The hunt for Jasper - a gamers tale

KTRIC

I waited in line on launch day eager to get a fancy new XBox 360 all the way back in 2005. After 10 replacements from MS over the following year (I have the proof) I got fed up and sold it.

18 months ago I bought the mythical 60gb PS3 with backwards compatibilty and memory card slots, thought it was the biz until I tried to find a decent game for it. Great media player, not so good games machine.

I heard about the "Jasper" unit XB360 and have been searching for one for a while. I thought the Arcade boxes in the local store might have been Jasper's but upon closer inspection this evening I found to my disappointment they aren't

Then I looked at the boxes next to them, they're not marked as "Pro" but as "Limited Edition" and found they were all "Jasper's"

I'm hoping MS don't let me down this time and I can't wait to get a copy of GOW again

Star Lord

Wow, I had a much easier time getting a Jasper!
I went into Gamestop in April, during their "300 games worth €30" trade in offer, and managed to get a Jasper for €2 on top of the traded in games!

Kinetic^

I knew you'd go crawling back to a 360 Ktric!

KTRIC

Kinetic^ wrote: »

I knew you'd go crawling back to a 360 Ktric!

I know , I know


I'm soo f*cking transparent its unreal

witnessmenow

Judging by the power cable pictures here I got a Jasper with the trade in thing too. 60gb version though.

KTRIC

That's the one. Just unpacked it and updating the firmware now. It's nosier than the PS3 and I think they usually quieten down after a couple of days. I plugged in my 64mb mem card with my old profile and I was straight online, after not using it for 2 years.

GBX

KTRIC wrote: »

That's the one. Just unpacked it and updating the firmware now. It's nosier than the PS3 and I think they usually quieten down after a couple of days. I plugged in my 64mb mem card with my old profile and I was straight online, after not using it for 2 years.

The noise will get a lot quieter when you install your chosen games to the HD and play from there. You still need the disc in when playing.

KTRIC

GBX wrote: »

The noise will get a lot quieter when you install your chosen games to the HD and play from there. You still need the disc in when playing.

I can do what now ?

Kinetic^

KTRIC wrote: »

I can do what now ?

Aye you can install games to the hard drive but you need to keep the disk in the drive for verification. Not sure how ye do it but ye can.

GBX

KTRIC wrote: »

I can do what now ?

When you update your machine with whatever is available. Insert your favourite game and on the home screen where it shows "My Xbox" enter and click on the game pic. It should give you the option the to "play from disc" or "install to harddrive". Will take up a bit of space on your HD and take about 5-10 mins to install. But when your finished, you can then play from the HD while the disc is in the drive, and have a much quieter gaming experience.

Guide here http://www.examiner.com/x-544-Games-Examiner~y2008m11d19-How-to-install-Xbox-360-games-to-the-hard-drive

KTRIC

Thanks guys, looks like a lot to see and do. I'm so surprised how much things have changed.

Liamario

I give it a year before that console breaks as well.

KTRIC

Run into a little problem, my gamertag is associated with an old email adress I no longer have acess to. To change the adress I need the password which I don't remember. Any ideas ? Apart from calling MS ?

Kirby

dont worry about it. My gamertag is from an email I cant remember...its not a big deal.

KTRIC

Kirby wrote: »

dont worry about it. My gamertag is from an email I cant remember...its not a big deal.

No big deal, Id still like to change it

Moiph

Does this mean that the Arcade consoles on the market at the moment arent jaspers? I was hoping to pick one up as my xbox is crocked at the moment.

Star Lord

I'd say a good percentage of them are.
The easiest way to tell is to look through the little hole in the top of the box, and you should be able to see the Amps that it runs at.

The Jasper models are 12.1A