Originally posted by: sharkfist
I think we've found our 1st Jaspers in the UK. Just picked mine up at Blockbuster.
http://www.360drives.com/profile/4410
Originally posted by: sharkfist
Yes, Blockbuster Video. Ask about what bundle offers they have and you can get a better deal with some games than just paying the 129.99 for the console. I got the Arcade console, Wireless Entertainment Pack (Lego Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda & Wireless Controller), Dead Space and 1 free month of rentals for 159.99. I know it's not the best deal out there, but I'm more concerned with getting a Jasper than a Falcon bundle.
Also wanted to say how helpful the staff were at Blockbuster. They even opened up the box so we could see the power connector!
Good Luck!
Originally posted by: iplawguy
The Targets in Knoxville, TN have been turning over their stock of Elites regularly. I regularly find 844s from CSON and FDOU (haven't seen anything newer yet) but they have all been 14.2. The clerks have been pretty helpful. Heck, on my last trip, the security guy brought out the ones from the back so we could check those.
I have been holding out for an elite since August and I refuse to stop now when it seems so close ... I hope my kids take it well on Christmas when I have to tell them that *eventually* they will be getting a 360... At least my adorable wife has been a good sport about the endless and, so far, pointless trips.
Ken
Originally posted by: Darrell
Awesome news currentswillshift!! It's great to hear that you scored a Jasper!!!.
It's funny that you say "Finally I can have my life back...." I felt the same way. AND, my wife was probably happier than I was....because it mean the end to the senseless trips out to the stores coming home empty handed. Patience and persistance wins out in the end. Enjoy the Jasper and keep us up to date with stuff....like your opinions on the Jasper and keeping tabs on reliability. I mean, that's the whole reason we bought it, right?.....to rid ourselves of the RRoD. What are you gonna do with two copies of Sega Tennis?
haha...lol you bought TWO XBOX 360's for the same price as ONE PS3..... :laugh:
Originally posted by: Magehart
Are there any other SoCal Elite Jasper Hunters?
Originally posted by: currentswillshift
Originally posted by: JasperDaddy
Jasper Arcades in Frankfurt/Germany
Mediamarkt Frankfurt-Enkheim (near Hessencenter) has some Jasper Arcades (at least one left after I bought mine ;-) Identified by 12.1A (mine still has the 175W power brick - it really is a BRICK - so those who can might want to wait for the 150W part)
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I may have missed a previous post here discussing this, but did anyone do a size and weight comparison between the 150W power "brick" and the 175W.
Is their at least a difference in weight as theorized in the old 8-bit board ???
Jasperhunter did you, Darrell or possibly Anand make any comments (I might have missed)
as to what the actual weight or size difference is for the new 150W "brick"?????
Originally posted by: Darrell
Originally posted by: Agentbolt
Originally posted by: Darrell
Hey Arcade Jasper owners:
I have a question and I'm not wanting to tread through 50 pages to get the answer if it was already revealed.
On the arcade Jasper units, once the NXE update is installed, how much storage memory is left afterward? I have a friend who wants an arcade, but no hard drive yet......
Only about 80 megs. Microsoft is currently offering a promo where you can send in for a refurbed 20 gig HDD for 30 bucks with free shipping. It's inexcusable to not have a HDD for this thing now
Also, I was VERY impressed with how fast it shipped. Ordered it Saturday night, went out Monday morning, will arrive tomorrow. :thumbsup:
Thanks for the reply Agentbolt!! I had no idea that NXE still occupied that much flash ram. 80 megs is still enough to get some game saves on it.
That leads me to another question then. If NXE is still eating some space on the 256 mb flash ram on the mobo, then why can I boot the Jasper Pro unit without the hard drive and still have NXE running? I verified that my Jasper Pro only has 16mb of flash ram....?? Maybe I should stop asking questions....
Originally posted by: currentswillshift
This is a bit long, but....
I want to thank everyone on this board and those at the old "8-bit" post
for their help over the last 4 months. I basically have lived for the hunt.
After caving in late October and buying a Holiday Pro Bundle from Dell (only to find I had a Falcon) I still held on at the "8-bit" post and later this forum to see how things would shake out. When it became clear on this board that Jaspers were in the wild, I swore I would wait a couple months, play my new Falcon Pro Bundle, then sell it to buy an Elite Jasper.
Yet I could not hold........ Everyday for the last week and a half I would torture myself by going into 2 of the Best Buy's here on Long Island only to identify Jaspers by the boatloads.
