Microsoft to finally fix the 360’s hardware problems?

[halojames]

We all fear the day that the dreaded 3 LoD will show up on our own beloved 360. We all know somebody with a Xbox 360 that suffered the blinking red lights of death. Although Microsoft never officially acknowledged the hardware problems there is clearly a problem with 360s dying. And as of today, it seems Microsoft is secretly working on a fix.

Today Logic Sunrise received a email from their contact close to Microsoft with some spicy new details about a new Xbox 360 cooling setup. Supposedly Microsoft added a secondary heatsink, next to the DVD-drive, that’s connected to the GPU’s heatsink. This way they are sure to spread the heat more and try to prevent the 360’s from overheating and causing the 3 LoD.



These photos seem very plausible as it would be a logical step by Microsoft to fix the dreaded 3 LoD problem that already put so many 360’s to the Microsoft Repair Centre. So if Microsoft says there isn’t a problem with the hardware design of the Xbox 360 why are they adding another heatsink? This surely isn’t the last we’ve heard about this rumor or the 3 LoD issue itself and we’ll keep you up to date accordingly.

[Da Ill One]

This is good news for anyone who experienced a broken 360...but they didn't add an extra fan they just installed a newer and better one and took the old one out....here is the original fan inside of a launch day (november 22nd 2005) Xbox 360...



Look at that fan and then look at the fan on the new systems built after March 21st 2007 here...



you will see the difference in the fans...the only thing "added" to the newer 360's was the copper pipe and metal plate which dissipates the heat more evenly to sto overheating and helps it run quieter...