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Early in the cycle of production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a [[Sidecar|Sidecar]], having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being production [[Xenon (Motherboard)|Xenon]] motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on [[Beta Hardware|Beta]] Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]]. | Early in the cycle of production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a [[Sidecar|Sidecar]], having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being production [[Xenon (Motherboard)|Xenon]] motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on [[Beta Hardware|Beta]] Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]]. | ||
*The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console" | *The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console" | ||
* Full [[Test/Dev Bootloaders| | * Full Development[[Test/Dev Bootloaders|bootloaders]] | ||
*[[xShell|Launcher]] reads "Development Kit" | |||
*Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2), and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey Board|Lamprey Board]] and [Sidecar|Sidecar]]. | *Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2), and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey Board|Lamprey Board]] and [Sidecar|Sidecar]]. | ||
**Lacks 5v Standby header (J9A2) used by [[Sidecar|Sidecar]]. | **Lacks 5v Standby header (J9A2) used by [[Sidecar|Sidecar]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:30, 31 December 2022
Early in the cycle of production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a Sidecar, having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being production Xenon motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on Beta Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of Demo Kits.
- The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console"
- Full Developmentbootloaders
- Launcher reads "Development Kit"
- Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2), and Debug (J2B1) used by the Lamprey Board and [Sidecar|Sidecar]].
- Lacks 5v Standby header (J9A2) used by Sidecar.