New member to the Red Ring of Death club

[Shrygue]

What, you got your Xbox 360 fixed and returned to you in just about under 10 days? That's amazing, usually I hear it's something like a month or so. You must have just got lucky on that one to have it done and over with real quick.

[gdf]

Nice one. Is it the same console? It might be completely new if it's quieter and behaves better.

[beetroot bertie]

Yeah, it's the same one I believe. The serial no. and date of manufacture is the same but the drive (previously a Samsung one) has been replaced by a Benq one which I think is what's running quieter than before. The faceplate is different as well but other than that it seems to be the same machine. It didn't come back with a HDMI port which was a shame but you can't have everything can you?

Maybe I did get lucky and they were quiet because everyone else was busy playing GTA.

I found the UPS site that MS referred me to very good for tracking the package. It was update frequently.

[____anders____]

hmm, i'm gonna buy an X360 next month, but i guess the newest ones have another motherboard that's reducing the RRoD problem quite much, am i right?

at least that's what i've heard..

[beetroot bertie]

yeah, the falcon models have a smaller chipset in them which should run cooler and consume less power. If you get chance to check, take a look at the label on the box. It has barcodes on it and info about where it was manufactured. Make sure you get one with a power supply of 175w as that means it's a Falcon model which should be more reliable.

There's some images and further description here. Hope it helps:
http://forums.xbox.com/15804553/ShowPost.aspx

If you're going to a specialist store they may already know what to look for, as I'd imagine those wary of the situation would be asking for Falcon models if possible.