If, however, you see no copper heatpipe then you've got one with the new CPU heatsink, potentially a falcon.Ĭlick to See Full Image - See the reflection of the copper heatpipe? This is an older Xbox 360 The older, non-falcon, Xbox 360s had a heatpipe running through the CPU's heatsink - if you see a copper heatpipe then you've got an older console. What you're looking for is the side of the CPU heatsink. Stand the Xbox 360 on its side (hard drive side down) and shine the flashlight in through the holes in the grey plastic. Once you get the Xbox 360 out of the packaging, there are two more tests to figure out whether or not you've got a falcon - both of which can be done without opening the Xbox itself. Team FDOU appears to be the most popularly associated with Falcons, at least in North America. The next thing you'll want to confirm is the team, also located on the same sticker as the lot number. There are mixed results with lower lot numbers, but the newer the console, the greater your chances of getting a Falcon.
The new Xbox 360 Premium consoles (the consoles with free copies of Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance in the box) eventually started shipping with Falcon hardware, but these things needed to be in Lot 738 or greater.
To check the manufacture date, flip up the serial number flap on the box and look up - the build date is listed above the serial number on the console itself, which is visible without opening the box. The first reported Falcon Xbox 360 was a Halo 3 Special Edition console, and for those consoles you needed to have a Lot number of 734 or greater (and a build date later than 8/24/07).
The first thing to look for is the Lot number, which is printed on a label on the side of the box. Thankfully, most of the indicators can be found on the outside of the Xbox 360 box without even opening it. Insider sources referred to this new Xbox 360 by the codename Falcon, replacing the Zephyr Xbox 360 that launched with the Elite edition systems.Įventually, thanks to the hard work of many Xbox forum members, a general system for determining whether a console used the new 65nm CPU was created. Rough power numbers were eventually posted, showing a definite decrease in power consumption.
The GPU heatsink remained unchanged from the first cooling update to the 360. The CPU heatsink in particular no long featured a heatpipe, something that had been present since the launch of the console, indicating that possibly the triple-core CPU had been manufactured on a cooler running 65nm process. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Not too long ago, a Xbox 360 owner posted about receiving a new console from with a pair of revised heatsinks on the CPU and GPU. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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