How can I tell if my console is a zephyr or falcon or etc......

There are a few ways to tell. First is manufacture date. Second is wattage of the power supply. Third is the system amperage.

Here is how it breaks down.

Xenon:

• Manufactured between 2005 -2006
• 203W power supply.
• 16.5A

Zephyr:

• Manufactured between 2006 - July 2007
• 203W power supply.
• 16.5A
• Added a HDMI port (only for the premium, not the Arcade console)
  

Opus:

• Manufactured between July 2007 - September 2007
  
• 175W power supply.
• 14.2A

Falcon:

• Manufactured between August 24th 2007 - October 2008
  
• 175W power supply.
• 14.2A

Jasper:

• Manufactured between October 18th 2008 - the Xbox 360 redesign
  
• 150W power supply.
• 12.1A

[quote user="IceStorm III"]

All consoles pre-Jasper are defective. Every Xenon, every Zephry, every Falcon, and every Opus. It isn't possible to stuff 150 to 180w of heat output into a space the size of a 360 with the low cost components chosen for the console.

The consoles from those generations that continue to operate are lucky enough to have components that exceed spec. They are the exception, not the rule. To tell anyone any different is to be disingenuous.

[/quote]

I only partially agree with you. I agree with you that the Xenon's and Zephyr's are defective but not the Falcons.

If according to you that the Falcons are defective then please tell me what the hell is keeping my 4 year old over used and over abused 60GB FALCON going?

Also according to other forums I have been on I am not alone in having a working Falcon.

[quote user="MrNick1994"]I say the update killed my system because it isnt the first time something broke right after an update[/quote]Believe whatever you want. It won't make it true. I have Xenon, Zephyr, Falcon, Jasper, Trinity, and Corona generation
consoles. None have failed due to a system update.



All Xenon and Zephyr consoles are faulty. All will fail before their time.

Yes, it'll work.

No, don't get it repaired. Late 2007 is either Zephyr or Falcon. Neither is particularlarly reliable. Jasper onwards are the only ones worth getting repaired, in my opinion.

[quote user="ZLoneWanderer"]I got the console back in 2008.. But I haven't played on it much the past couple years or so.[/quote]It doesn't matter. My launch unit died during the summer of 2008 after not being used much since September, 2007 (switched to
the Halo 3 unit as my main console).

I don't know exactly what model.

The back of the unit shows an amperage for the power input. 16.5a is Xenon or Zephyr, 14.2a is Falcon or Opus. 12.1a is Jasper. You most likely have a 16.5a Zephyr (HDMI). All
the 203w consoles are going to fail, it's just a question of when. Can't shove 203w of heat into a volume half the size of a shoebox.