I have defied the odds for so long considering that I had an original launch XBOX360 console from 2005 that was still working perfectly and has been used exhaustively this entire time (about 20 hours per week). Last week I started to experience a strange problem while playing Dead Space. In the middle of the 7th level when I entered a certain corridor the screen went jumbled and all the colors appeared malformed. After rebooting several times and getting the same result each time I put in a Fallout 3 and after the opening cinematic the screen went black. The lights were still green and everything looked like it was working except there was no visual. After the next reboot, Red Ring of Death. Since then I have allowed the system to sit several hours and it will boot up but after 5 minutes or so it will go black and RRoD after any reboots.
It looks to be a heat issue and I'm pretty certain I could hack at it for a few days and resolve the heat issues, if the components aren't burnt up. I decided to set it aside for the time being and dust off the Playstation 3 and use that instead for a few months until I decide whether or not to bother repairing the X360.
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