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You don't know how many times I've seen this come up when the Xbox 360 is mentioned. BTW, it hasn't happened to me yet. And every time I say that and I've done it just now...I knock several times on my hard wood floors for luck. I think next I'll be hammering a horseshoe above it just in case.

Little info on my Xbox. I've got the Xbox and hard drive, not the Elite. I've had my little 360 for about 2 years now. I've had my original Xbox for longer and it has never died on me.

Red Ring of Death appears to be mostly an overheating issue, so, I've done some preventative actions to make sure I can keep that little console running for another 2 years.

1. I've elevated it. It stands on my 'green monster' cabinet elevated over the surface.

2. It's the only dust free thing on that surface.

3. I've kept its vents clean and clear.

4. It's in the coolest room in my apartment--the only area where the TV and A/C are.

5. I don't leave it on for extended times.

6. I don't use it that often. Anyone with XBOX Live and me as a friend can vouch for that.

7. I keep knocking on my hardwood floors and bowing to the Xbox to appease it to make sure it doesn't do that.

Now, it did freeze up twice during a game and that was with Fable downloaded from Xbox Live. I'm thinking that it doesn't like Fable, and pretty much I don't like it either. It hasn't done that with any other downloaded game or any other game I've played with on it.

Pray the luck continues, folks.

Nothing against Microsoft, but again, if you mention Vista to my aunt, she'll turn into a dragon and devour you. Bill Gates royally screwed up.

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You don't know how many times I've seen this come up when the Xbox 360 is mentioned. BTW, it hasn't happened to me yet. And every time I say that and I've done it just now...I knock several times on my hard wood floors for luck. I think next I'll be hammering a horseshoe above it just in case.

Little info on my Xbox. I've got the Xbox and hard drive, not the Elite. I've had my little 360 for about 2 years now. I've had my original Xbox for longer and it has never died on me.

Red Ring of Death appears to be mostly an overheating issue, so, I've done some preventative actions to make sure I can keep that little console running for another 2 years.

1. I've elevated it. It stands on my 'green monster' cabinet elevated over the surface.

2. It's the only dust free thing on that surface.

3. I've kept its vents clean and clear.

4. It's in the coolest room in my apartment--the only area where the TV and A/C are.

5. I don't leave it on for extended times.

6. I don't use it that often. Anyone with XBOX Live and me as a friend can vouch for that.

7. I keep knocking on my hardwood floors and bowing to the Xbox to appease it to make sure it doesn't do that.

Now, it did freeze up twice during a game and that was with Fable downloaded from Xbox Live. I'm thinking that it doesn't like Fable, and pretty much I don't like it either. It hasn't done that with any other downloaded game or any other game I've played with on it.

Pray the luck continues, folks.

Nothing against Microsoft, but again, if you mention Vista to my aunt, she'll turn into a dragon and devour you. Bill Gates royally screwed up.