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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: duckman2000 on March 25, 2009, 03:15:56 PM

Title: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: duckman2000 on March 25, 2009, 03:15:56 PM

I got a return system that is, according to the casing, rated for 16.5A, but it uses a 175w power supply. It also has hdmi, and the manufacturing date printed on the casing is 2007-10-25. I've checked for system types online, and this blend doesn't mesh with anyone mentioned on that site. Is this a common refurb mix or something?

I have two working systems right, but I need to ship one out, so I have to gamble on which one to keep. The other one has a similar manufacturing date, uses 203w power supply and is rated at 16.5A.

Title: Re: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: demi on March 25, 2009, 03:24:20 PM

Falcon

Title: Re: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: ManaByte on March 25, 2009, 05:07:19 PM

The 175 is the Falcon, keep that one. The 203 is an older model and is likely doomed.

Title: Re: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: duckman2000 on March 25, 2009, 06:12:47 PM

I had a 175w model that died after a week, so the 203w model is already proving to be more reliable. The confusing thing is the 16.5A rating on the case of the 175w model.

Title: Re: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: demi on March 25, 2009, 08:43:44 PM

i'm pretty sure they all have that rating? the important change was the wattage

Title: Re: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: Bocsius on March 25, 2009, 11:01:44 PM

Quote from: demi on March 25, 2009, 08:43:44 PM

i'm pretty sure they all have that rating? the important change was the wattage

The way I've understood it, unless I've become mixed up in the time since I bought my 360 in December, was that it went like this:

203W went with 16.5A (Xenon/Zephyr)
175W went with 14.2A (Falcon)
150W went with 12.1A (Jasper)

You could use a higher wattage brick with a lower amp rating, but not the other way around. duckman's mix has me all confused, too.

Title: Re: Can someone identify which model 360 this is?
Post by: duckman2000 on March 26, 2009, 01:02:29 AM

Yeah, it's an odd configuration. Maybe they just reused the case and put a Falcon board in there? Seems like a dodgy thing to do, that's why I'm wondering if maybe it's common among refurbs.