Xbox 360 Proto Mobo?

I was surfin' the web and just now found what looks like a proto 360 mobo or perhaps from a dev machine, with obvious differences from the retail board. Interested in your comments.



And for comparison:

http://www.informit.com/content/images/art_fogie_xbox360/elementLinks/fogie_fig09.jpg

Edit: This should probably be moved to the Xbox Discussion forums.

 

Wow, i dont own a 360 yet nor do I have much experancie with their mobos. However I do think:

Big Ass Fans > Heatsinks

I can see why heatsinks are used over fans as its one less thing that can break down and most people dont like the noise fans generate.

I on the other hand like to compare electronics to muscle cars. My computer has 9 fans in it and sound like a jet engine lol.

 

It's a shame that whoever owns this felt the need to add 6 unnecessary blue LED's.

 

Those were stock. If you don't like the LEDs, blame Microsoft.

-hl718

 

Thats an ancient piccy, and the led's arent 'unnecessary' they serve a purpose!

 

Indeed, this is a proto motherboard and the LEDs were placed there by Microsoft engineers to aid testing and debugging.

"If the lights are glowing, then current's flowing!"

 

what's more notable is what they left out of that pic...

 

You have quite the knack for turning threads into "cliffhangers". :110:

 

You have to work with me here people...


What's missing from the picture?

- Power supply
- Dvd Drive


Notice the removable hard drive to the left of the picture? That tells you how early they knew about that feature. Looks like they have the JTAG interface running too.
And take a closer look at a few of the chips... :nod:

 

Make your avatar smaller please. It ruins the layout of the page.

 

From what I've been reading, the fact that Microsoft was going to release the Xenon/360 as "hard drive optional" console from the start.