Development Kit

Xbox 360 Development Console

Xbox 360 Development consoles have a dark charcoal gray case with a lighter gray Sidecar. The Sidecar has both its PIX and DVDEMU ports uncovered. They also have full Development Bootloaders, allowing game developers full access to the consoles memory to allow remote debugging.

Notes

• The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 XDK"
• Launcher reads "Development Kit"
• 512MB of ram

Xenon Motherboard

Xenon XDKs replaced the pre-release 009 Development kits

Jasper Motherboard

SMC Debug LED working

Tonasket Motherboard

SMC Debug LED working

Xbox 360-GB Development Console

First previewed at GDC 2009, alongside the reveal of updates to XNA Game Studio, Microsoft announced a new line of Xbox 360 Development Kits. Sporting a sleek chrome blue Sidecar, and bezel. As well as new version of the xFreedom with Blue LEDs. With a deep purple case. There are 3 variants of Xbox 360-GB Development Kits

Notes

• The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 XDK"
• Launcher reads "Development Kit"
• 1GB of Ram

Known ConfigIDs

• AK1-00077 PV-1, Common with variant 2/3
• AK1-00078 PV-1, Common with variant 2/3
• XDK-GB-1, Common with variant 1

Variant 1

Commonly referred to as 'EXPO' units amongst the community. They came with the XNA branded faceplate and branded Type 2 Sidecar with XNA tribal branding. These units are not to be confused with Prototype XDK-GB Version 4 kits.

Variant 2

Equipped with standard non-branded faceplate. But, still retaining the XNA branded Sidecar.

Variant 3

No branding on faceplate or sidecar.