I look at it like this...I bought my PS3 when they first came out for $600, and there was all this talk of it over heating and burning up and basiclly breaking weeks after people had bought them...Now ive had it for 2 years and its never showed any signs of breaking...I bought my Xbox 360 4 months after it came out for $400, and its broken 3 times and thats just me...yours has broken twice counting now...russ has had his brake 4 times...josh still hasnt got his back...queens has broken a few times...gryphon basiclly has sent one in every month since ive been playing with him...oberons and mine both broke the last time within an hour of each other...I could go on forever with everyone i know and how many times theres has broken...wat im trying to say is that xbox is crap...and if you buy a new one i would just go buy an arcard with the new falcon chipset....sell that one you have there and buy a new one..you should also invest in a superior system like the PS3...i think the only reason yours broke was probly because someone mistreated it before you bought it...thats wat im guessing...