The Official Zephyr / Elite (Xbox 360 Version 2) Thread

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"][QUOTE="schaotix"]

I know that this has been brought up many times before, but I don't have time to sift through 350+ posts.

 

Having said that, I am wondering something. Does the 360 Elite come with the new chip/CPU that doesn't overheat as easily, or not? Thanks.

kcpp2b

No it doesn't. And don't ask why it doesn't, God alone is still trying to figure out why they would release another version of a console that breaks maybe 20-30% of the time.

Dude everywhere I go, on many many forums had many many many people complaining about different broken 360's. I did a lot of research from just forums and stuff before I got my 360 in which I got a two year warranty thank god.

I think the failure rate is no less then 10% to be honest but could very well be at 20% or maybe max 30%

Researching the internet is not a bad idea, but people who are on these forums do not make the whole population of xbox owners. I can't imagine that all 10 million owners will be on the forums. I know that 4 million consoles are on xbox live, and those four million may also be on the forums, but I don't think every xbox owner is. 

Dude everywhere I go, on many many forums had many many many people complaining about different broken 360's. I did a lot of research from just forums and stuff before I got my 360 in which I got a two year warranty thank god.

I think the failure rate is no less then 10% to be honest but could very well be at 20% or maybe max 30% 

kcpp2b

[QUOTE="kcpp2b"]Dude everywhere I go, on many many forums had many many many people complaining about different broken 360's. I did a lot of research from just forums and stuff before I got my 360 in which I got a two year warranty thank god.

I think the failure rate is no less then 10% to be honest but could very well be at 20% or maybe max 30%

Gregoroth

OMG dude first off don't tell me you believe microsoft and how on earth do you it it's less that 1%???

You gotta be kidding me. It's no less then 10% IMO 

anyone preorder this at circuit city.com yet?SBurns22

I did when they first started to take these preorders. I actually called them. Well if you are going to preorder you better do it quick, cause my buddy tried preordering today, and they said that there is no guarentees anymore if you decide to preorder because a lot of people already preordered. I guess there is a mass amount of people trying to get the elite. 

[QUOTE="SBurns22"]anyone preorder this at circuit city.com yet?jay_k3

I did when they first started to take these preorders. I actually called them. Well if you are going to preorder you better do it quick, cause my buddy tried preordering today, and they said that there is no guarentees anymore if you decide to preorder because a lot of people already preordered. I guess there is a mass amount of people trying to get the elite. 

Who cares what percentage of 360s fail.  It doesn't really make a difference, especially since MS will ship you a new one for free, that works just fine.  Sure it might take a week or so, but at least you get a new, working console.  MS customer service is great.Caboose7293

so then is the chip y 360's break? or is it some thing else?o0George0o

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[QUOTE="SBurns22"]anyone preorder this at circuit city.com yet?Schumi7WDC

I did when they first started to take these preorders. I actually called them. Well if you are going to preorder you better do it quick, cause my buddy tried preordering today, and they said that there is no guarentees anymore if you decide to preorder because a lot of people already preordered. I guess there is a mass amount of people trying to get the elite.

What your saying make sense. Eb and Game stop as well as best buy are not doing reserves. CC is the only place. 

ZOMG, I've got an actual ELITE...pictures on my blog.

http://www.gamespot.com/users/alkaline_DnB/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-24941843

OMG dude first off don't tell me you believe microsoft and how on earth do you it it's less that 1%???

You gotta be kidding me. It's no less then 10% IMO 

kcpp2b

With mine it has always been the DVD-Drive failing. That doesn't even get lights at all. It just says unplayable disc when ever you try to play anything. I have gotten 3-red lights on my most current 2-3 times. It goes away if I let it sit though. I thought it gave you 2 red lights if it over heats though, not three.EMERlCa6969

Caboose7293 wrote: Who cares what percentage of 360s fail. It doesn't really make a difference, especially since MS will ship you a new one for free, that works just fine. Sure it might take a week or so, but at least you get a new, working console. MS customer service is great.

are u serious. my 360 has been broken for a month. just yester day after 3 attempts dids i get my box. now i open the box and there's no shipping return slip. so i have to take it to the ups store and insure and pay for shipping ($20) now its bad enough that my xbox broke but this is just rediculous.

does the elite have a standard hdmi port so i can use any hdmi cable i want or does it use a specific xbox one, my hdmi port is already taken up by ps3 i was wondering if hdmi to dvi cable would work on this?Simsdawgy

[QUOTE="Schumi7WDC"][QUOTE="jay_k3"]

[QUOTE="SBurns22"]anyone preorder this at circuit city.com yet?jay_k3

I did when they first started to take these preorders. I actually called them. Well if you are going to preorder you better do it quick, cause my buddy tried preordering today, and they said that there is no guarentees anymore if you decide to preorder because a lot of people already preordered. I guess there is a mass amount of people trying to get the elite.

