Xenon reviewers kit???rare?????

So I purchased this xenon on eBay because it was all black with the bezels aswell and it said reviewers kit on the back by the av port and It arrived red ring (0020) error so I took it apart and reflowed the motherboard and powered up to the xdk dash and it has a sticker on the motherboard that says reviewer kit 1 on it , so my question is this reviewer kit rare?

 

seems like your average everyday Xenon reviewer kit mate these kits were supposed to be sent back to the big cheese (MS) when done, but obviously, like everything else, they got out into the wild

pics of the console and label would be neato!

 

Oh well I only paid 34 dollars for it and I'm out state now but once I get back home I will post pics. Thanks for your reply stipo360 it's greatly appreciated

 

no problem! and damn. what a deal haha, you pretty much got a 34 dollar XDK without kernal debugging (can be modded)

EDIT: oh it might not be sidecar compatible (rev kits shouldnt have the sidecar ports on the mobo) but whatever

 

Yea pretty much and I'm certainly convinced that the reviewer kit I have it's the one on the pics in the se7esins xdk forum topic because it matches the mfd and last 2 numbers of the serial matches since the rest is blacked but that's a long shot.

 

You are just one lucky person, I believe many of us here dream of getting a kit for a mere $34.

 

I actually wrote a small bit regarding this on se7ensins, however reviewer kits marked as such are very hard to come by because they were issued only to members of the media or for showcasing a beta at the time. The serial numbers might be similar due to the manufacturer date being close due to the small run of them. After the 360 launched the reviewer kit was replaced by the white demo kit. Reviewer kits are almost always dated prior to launch and always are xenon. They cannot take a sidecar due to the lack of certain headers and fuses intended to power a sidecar on, just as modern demo kits are unable to take a, sidecar. Value wise, functionality they aren't highly desired due to the xenons poor design and relentless flaws. Not to mention the lack of full debugging with the absence of the sidecar. However depending on your collector you can value a reviewer kit in good condition, working order at $250 or so. More possibly if it's unopened, content on hdd if it has its original hdd and over all cosmetic condition.

 

A good way to put it, is it is a jtag without Real time memory theres deffintily gonna be a buyer one day, is the black shell an XDK black or elite black?

 

(Not his kit)

 

The grey case is pretty rare itself. So I would keep that and maybe switch the guts with something else. These are different than elite cases, this more matte black

 

I appreciate everybody's knowledge for informing me with details of the reviewers kit and I would like thank you all guys.thanks once again

 

post some pics if you can, just cool to see

 

i will now

 

Wow dude nice pics! Also that xdk launcher is soo early haha.

 

It's sad that xenon's are so unreliable. And many people know, that xbox 360's without hdmi are not worth fixing, so that's how you end up with a cheap dev kit or review kit.

 

Your right but I had a xenon jtag that I used for 3 years until I decided to sell it but I always maintained it in the sense that I would replace the Arctic silver every 2 months and dust out the fans and the motherboard aswell ,also would have my fans at 70%. As longs you know how to keep a xenon cool it will last.

 

Idk what it is but it seems though that dev hardware is much more reliable then the retail systems. Maybe they use leaded solderballs under the chips instead of the crappy lead free in the retails? Plus it seems like devs try to last to the very end until the damaged component is no longer functioning. At least that has been my experience.

 

Reviewer kits have full dev mobos. You should have no issues kernel debugging.

 

They (Reviewer, Demo and Stress Kits) lack the 2 pin power supply for the sidecar. It's the only difference.

 

this ^