just supply ice cubes to 360 owners? :D

EDIT @Saint Sony: Get a sense of humor and your 360 from repair shop!

[Saint Sony]

LOL a comedian! HAHAH.

How about this:
Maybe Sony could just supply games to PS3 owners?

edit: nanometric obviously YOU fail to have sense of humor ;)

[ukilnme]

you should STFU. Just joking, I am bored here at work.

[maggotmx]

hahaha thats pretty funny i dont care wut ne1 say... ice cubes lol

[dantesparda]

Well this article prompted me to check my console which i got back from them on July 20-something and my replacement (my 3rd replacement 360) has NO extra heatsink in it at all! NONE! its just like the original 360s. This is bullsh!t. And all you fanboys were saying that they all had the extra heatsink being put in them at that time. Morons! definitely not true (that they where all getting them at that time, cuz mine definitely didnt). And this 360 (my 3rd one) has been freezing up and disc read erroring since the first day i got it back from them. So soon I will be on my 4th replacement 360, since this one is no good either and going back.

[stony419]

this is just the new pro console, nothing new like they said on all the forums. Try going to consoleshop.com and check out the coolers they supply, they are loud as hell, but they let you know how hot your system is and they let you control the fan speed, but like I said, they are really freakin loud, so make sure you have atleast a stereo unit or a well ventilated entertainment system, preferebly with a door so you don't have to listen to how loud the fans are. Other than that I love em lol. I also bought the fan that is placed behind the power button on top of the new heat sink. Helps keep the system cool, around 40°C to 50°C, it has spiked to hit 52°C, but I just turned up the speed of the fan and it dropped back down to 50°C.

[Coke-a-Cola]

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[Sangheili85]

I don't want a recall i'm happy with my 360 never had a RROD. And as long as they replace them for free for 3 years I'm fine with that.

[marionz]

no RROD here and im happy with the 3yr warrenty, what good would a total recall do now?

[lynx1halo]

NOW IT NOT ONLY PRE HEATS YOUR FOOD....IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A SLOW COOKER THX TO THE BIGGER HEAT SINK...(Please allow one to two days for your product to completely fail)

@Bloodysinner

LOL now thats just funny

[BloodySinner]

Enjoy.

[karlostomy]

bwahahaha!

is niiiice...

[akaFullMetal]

well it needs it, i hope that this proves to keep fail rates down to 5% at least, if not, then ill wait some more before getting a 360, but now that i have a computer that can play bioshock and cod4, i might not need to get one yet, since alot of 360 games are also pc.

[ry-guy]

You know, I haven't heard as much complaining about RRoD since they implemented the new 65nm and the bigger heat sinks. The only people that seem to keep pointing out is the Sony fanbase.

[DiGiTaL Ki11eR]

i don't think so. i think its cost cutting.

if you look closely the "new" heat looks to be the same material as the one under the dvd drive. these are made of aluminum, i know aluminum expensive per pound, but this make for a very light heatsink. the "old" heatsink is made of a much heavier metal, i'd say steel. i took my core apart in early 06 because it craped out, back when they were charging for repairs so i can attest to heavy these heatsinks are.

[maggotmx]

hey blood.. i think u got the wrong console there buddy. sony isnt the one placing bigger sinks on their console ;)

[Pain]

M$ for yaa.

M$>>Shhh lets hope they forget.

[Charlie2688]

Well my 360 committed suicide a few days ago so I expect the new one to come with the bigger heatsinks...

by the way someone should tell MS that besides bigger heatsink they should change those cheap PC fans for fans designed with the 360s heat production in mind >.>

[THE_JUDGE]

put a band-aid on a gun shot wound. They need to try again as we already know that the new Elites aren't working right.

[tk]

Well - the big news to me is:

- Seems like MS is finally getting a handle on the RRoD problem.
- Seems like PS3 is getting steady stream of good ports
- PS3 is getting good exclusives

Seems like it is a win for everyone. Even for the rabid fans comparing ports and exclusives.

[Mikey_Gee]

.. I agree 100%

Plus now that pretty much ever Lot # I see on the 360 boxes is at least 0734 or newer (most are 0735 and 0736) means the 65nm FALCON chip is on shelves. I will be VERY HAPPY when the fast dwindeling of the old stocks are GONE GONE GONE !!!

[kingfury]

So that's Micro$oft's solution. Put a bigger $hitsink which will cause even bigger $hit problems.

Instead of getting three red rings you'll be getting four. Good job.

[ry-guy]

Just like $ony's solution to their small exclu$ive library is to beg developer$ to not abandon their expen$ive developmental machine.

I can do it too!

[DJ]

I can barely keep up with them. I already have 5 titles, and I barely got my system in mid-August.

[SlappyMcTaint]

They still RROD. lol lol lol

[mario888]

They need to redesign the whole mother board layout and put the smaller 65nm chip on the cpu and gpu. Once this is done they should just replace all consoles that RRods with the new and improved model. I know this will cost MSft a lot of money and I don't know as a business they would do this.

[ichimaru]

slappy ehy are you in this thread?

[KINGDRAMA]

BUT I WOULDNT BET ANY MONEY ON IT.