How to Get a Jasper Xbox 360

Unlike the Falcon transition, the move to Jasper isn't very clean cut. You can't rely on a lot number or manufacturing date to tell you whether or not you've got a Jasper, there are some hints and only one sure-fire way to determine if you're holding a box with a Jasper inside without actually opening the packaging...

If you want full confirmation [of a Jasper unit] you'll need to look at the current rating on the 12V rail which, believe it or not, you can do without ever opening the box.

Unlike the Falcon transition, the move to Jasper isn't very clean cut. You can't rely on a lot number or manufacturing date to tell you whether or not you've got a Jasper, there are some hints and only one sure-fire way to determine if you're holding a box with a Jasper inside without actually opening the packaging...

If you want full confirmation [of a Jasper unit] you'll need to look at the current rating on the 12V rail which, believe it or not, you can do without ever opening the box.

i will be hunting for one of these when i get home after exams and am very pumped to start my search!!!

thanks for the useful info brad :)

I'll eventually buy one once my 360 red rings for the 5th time

"Your best--perhaps only--bet for getting a 360 that won't melt if you look at it funny is to educate yourself on the latest version of the hardware."

Just got my 15 month old 360 independently repaired after a E74, it's been working fine for nearly 2 months now. If these Jaspers do solve this overheating problem, I'm sure the whole gaming community would soften up to MS a bit more.

 wait the Anandtech link was for an arcade. is this change only happening with arcade units?

Looks cool, wonder if it's better to wait and get this or just buy myself a regular 360 right now. 

Your best bet in not getting a red ringer is to not get a 360 at all, in my honest opinion.

I've never had a red ring, I'm running games from HDD, and I don't use it for DVD's. I'm not worried about finding a Jasper.
and at eduardo: if you do you're missing out on the best gaming experience of this gen., trust me, I own all 3.

hmmmmm.....nice

If I had more money, I'd trade in my current one and couple the proceeds with cash toward getting a new one. Of course, if the refurb I got has HDMI on it, I'd be less inclined to do so by a fair margin. I haven't checked yet.

Nice. Will look out for those in case my Elite ever dies on me.

still have my launch console. lol

Sweet, I am just about to get a new 360 because my father decided to smath mine into oblivion. Stupid thing was bugging out anyway.

Finally, an average reliability Xbox360. But I'm pondering on a new PC or an Xbox36. Cannot........Decide.........Want........Both.

Eventhough I'm so sick of crossing my fingers and praying to god my Xbox360 doesn't blow up in my face or catch fire every time I turn it on, I find it kind of endeering. Like the unstable/clinically insane bum at my street corner who sometimes shouts at people for giving him money.

But seriously, it's totally not funny how unstable the Xbox360 hardware is. The expected life time for my Xbox360 seems to be around 3 months to 2 years while I'm pretty sure my Atari 2600 and NES are still working till this day. It's really unfortunate that this had to happen, but I truely belive it was totally preventable had MS done any form of product testing before releasing the console. I mean seriously, did they even try to turn the prototypes on?

Will this work in europe too. Is it the same voltage thing

You all fail to see its all part of Microsofts EVIL PLAN !!

They don't want you to play on the Xbox 360 forever, they want it to finally break and force you to buy an Xbox "720" ... when that comes out ^^

i want to get an elite but i want to wait for jasper elites.

Even though I could probably easily get the new Jasper model since I have my 360 fully insured, I still hope mine survives for some time to come

I'm currently on my 5th 360 in less than a year and at this point I'm in a speculative wait-and-see mode. It's great that they're trying to work things out but the 360 has gone for so long with the Red Ring of Death now it's part of they're persona. Even with a new 65nm processor and an intruging named mother board, who really knows if this'll really work. I mean hell they've already went through 2 updates thus far and still the 360 is having problems. We'll see if Jasper will truly do the trick.

Man, the sloppy, reckless RROD problem is a serious "eff you" to the core gamers and I don't feel the 3 year warranty extension is enough to make up for it.  I think the warranty should cover each launch-era machine until the next generation of Xbox comes out.  Most of the early adopters already spent so much money in games they could've paid for multiple 360's anyway so MS is getting their money. It's their fuck up and they should make it right.  Don't get me wrong, I play the shit out of my 360 and thoroughly enjoy it, the most out of the big 3...But I don't have any faith that it will last through my next gaming session.

I just don't look at mind wrong, I guess.

Nah, for real, to keep my energy bills low I keep my apt freezing and yeah, that helps my XBOX too. I solve problems.

I didn't play my Xbox for 3 months because I went to college without it. I come back and play it for a couple of days and it dies. I hate my life.

Too late.  Already went to PS3.  Microsoft dosen't understand that i don't have the time nor patience for this crap.

My launch console lasted me up until a few months ago before it died. It didn't red ring, the dvd drive stopped reading disks. In the whole repair process, MS ended up sending me two consoles in 2 weeks, and after I let them know although I appreciated the gesture, I didn't need two 360's, they sent me a new wireless controller and charge kit which was nice.

I'd probably buy a new 360 if I didn't just buy a new computer. Money really doesn't grow on trees....I've tried.

I got my Elite when they first came out, and haven't had a problem. The Xbox 360 Elite is black.

also be careful pluging in the powerbrick of an older xbox to a jasper, I did that and it gave me the 3 redrings.

Thanks for the heads up! This is a great little tip.

I just got my replacement 3rd Xbox 360 back after the first two had RRODed. However, the thing is that the faulty design allows me to keep getting a new unit every time one breaks.  This saves $200 to repurchase the Xbox 360 arcade (which you can then just snap your Xbox 360 hdd into), amirite?   

Let's pretend that the 360 never had RROD, only a 1 year warranty & the 360 commonly crapped out after 3 years.  So you would be buying a new replacement unit every 3 years for $200.  At least with the RROD, I can keep getting a new machine free of charge. The only cost is my time.  I think waiting 2-3 weeks is much cheaper than paying $200 for a replacement.  So I can't really say that RROD is an abysmal failure on the consumer's side.  We're practically getting a lifetime supply of Xboxes for the price of one, albeit with a bit of inconvenience that I've already adjusted too.  I didn't even get upset about the second time I got the RROD.  I already knew what I had to do & did it. No biggy.

still not getting one