Japanese opens 360 and investigates Overheating issue

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Entroper said:

bdbdbd said:

 

The issue is that 90 Celsius (sorry, my mobile phone doesn't have "degree" mark in it) is the gap between the temperature of it's evinronment. So, the article predicted, that when it's very hot and room temperature can climb up to 35 Celsius, that means the graphics LSI may reach temperature of 125 Celsius. And to compare with, they desinfect (did i spell it correctly) the hospital instruments in a steam with temperature of 120 Celsius.

Thanks for that clarification. Still, for further clarification, the article says they measured a temperature difference of 57 C, and that it is "expected" to reach a difference of 90 C. How did they arrive at that figure?

Also, 35 C = 95 F. Who plays their 360 in a living room at 95 degrees Fahrenheit? I would expect it to melt if I did that. Room temperature is more like 72 F, or about 22 C.

Without going into too much detail, they likely calculated a rate of heat transfer between the inside and outside temperatures.  Then assuming that rate stays fairly constant, they can solve for the internal temperature of the xbox at the new external temp conditions(in this case 35 C).     

And a lot of people do not keep their room temp at 72 F.  Considering a lot of places in the summer hit outdoor temp of 80-100s, its unreasonable to assume everyone has their AC on at full blast.