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The Xbox 360 Motherboard Exposed

Posted by Zonk on from the off-the-back-of-a-truck dept.

MaxConsole writes "The Xbox hacking group smartXX has managed to unofficially get their hands on three Xbox 360 development kits. As if this wasn't enough, they have completely dissected the inner workings of the Xbox 360 dev kits, showing exactly how the Xbox 360 will work revealing all the details on the various hardware components."

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  1. Wow! by Chokai · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And the reason we didn't photoshop out all the serial numbers on the pictures is what? To make it as easy as possible for MS to potentially backtrack how you got your hardware and eliminate your source or possibly cost them thier job/contract? Smart.

    1. Re:Wow! by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "And the reason we didn't photoshop out all the serial numbers on the pictures is what? To make it as easy as possible for MS to potentially backtrack how you got your hardware and eliminate your source or possibly cost them thier job/contract? Smart."

      Yeah, I'm sure Microsoft's going to come down on the dudes for giving them a free blast on Slashdot. "Oh no! People have seen the motherboard! They'll know.... uh... to the Lawyer Cave!"

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      "Derp de derp."
    2. Re:Wow! by Chokai · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Um hello. You need to block out more than that. Most remaining numbers are part#s but there are several that are likely unique identifiers for the part. Anything not easily identified as a general part # needs to be removed. Notably the SIS chip for example.

      Microsoft if they are smart (and they are) for quality purposes is going to know the serial num/batch number whatever of every part that goes into that box. It helps them quickly identify bad batches which saves them money. It's all in the name of quality but it has wonderful secondary uses. :-) Now that said I will admit here is a chance they aren't doing this for the pre-production boxes yet though.