It's no secret that the Xbox 360 can get a little
hot under the collar -- after all, this is the same console that drove people to build
elaborate support systems or hang their power bricks out the window -- but who knew that the heat was intense enough to cook up some disgusting scrambled eggs? Unlike the fake
MacBook frying pan we saw this summer, it seems that you can't cook an egg on a 360 simply by pouring it onto the toasty case; rather, you have to actually crack it open and get your breakfast on using the naked components. Since we're not foolish enough to sacrifice our own expensive electronics in the name of culinary science, we caught wind of this neat trick from reader Brett, who decided to have a little fun with his not-under-warranty 'Box after the red lights of death made their dreaded appearance. Before sending his 360 to the great videogame recycling bin in the sky, Brett and friends whipped up a nice little Julia Child-esque video that features the doomed console's heat sink being employed as the world's nastiest cooking surface -- and although the resulting eggs look absolutely revolting, that doesn't stop the intrepid cinematographers from scraping them out with a fork to savor the flavor (secret ingredient? thermal paste). Hit the jump to check out the entire escapade, and let us know in the comments if you've ever served up food after getting all Rachel Ray with one of your gadgets...
[Thanks,
Brett]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Leon Lamle @ Oct 29th 2006 5:49PM
OMFG!!!!
And people made fun of the MacBook and MacBook Pro!!! You can fry a damn EGG!!!!
steve @ Oct 29th 2006 5:53PM
that's really sad. It would have to be above 100 celcis to do that, which is way too hot for a processor, especially the heatsink. No wonder the 360 has been having so many issues. Not even my old overclocked p4 would do that.
Aooogah @ Oct 29th 2006 5:59PM
Well, that guy's getting cancer.
QUOW @ Oct 29th 2006 6:03PM
The hottest I've had the air come out of the 360 vents was 150 F. Not necessarily hot enough to cook an egg on.
Real?
matt @ Oct 29th 2006 6:25PM
no, not fake. the fins will always be hotter than the air moving over them (or they wouldn't work), and by the time the air has moved from the location of the sinks to where you're measuring the temp, it's cooled down even more.
oki @ Oct 29th 2006 11:45PM
actually its highly possible, my powermac using powerpc cpu goes up to 60 celcius, and the 360 has 3 cores, i think it can get to 100 celcuis very easily. just touch my powermac burns
Mark Fleser @ Oct 29th 2006 6:08PM
What is it with peoples' obsession with cooking on electronic devices (not talking about things intended for cooking that happen to be electric).
Paul @ Oct 29th 2006 6:15PM
That heat sink is getting over 212F, it boils water for gods sake, that is insanely hot,
Keaton @ Oct 29th 2006 6:19PM
I don't care how hot it is... its just straight up nasty... eww!
Kevin @ Oct 29th 2006 6:24PM
Is it safe for him to him to be eating that? Maybe there should be a "Don't try this at home" message, lol.
Bazza @ Oct 29th 2006 6:30PM
"Hit the jump to check out the entire escapade"
CORRECTION: "Hit the jump to check out the entire eggscapade"
Evan Blass you missed a great chance, but its not too late. ^_^
AxelFury @ Oct 29th 2006 6:40PM
Should've used some Pam cooking spray.
Dp462090 @ Oct 29th 2006 6:41PM
Damn, I think not getting a 360 may have been a good call.
Scott @ Oct 29th 2006 6:48PM
Why is not getting a 360 a good call? Because the heatsink works the way it should? A heatsink should.....take heat away from the processor! It's a Tri-Core PowerPC Proccesor, it's going to run hot. Go touch the PS3 or even your Own computer's heatsink and see if it isn't hot as a fuck.
Dp462090 @ Oct 29th 2006 8:14PM
"your Own computer's heatsink and see if it isn't hot as a f*ck."
It isn't (my computer) and I do know what a heatsink is for. Thanks for being so nice, though...
Marc @ Oct 29th 2006 6:49PM
HAHA, I love the Boondock Saints Remixed soundtrack, thats what made the video.
soopergooman @ Oct 29th 2006 6:51PM
I'm guessing he didn't hear about the latest service that MS is offering first gen x360 owners. Send your crappy box in and get it repaired for free.
How's that for egg in the face!!!LOLZ
Jay @ Oct 29th 2006 7:26PM
They're doing it all wrong...you gotta spray the heatsink with PAM first.
Gabe McGuinness @ Oct 29th 2006 7:33PM
thats so stupid... the point of a heatsink is to dissipate heat, that means it will get HOT... Especially when you remove the fans/airducts that would be directing airflow over the damn things.
Just because something has a funky soundtrack doesn't mean it's conspiracy. You could do the same damn thing with most of the Heatsinks for desktop processors if you removed all of the fans.
iceatcs @ Oct 29th 2006 7:38PM
Bleedly Hell! No fan. Where the noise came from?
myscrnnm @ Oct 29th 2006 7:41PM
"that's really sad. It would have to be above 100 celcis to do that, which is way too hot for a processor, especially the heatsink. No wonder the 360 has been having so many issues. Not even my old overclocked p4 would do that."
