Well, I go away for a few days and it looks like we might finally have some new info.
AF XBOXER has a very promising looking new power plug. It's definitely different and consistent with the theory that a Jasper rev would be capable of accepting a new 150W PSU. That PSU would in turn be keyed to not plug into older systems since it wouldn't be powerful enough. If you have a macro function on your digital camera, that may make it easier to photograph the power connector.
As linked by
AnthonyG and
iwantjasper, looks like there's a 12.1A labeled Xbox at xbox-scene with a 150W PSU. IMO, barring any photoshop interference,
this has to be Jasper.
I don't even need to see power measurements to be convinced.
It's interesting that we never had a 175W/14.2A Jasper, but it's possible we just missed them. Or possibly, MS never meant to have 203W/16.5A Falcons the first time around and that just threw us off.
Looks like I'll be looking around the local Best Buys tomorrow. Figures that we'd discover this on a day when all the stores are closed Actually, I'm not sure I can stand the Black Friday crowds just to hunt for something the stores here probably don't have. We'll see...
Originally posted by: Squilliam
I was wondering Jasperhunter if it would be possible for Anand to take the analysis one step further when you tear down a Jasper 360 officially and find out if there were any changes to the packaging materials and solder used on the CPU/GPU of the Xbox 360s and compare back to the Falcon and Xenon/Zephyr revisions as well?
The solder/packaging has been one area where the source of the failures have been theorised to originate. It would be good if possible to confirm/deny that and it will make the article a little more useful.
Thanks, Squilliam
I don't think we have the resources to do that. It would be quite expensive and difficult, if not impossible.