Zephyr
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The Zephyr motherboard has 3 different versions with minor differences.
Zephyr_A
The Zephyr_A is the successor to the Xenon, and is used in the Original Xbox 360 series. It is the first motherboard to feature HDMI.
Notable Differences
- Redesigned and cleaned up board layout
- Removal of the Cypress clock generator (functionality integrated into HANA)
- ANA has been replaced with HANA, which adds HDMI support
- An HDMI port has been added
- Hynix is now one of the RAM vendors
- The layout and specifications of the major filtering capacitors has changed
- All manufacturers now apply glue around the CPU and GPU
Specifications
- 90nm IBM Waternoose2 CPU
- 90nm ATi Y1 GPU with integrated 90nm eDRAM
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 8x64MB Hynix HY5RS123235B
- 8x64MB Qimonda HYB18H512322AF-13
- XSB Southbridge
- HANA
- Hynix 16MB Nand
- Boardcom or ICS Ethernet PHY
Zephyr_B
The Zephyr_B is the successor to the Zephyr_A, and is used in the Original Xbox 360 series.
Notable Differences
- The 90nm Y1 GPU has been replaced with the 80nm Y2 GPU
- The PCIe pads under the GPU have been swapped around
Specifications
- 90nm IBM Waternoose2 CPU
- 80nm ATi Y2 GPU with integrated 90nm eDRAM
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 8x64MB Hynix HY5RS123235B
- 8x64MB Qimonda HYB18H512322AF-13
- 8x64MB Samsung K4J52324QE-BC14
- XSB Southbridge
- HANA
- Hynix 16MB Nand
- Boardcom or ICS Ethernet PHY
Zephyr_C
The Zephyr_C is the successor to the Zephyr_B, and is used in the Original Xbox 360 series. The part number is the same as Zephyr_B, as the PCB itself did not change.
Notable Differences
Specifications
- 90nm IBM Waternoose2 CPU
- 80nm ATi Rhea GPU with integrated 80nm eDRAM
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 8x64MB Hynix HY5RS123235B
- 8x64MB Qimonda HYB18H512322AF-13
- 8x64MB Samsung K4J52324QE-BC14
- XSB Southbridge
- HANA
- Hynix 16MB Nand
- Boardcom or ICS Ethernet PHY