I have noticed this too, i got a message from a friend who got a RROD as soon as he bought fable 2, he hadn't played his 360 for a while. My theory is because the days are getting colder the temperature change between off and under load will be far greater which will put more stress on the components due to expansion and contraction.
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I have noticed this too, i got a message from a friend who got a RROD as soon as he bought fable 2, he hadn't played his 360 for a while. My theory is because the days are getting colder the temperature change between off and under load will be far greater which will put more stress on the components due to expansion and contraction.
Bought mine in dec 06, died last week, thats about 1 yr 10 months? Let me know how you get on I'm gonna call them up tomorrow I think
I've already arranged for them to send the box on their website
I think next year you will see that won't be the case. I highly doubt they will not continue to fix red light errors. After all come the new year anyone with a launch day console will be out of the 3 year warranty.
That should be an interesting time for MS and I reckon a lot will depend on whether you have had to have it repaired previously. I'd say if it's been back a few times under warranty you will have good grounds to kick up a fuss.
Even those that haven't broken will be able to state they bought a product that went to market with an fault.
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Yes !, I'll be looking forward to your "my 360 haz jus deaded
" thread within the week 
.On a serious note though I think if you guys really love the 360 as much as many of you seem to then surely considering how cheap the arcade pack is now it's worth getting a spare for when you have the RROD, this may sound like a sarcastic post but I'm being serious, I'm sure you could find a use for the second console as well other than it just being a backup, maybe use it as a dedicated media extender etc, then at least you want have a break from gaming when you have to send it away for repair.
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Yes, LOL! Unlucky.
Hey, it's not us it's Microsoft. We're looking forward to your 'My 360 broke' thread by the way.
Any still-working consoles from launch and around that time period are abnormalities.
Lucky i have more then one then!
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My launch console went after about this amount of time the first time round, and this time of year as well.
I'm wondering if it's a combination of age, and getting more use (after the summer + hot release period) that seems to get so many at this time of the year.
I'm wondering if it's a combination of age, and getting more use (after the summer + hot release period) that seems to get so many at this time of the year.
Nope, they still use the pathetic torsion clamp design so still suffer just as badly from PCB flex during heat cycling breaking solder joints.
Haha.
Maybe when moving between the outside world on a snowy day and the inside of an oven, but not for normal use
I bought a faulty 360 cheap last week, fixed it, but now want it to RROD again
It's not as easy as you think!
By fix, do you mean heat gun/oven (not just overheating the 360) combined with X-Clamp replacement?
LOL! Is this a windup?
I fixed it by replacing the X-Clamp. The extra pressure was enough to do it, didn't need overheating.
However, now I want it to break again (have reverted back to the original fittings) but it's not having it - yet
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I still have a launch day 360, and still runs great, so i must be lucky then