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[XanTium]

Xbox 360 Hardware Disassembled and Analyzed-- Posted by XanTium on November 16 11:37 EST
Anandtech.com posted an article about the final retail Xbox 360 hardware internals detailing everything from the storage devices to the CPU and GPU core.
It also explains how you can open your Xbox 360!
Something new: the Hitachi-LG DVD drive uses an SATA interface and a proprietary power connector. The HD is a 20GB 2.5" Serial ATA Samsung notebook hard drive running at 5400RPM. The HD uses both a standard SATA data and power cable.

(IMG:http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/anandtech/profile_small.jpg)

Check it out on anandtech.com (news via slashdot.org)

[mkjones]

I managed to grab a read before the site went down (Digging the story probably didnt help either) and oh lord what a PAIN it looks to get these buggers open!  

Heres hoping for a softmod aproach  

Shame they didnt take the HD unit apart. I would have loved to see the "true" size of that thing  

[thax]

Here is the first page only, unfortunately this doesn't give any useful information:
Mirrordot
Sorry, didn't see that xscene mirrored it as above.

This post has been edited by thax: Nov 16 2005, 07:09 PM

[Cog]

They failed to mention if they were able to put it back together and play it without it locking them out.

[Avenger 2.0]

We need a mirror  

[ksteiner]

Nice we need some1 to make a chip.

[zhugeliang]

QUOTE

Cog     Posted Today, 07:29 PM
     They failed to mention if they were able to put it back together and play it without it locking them out.

T ru dat, tru dat!

[ikecomp]

QUOTE(mkjones @ Nov 16 2005, 12:00 PM)

I managed to grab a read before the site went down (Digging the story probably didnt help either) and oh lord what a PAIN it looks to get these buggers open! 

Heres hoping for a softmod aproach 

Shame they didnt take the HD unit apart. I would have loved to see the "true" size of that thing 

This guy took apart the HDD

http://softlife.blogspot.com/

[Arakon]

oh for fucks sake.. there is no lockout bullshit when opening it!

and the HD is a standard 2.5" drive, same as you'll find in any laptop, if you want to know the size, look at any standard 2.5" one.

[krackheadbill]

We need to know if it will let us put it back together without getting locked out or having our live accounts banned.... Thats an interesting theory actually. Perhaps the box does not lock you out but autobans your live account if you try to log in and it detects that you cracked the case... hahaha

I don't know.... Any information on this? Does the box still work after it is reassembled? Can it even be reassembled? Those pics still look pretty sweet though....

[simpull7]

There's a guy who got his 8 days early and has now taken it apart here. (Someone posted a link under the comments for the slashdot article.)

[krackheadbill]

I love it.... Can you imagine having a mod for this thing before release..... hahahahaha  

[PCBUILDERCHRIS]

oh yeah where gonna hack these up quick yall i cant wait

i go  127 saved up imma hit my mom up for the rest

[steblublu]

QUOTE(PCBUILDERCHRIS @ Nov 16 2005, 08:33 PM)

oh yeah where gonna hack these up quick yall i cant wait

i go  127 saved up imma hit my mom up for the rest

when I was young, kids would never hit their mothers... never mind getting paid to do so.

btw - someone asked about putting things back together, etc.

yes.  things go back together easily, and I've logged back onto xbox live - with no issues.

btw- I've posted new pics (and info about the TSOP) on my blog:  http://softlife.blogsort.com



cheers,

Steb.

[ikecomp]

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This post has been edited by ikecomp: Nov 16 2005, 10:14 PM