rocketpig on 10 January 2008
| Played_Out said: The jury is still out on the Falcon. We won't know until it has been out for about year whether the failure rates have been reduced. It is unlikely that cooler chips will resolve all the hardware issues, but at least they may have been reduced to acceptable levels. |
They also added the extra sink and used screws to bolt down the mobo. Mobo warping was one of the main causes of RRoD.
But you're right, time will tell if it worked or not though so far, so good. With the old design, some units were failing within hours or days of purchase. We haven't been hearing those kinds of stories for months now.
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