What your saying make sense. Eb and Game stop as well as best buy are not doing reserves. CC is the only place.

that sounds good, are they gonna figure out a way forall the game saves to transfer to the elite if u already had a 360Simsdawgy

[QUOTE="jay_k3"][QUOTE="Schumi7WDC"][QUOTE="jay_k3"]

[QUOTE="SBurns22"]anyone preorder this at circuit city.com yet?subrosian

I did when they first started to take these preorders. I actually called them. Well if you are going to preorder you better do it quick, cause my buddy tried preordering today, and they said that there is no guarentees anymore if you decide to preorder because a lot of people already preordered. I guess there is a mass amount of people trying to get the elite.

What your saying make sense. Eb and Game stop as well as best buy are not doing reserves. CC is the only place.

[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="jay_k3"][QUOTE="Schumi7WDC"][QUOTE="jay_k3"]

[QUOTE="SBurns22"]anyone preorder this at circuit city.com yet?Schumi7WDC

I did when they first started to take these preorders. I actually called them. Well if you are going to preorder you better do it quick, cause my buddy tried preordering today, and they said that there is no guarentees anymore if you decide to preorder because a lot of people already preordered. I guess there is a mass amount of people trying to get the elite.

What your saying make sense. Eb and Game stop as well as best buy are not doing reserves. CC is the only place.

need the new elite my 360 is dead. this is my second one

don't want another one give me elite now.

any one know when it's out. ??????

need the new elite my 360 is dead. this is my second one

don't want another one give me elite now.

any one know when it's out. ??????

mart3n1

despite not relating to the elite console, this concerns people buying the new hard drive. before doing so, consult my blog (the only blog post there), it tells you how you can make an external HDD compatible with your 360 (if only for multimedia -ie movies, music, photos, however multimedia is what will be taking up most of the space)

despite not relating to the elite console, this concerns people buying the new hard drive. before doing so, consult my blog (the only blog post there), it tells you how you can make an external HDD compatible with your 360 (if only for multimedia -ie movies, music, photos, however multimedia is what will be taking up most of the space)

MmMaAaDdDaAaSsS

Now I have one huge mess in my head :?

I already have money for X360 premium version with Crackdown. Now, with no information they released that Elite edition. I mean what tha hell? Should I buy now premium or wait for black beast? That 120gb disk is pretty useful, not sure I will be able to use that HDMI port. Thinking in other way: Is it worth to pay for black color and HDMI? I bet they will release bigger disks in future for some optimal price. 

Sorry if what im about to say is already posted, and if it is dont mind this message.

Im just kinda exited that Xbox 360 Elite has been confirmed (at least i think so)

Here is the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/xbox360elite.html

It says that it is coming out on May 4,2007 (I feel so damn exited)

Plus i have an origional xbox 360 but it has its overheating and other hardware problems so i would buy the elite. just to replace, since i cant play properly.

If a message like this or with same info is posted, again im sorry

Now I have one huge mess in my head :?

I already have money for X360 premium version with Crackdown. Now, with no information they released that Elite edition. I mean what tha hell? Should I buy now premium or wait for black beast? That 120gb disk is pretty useful, not sure I will be able to use that HDMI port. Thinking in other way: Is it worth to pay for black color and HDMI? I bet they will release bigger disks in future for some optimal price. 

  

_mageta

Sorry if what im about to say is already posted, and if it is dont mind this message.

Im just kinda exited that Xbox 360 Elite has been confirmed (at least i think so)

Here is the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/xbox360elite.html

It says that it is coming out on May 4,2007 (I feel so damn exited)

Plus i have an origional xbox 360 but it has its overheating and other hardware problems so i would buy the elite. just to replace, since i cant play properly.

If a message like this or with same info is posted, again im sorry

Sumsung

[QUOTE="Sumsung"]

Sorry if what im about to say is already posted, and if it is dont mind this message.

Im just kinda exited that Xbox 360 Elite has been confirmed (at least i think so)

Here is the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/xbox360elite.html

It says that it is coming out on May 4,2007 (I feel so damn exited)

Plus i have an origional xbox 360 but it has its overheating and other hardware problems so i would buy the elite. just to replace, since i cant play properly.

If a message like this or with same info is posted, again im sorry

o0George0o

I dont know if this has been asked before because the thread is huge and I cant read it all, but does the 360 elite come with the newer 65nm cpu? I remember reading that the new cpu came out in Jan. 07. I would think that the newer cpu is in them but is it true?Heretic32

[QUOTE="Heretic32"]I dont know if this has been asked before because the thread is huge and I cant read it all, but does the 360 elite come with the newer 65nm cpu? I remember reading that the new cpu came out in Jan. 07. I would think that the newer cpu is in them but is it true?Schumi7WDC

i have a premium xbox 360 and i just bought it last saturday, im just wondering should i return it and get the elite? and do you think i can return it? hahaecuenco

[QUOTE="ecuenco"]i have a premium xbox 360 and i just bought it last saturday, im just wondering should i return it and get the elite? and do you think i can return it? hahag5velocity

[QUOTE="g5velocity"][QUOTE="ecuenco"]i have a premium xbox 360 and i just bought it last saturday, im just wondering should i return it and get the elite? and do you think i can return it? hahasubrosian