I think my launch 360 is dying

I got 1 red light the other night, then it froze 2 times on an XBLA game, then I got 3 red lights for the 1st time ever, then it froze on downloading Conan, and it just froze at the start up screen. I'm pissed & happy. Pissed at MS for their cheap hardware but happy that its still under warranty. I thought my 360 was lucky, but the clamp problem is in all of their older models afterall so... Atleast they should fix it for free. Arg and this was just when I finally had some time to play it too. :cry:

I got 1 red light the other night, then it froze 2 times on an XBLA game, then I got 3 red lights for the 1st time ever, then it froze on downloading Conan, and it just froze at the start up screen. I'm pissed & happy. Pissed at MS for their cheap hardware but happy that its still under warranty. I thought my 360 was lucky, but the clamp problem is in all of their older models afterall so... Atleast they should fix it for free. Arg and this was just when I finally had some time to play it too. :cry:

joeamis

are you giving it enough breathing room? airflow? did you blow the dust out of it?

[QUOTE="joeamis"]

I got 1 red light the other night, then it froze 2 times on an XBLA game, then I got 3 red lights for the 1st time ever, then it froze on downloading Conan, and it just froze at the start up screen. I'm pissed & happy. Pissed at MS for their cheap hardware but happy that its still under warranty. I thought my 360 was lucky, but the clamp problem is in all of their older models afterall so... Atleast they should fix it for free. Arg and this was just when I finally had some time to play it too. :cry:

hofuldig

are you giving it enough breathing room? airflow? did you blow the dust out of it?

Yes, and I've been vacuuming it monthly, I think thats why it may have lasted so long. Now I don't know what to do. Do I need to send my HDD and power brick if I send it to MS? Uggg.

[QUOTE="hofuldig"][QUOTE="joeamis"]

I got 1 red light the other night, then it froze 2 times on an XBLA game, then I got 3 red lights for the 1st time ever, then it froze on downloading Conan, and it just froze at the start up screen. I'm pissed & happy. Pissed at MS for their cheap hardware but happy that its still under warranty. I thought my 360 was lucky, but the clamp problem is in all of their older models afterall so... Atleast they should fix it for free. Arg and this was just when I finally had some time to play it too. :cry:

joeamis

are you giving it enough breathing room? airflow? did you blow the dust out of it?

Yes, and I've been vacuuming it monthly, I think thats why it may have lasted so long. Now I don't know what to do. Do I need to send my HDD and power brick if I send it to MS? Uggg.

Wait........ you vacuum your Xbox? How? You mean the surface or the holes?

Can anyone answer my question do I need to send the power brick or HDD to MS too? Will they send me my console back or some crappy refurbished one? You had it replaced 2 times in a year, what happens if you get replacements that die after the 3 year period, do you then have to pay for repair or does each replacement start a new warranty period?