Dennis, The Red Ring of Death is a common problem with the Xbox 360 consoles. If yours is still under warranty, microsoft will repair it for free. My 360 was purchased from someone locally who did some reflow work and it's never crashed once since. If it's not, there are various other folks who can repair them online for a nominal fee (under $100)
The larger issue with using the 360 as a potential target for OpenSolaris is the fact that nobody that I am aware of, to date, has developed an error-proof method of executing unsigned code on the 360. It's been possible before with older versions of the built-in hypervisor, but AFAIK is not currently. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong On May 26, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 4:53 PM, UNIX admin <tripivceta at hotmail.com> > wrote: >> Hey guys! >> >> Reading an article on Slashdot about some manager stealing an Xbox >> web server for his brat to play with, got me to researching the >> hardware. >> >> Among other things, I found out that the current generation of the >> Xbox console, the Xbox 360, uses a three core x 2 threads = 6 >> virtual CPU PowerPC processor, with 256MB of main memory. >> >> Researching further, I discovered that Xbox 360's can be had for as >> low as $280 USD, which, I think is pretty affordable for a 6 >> hardware thread PowerPC system. >> >> So, did you guys settle on what to port OpenSolaris to yet? If not, >> how's Xbox 360 sound, as a possible target? >> > > Funny .. I have one here and I fried it somehow. > When I hit the power button all I get is the red circle of death. > > Dennis > _______________________________________________ > powerpc-discuss mailing list > powerpc-discuss at opensolaris.org