I'm guessing the reason why the temperature could become so high is not that it's usually like that, but because putting the egg on the heatsink has covered it up, resulting in a buildup of the heat energy, which would normally be able to escape more rapidly since under normal conditions, it would be exposed.
Osiris @ Oct 29th 2006 7:47PM
The whole point was that the 360 was faulty, i.e. Red ring of death.
It was faulty because the CPU was overheating.
Hugh Jass @ Oct 29th 2006 7:48PM
It's taken you kids this long to figure out the MacBook egg cook was fake? You thought it was real when you first reported it and never bothered to make update. Three cheers for row-back!
Alex @ Oct 29th 2006 8:21PM
Looks like he enjoyed it. It's freaking gross.
Anonymous Coward @ Oct 29th 2006 8:27PM
FYI: he's cooking the egg on the GPU heatsink, not the CPU one.
MaX PL @ Oct 29th 2006 8:50PM
osiris, i dont get how he ran anything that would make the unit that hot if it already had the red lights.
this is fake because of that fact.
LongStar @ Oct 29th 2006 8:50PM
My launch day console is still working perfectly fine , is already a year old since it was manufactured on Oct 26 2005 , having no fans will make the heatsink go hotter , that Xbox360 could have been fixed if they would have given it to me , i still would accept it if you clean the egg out from the motherboard.
pyro @ Oct 29th 2006 9:15PM
the heatsink is doing its job, asorbing the heat. When there's no fan then there's no airflow to cool it down and it gets alot hotter then it normally would in a case.
Alain @ Oct 29th 2006 9:55PM
And you guys thought the PS3 looked like a grill.
... @ Oct 29th 2006 9:59PM
I am 90% sure that this is fake, and even if it is real it is an unfair comparison...
1. He is cooking the GPU heat sink, not he CPU one. The cpu is what overheats, the gpu is just fine.
2. After you get the 3 red lights of death the things doesn't let you do much with it, and an idle GPU won't get all THAT hot.
Also, even if it was real he not only removed all of the fans, but he even put a metal guard around the fins! No wonder it is so hot.... Why don't you go and wrap your processor in aluminum foil and see how your temps hold up....
I just can't believe that only 1 person noticed that it was teh GPU he was using...
whiskey @ Oct 29th 2006 11:13PM
@Aooogah, no not cancer, Alzheimer's Disease.
I have seen a cpu running at 90 celsius just because its heatsink wasn't properly working, anything more seems plausible to me.
Kyle @ Oct 29th 2006 11:47PM
You couldn't touch it if it can cook an egg... that'd burn you.
reno6 @ Oct 29th 2006 11:55PM
I think 75 celcius is enough to cook an egg..
Andrew Lazetera @ Oct 30th 2006 1:09AM
Old pentiums used to run at 175F+, it wouldn't surprise me if it actually DID get that hot. and my AMD 64 Athlon's heatsink (overclocked by 500MHz and over-voltaged by .3V to boot) doesnt get that hot. Not even CLOSE. In fact, on full load, the PROCESSOR doesn't break 41C. The fact is, this is worst case scenerio (no airflow, no fan, etc), and he didnt hold on to it, it casually touched it. run your finger through the flame of a lighter. wow hardly even feel it right? well according to your logic that means its not hot enough to cook an egg. Just accept the fact that the 360 runs hot and get over it. Boo on microsoft for patent-infringement on the george foreman grill. hey put this in a PS3 ghassis and you have a george foreman grill! that is, if the PS3 ever gets released.
Matt Malone @ Oct 30th 2006 2:57AM
Did anyboy forget that the heatsink isnt actually on it, so no wonder its getting warm, cos theres no god damn airflow?
THG did a test by taking the heatsink off a bunch of cpus, and some of them caught fire, some of them smoldered. Its not just the 360 that gives off a lot of heat.
For christs sake, its got three cores. Its gonna get hot. This isnt a 486 cpu that doesnt even need a heatsink.
peptidefarmer @ Oct 30th 2006 2:12AM
Forget Rachel Ray. Giada De Laurentiis FTW.
Mario @ Oct 30th 2006 6:23AM
even with airflow how many degrees is it gonna shave off? its in the open room. Open cased, its already got plenty of airflow. The thing runs fucking hot. Its Power Hungry. its not like a computer that you can leave overnight. Even on idle.
Mikelb @ Oct 30th 2006 8:59AM
They call it the 360 for a reason... hence the burning egg...
Gegejaja @ Oct 30th 2006 4:11PM
wickedy cool.....
i think i will try it
mike240se @ Oct 31st 2006 1:16AM
Do the 360's really break that often and that easily? I just bought one couple days ago from best buy, they offered 2 years warranty for $59 or so, is it worth going back and getting it?