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Xbox 360 'Opus' Motherboard Discovered |
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Written by fr0st
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Gamerscreed has been following the Xbox 360's various hardware alterations for
quite a while now, and it's been a pretty interesting story so far.
From the original, RRoD prone Xenon mobo to the Zephyr and Falcon
successors as well as the upcoming Jasper design, there's been no
shortage of news in the field.
Designed specifically to help Microsoft recoup losses on RRoD'd
hardware that's been returned for repairs, the Opus chipset is a
Falcon-generation mobo that'll snap into original Xenon Xbox 360s.
Because it is installed in refurbished Xbox 360 launch chasses, the
Opus lacks HDMI-out. It does, however, feature the Falcon-era HANA
video chip that supports digital output, which means a really skilled
modder could potentially retrofit such a connection.
The Opus also looks to be sporting the 65-nm CPU from the Falcon
chipset due to the new-style heatsink mounted on chip. The Opus is, in
essence, simply an HDMI-lacking Falcon chipset that'll fit in original
Xbox 360 cases. Owners of pre-HDMI Xbox 360 consoles who send in dead
systems for repair should expect to start seeing these guts in their
repaired consoles.
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