Xbox One can detect and prevent overheating
Xbox's general manager of console development Leo del Castillo told Gizmodo that while Microsoft can't stop misuse of the console, or people blocking fans, it can at least anticipate and prevent any harm.
The Xbox One has been designed to detect its own temperature and adjust automatically to avoid overheating.
"The way we designed the box, we don't actually intend it to ever have to go to maximum speed under normal environmental conditions. But there is overhead," Castillo said.
"With the architecture of the Xbox One... we can dial back the power of the box considerably," he continued. "We had a little less flexibility with the 360. So basically, if we couldn't dissipate the heat, there wasn't a whole lot of leverage we could pull to keep the heat from being generated, so we had a limited amount of time before it just shut down.
"Xbox One can actually dial it back to a lower power state, so low in fact that it can in a mode that uses virtually no air flow."
How the depletion of power will affect the user remains unknown, but del Castillo says "we try to be as transparent to the user as possible. We'll allow the fan to go all the way up to maximum speed. They might notice the extra noise, and that will help to self-correct the condition." If that's not enough, "we have the mechanism, the interface, to deal with that," del Castillo added.
Microsoft made another change to its user policy earlier this week as chief Xbox One platform architect Marc Whitten revealed that Kinect is not required for the console to function.
The Xbox One launches in November, but Australian fans can go hands-on with the console at the EB Games Expo in October, while Microsoft is teasing unique exclusives to be revealed at Gamescom later this month.
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oohPosted:
vokalThe_Killjoy "The Xbox One has been designed to detect its own temperature and adjust automatically to avoid overheating.". Meanwhile, low-grade PC's have been able to do this for a decade.
the 360 has a thermostat on the CPU thats why it shuts down when it over heats and you get two red rings prior to it catching on fire.
Thank you. Glad someone has some sense. :D
dTpPosted:
Well at least this will not be a problem anymore! I always have to worry about my 360 heating up :c
platyuiPosted:
They also did something like this for the slim, because whenever it overheates it just shutsdown instead of killing itself.
GibbityTreePosted:
The_Killjoy "The Xbox One has been designed to detect its own temperature and adjust automatically to avoid overheating.". Meanwhile, low-grade PC's have been able to do this for a decade.
Lol right? People acting like it's something brand new. So easily impressed by every little things nowadays aren't we?
vokalPosted:
The_Killjoy "The Xbox One has been designed to detect its own temperature and adjust automatically to avoid overheating.". Meanwhile, low-grade PC's have been able to do this for a decade.
the 360 has a thermostat on the CPU thats why it shuts down when it over heats and you get two red rings prior to it catching on fire.
The_KilljoyPosted:
"The Xbox One has been designed to detect its own temperature and adjust automatically to avoid overheating.". Meanwhile, low-grade PC's have been able to do this for a decade.
I-DA-KINGPosted:
Its going to make alot of people mad if its wrong and just randomly shuts off at random, Also i hope that they make it a choice for that on or off for people who play zombies for high rounds & don't want it to randomly shut off in the middel of a match or it should give a warning
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