Yet I did not have one....Every day I would come to this board only to find a new Jasper owner. I think when "Darrell" found his Jasper (after originally caving and purchasing a Falcon) I think the urge to purchase became that much more unbearable for me.
.....even during a recent 360 game buying spree on New Egg, I managed to hold back the urge when I was made aware of a certain "built in memory" 360 Bundle that was listed on the site (with the "XGX-00019" model number and user reviews assuring a stock of Jasper)....Man, was I really, really teetering:Q. Then came the 15% cashback Paypal/ Newegg deal this past Monday that could possibly put an Arcade Jasper in my hands for $169.99 (free shipping and no tax). I couldn't take it anymore:shocked:, but...............................
There was just one problem...How do you convince your wife you need to spend another $200 on another 360 after you just bought one a little more than a month ago that works perfectly fine. :roll: So I cooked up a plan....
"you tell her that, we can put a 360 in the bedroom to use as a streamer of movies and to view pictures of the kids from our computer, and ohh yeah :thumbsup: we could rent netflix through the xbox too so we don't need to send back those DVD's anymore....and we could use the other 360 in the den to play games"
What a crock of sh*t to feed to one's wife....
Which brings me to today...... as I sit here staring at an open box in my living room....that just arrived from New Egg with the following specs:
Lot#: 845x
Serial: 845xx
Manu Date: 11-2-08
Team: FDOU
Amp: 12.1A
Power Supply: 150W
Box Sticker: XGX-00019, Value Bundle E
Now I can have my life back..........
Thank you, 8-bitjoystick, JasperHunter, Vale Yard, Darrell, mtsjtb, Knoxximus, Dan 360, Jopopsy, csrx, Pwnsweet, Replay, rwalker222......and others, it was fun. Good luck to all of the would be Jasper Hunters still on this board. Keep searching....
Originally posted by: runnarunna262
Hi all - first off, THANKS for the awesome information in the thread - it's my first 360 and I hopped threads/links earlier this week and ended up here.
For those in Boston, MA - I've been looking/calling the last few days and wanted a Jasper PRO...and finally got one!
CSON 0843X
MFD: 2008-10-30
12.1A confirmed
Power connector confirmed
175W brick
I went to a couple Best Buy's (Cambridge, Danvers) and a few Game Stops (Cambridge, Danvers, Beverly) and all had stock that was moving semi-steadily but many 836/7s and even an 845 (16.5A). Every Target I went to, though, was sold out - the Target in Everett, MA just got a shipment of 40 in the last day. An employee mentioned they had a large # of Pro's for some reason and so I asked him to go back and look for 840+ and he came out with the 843 and I couldn't believe my eyes when I could see the 12.1A! (I was pretty discouraged up til now as most reports I saw were for Arcades and every store here seemed to have the same answer).
The weather is getting bad here but if you're near Everett or don't mind bad traffic, they're there. For whatever reason Target out here either moves their inventory very fast or perhaps had a smaller lot most of the year and are getting newer batches now (I can't verify supply chain but that's my guess).
The bonus? Through tomorrow you get a $30 Target giftcard so after taxes it's $285 to me since I shop at Target anyway. Yeah!
Originally posted by: JasperHunter
A couple of notes on my Jasper now that I've used it for a bit:
1. I think it's actually louder than my Falcon. The fans have a hum/vibration to them that is far more noticeable.
2. I'm a little surprised at how little power we saved with the 65nm die shrink. I figured it would be more like the transition from Zephyr to Falcon, but in that case I guess the CPU went from 90nm to 65nm and the GPU from 90nm to 80nm. This time we only got GPU from 80 to 65nm.
3. If indeed MS has not addressed the solder bump issue with Jasper, I wonder if the relatively small power savings (and thus heat production) will really make a significant difference in reliability. That is, of course, only a concern IF heat was the root cause previously, which I'm still not convinced of.
4. The white DVD drive of my arcade still looks weird to me, but I'll get over it
Originally posted by: Zuker
Originally posted by: Magehart
Are there any other SoCal Elite Jasper Hunters?
I have been looking for a Elite Jasper for a couple of months in the LA area.
The latest numbers I have seen are 844x all rated at 14.2A.
Fry's Electronics and Target seem to rotate their stock most often i think that this is due to them not stocking that many units.
Christmas is coming and time is running out to get one by then.
-Zuker
Originally posted by: Tanna Tanna
Got my Jasper Arcade in UK today, Blockbusters is the place to go -- over on AVforums.com website lots of people in the UK appear to have gone to their local branch today and picked up a Jasper.