Is the RROD problem gone in newly produced consoles?

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rocketpig said:
Rumor has it that they finally changed that crap X-clamp design in the new mobo designs, which was the main cause of RRoD. Between that, 65nm CPUs, and additional heatsinks, I think the red rings will slowly fade into memory.

Well, in theory. Let's hope that MS doesn't keep this crap up for an entire generation.

 Every RROD I've recently read about was from an older console.  I suspect the problem with newer consoles will be quite uncommon.  I posted the thread in another thread and you can try to hunt it down, but the gist of it was this:  The falcon has a 65nm CPU (vs. 90mm).  It draws less power and produces less heat.  The GPU is also smaller but from the dissection, the  person couldn't tell if it was also a 60nm or a half-shrink from 90 to 80nm.  It was definitely smaller, though.  There is an additional heat sink to pull heat off of the GPU and the x-clamp has been replaced by 4 screws at each corner.  I highly doubt that there will be much failure (no more than standard failure rates of like electronics) of the system with these fixes in place.  Keep in mind that the second most common problem was the DVD drive failing for some reason or another.  You may recall an article where Microsoft changed vendors to Lite-on and had placed a substantial order (millions I believe) earlier this year.

I think at this point it is quite safe to purchase a new 360.  As long as it is a recent manufacture (and has HDMI) you are more or less assured that there is little chance it will RROD.