Not necessarily. You'll have to physically spot it among the consoles.

For details: http://exophase.com/xbox360/how-to-spot-a-jasper-xbox-360-9366.htm

Im thinking he should save that 100$ and buy a warranty.

Well lets see here...My launch 360 lasted 8months. NO WARRANTY..My 2nd 360 died about 2 weeks ago, Just got the replacement back a couple days ago.

My nephews "nearly launch" 360 died after only 1 year.Not replacing it.

1 friend of mine, his died 1 week after launch and his replacement died shortly after

2nd fridnd of mine, his died after a year or so and has not replaced it yet..

I have met SEVERAL PEOPLE at my local WalMart that have had their 360's die. And I mean...SEVERAL!!!...I live in a small town, so emagine how many people in the world have had this happen..

Its a MS problem and they have admitted to it. That is why they have extended the warranty 3 times AND have given in on the RROD FREE REPLACEMENT problems. They know its junk, why is it hard for us normal people to admit it?
16 consoles 1400+ games...A true gamer since 1980 at 9 now 36 and strong as ever...KEEP GAMMING!!!

FunkyHeadHunter

Respect for being a long time gamer and all but I hope you know that you have atrocious grammar and spelling.

Hope that helps :P

Is support.xbox.com loading up for anyone?

It's working now, but it says new signups are disabled.

Oh FFS!

And a huge one at that.

It says it's been down since 0700 UTC and would be down for 'upto 24 hours' -- which means LIVE will be coming back up in about 2 hours. Simple maths, really.