Absolute Gadget

Now none too many people give a damn about what's inside an Xbox 360, but the latest version gives owners of the Arcade version of the Microsoft console hope that they can upgrade their consoles to the new NXE update (see our NXE tips and tricks feature)

According to Xbox-Scene fanzine blog, the new "Jasper" motherboard sports a new 65nm processor on-board which should see lower operating temperatures and power consumption (and less Xbox 360's turning into bricks with the infamous red ring of death).

The consoles also feature a new 150W power supply unit, instead of the original 203W unit. This should also mean that the new consoles will not sound like a plane on take-off when powered up and this is a good thing since Microsoft is punting movie downloads on the console.

The motherboard also has 256MB of internal memory, this should mean that Arcade versions with the new motherboard can update to the NXE dashboard without the need of fitting a new hard drive.

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