So today retailers close to me finally received their shipments of the new Xbox 360's. I finally made my decision that I wouldn't buy it because I only use Ethernet cables because of streaming and I haven't even filled up my 120 GB hard drive. Later I decided to get on, like I do every morning, and try to beat Assassin's Creed. Yeah I know, I just barely got the game. 30 minutes into the game my console freezes. I know what this means because it happened to me before. It's about to RRoD. So I turned it off and turned it back on only to be greeted with the 3 red lights. At this point there's nothing I can do. My console went through this process maybe 5 times now. Twice I sent it into Microsoft (I made sure it was the same console because I left a large scratch on the bottom middle of the console), sent it to a friend, tried fixing it myself, and sent it to some guy in Alabama. After I got it back from the dude in Alabama, it worked for awhile, even after it being on for a long time. 
 
Now, you have to understand how angry, frustrated, pissed off I am. For someone to pay $500 when it first came out, $100 to have it repaired by Microsoft, $20 for my friend, $30 for the X-clamp fix, $50 to a dude in Alabama, and priceless to see the look on my face after it red rings again. You just have to wonder, is this a coincidence or a conspiracy? What do you want from me Microsoft? I'm a jobless man. I don't have money to keep shelling out to you. Do you want me to buy your $100 WiFi adapter? Do you want me to buy your $130 250 GB hard drive? Do you want me to be the $150 Kinect and $60 games? Or maybe you want me to buy the new console? I just don't know. I don't want to but if Microsoft keeps this up I just might have to change my standing on Giant Bomb from PC to PS3.

No one has any thoughts if this is Microsoft's doing just to get me to buy a new console?

"No one has any thoughts if this is Microsoft's doing just to get me to buy a new console? "

A launch Xbox 360 is normally not one of the models you want, since it has the Xenon chip and they're the most defective of the bunch. At best, you want a 360 sporting with the Jasper motherboard. Apparently on Wiki, it says the new Xbox 360 has the "Valhalla" motherboard, so that's probably the best motherboard to date for the 360.

wait for natal bundle.

This is so depressing. I see a new RROD topic every other day.
 
@Meteora said:

" A launch Xbox 360 is normally not one of the models you want, since it has the Xenon chip and they're the most defective of the bunch. At best, you want a 360 sporting with the Jasper motherboard. Apparently on Wiki, it says the new Xbox 360 has the "Valhalla" motherboard, so that's probably the best motherboard to date for the 360. "

" A launch Xbox 360 is normally not one of the models you want, since it has the Xenon chip and they're the most defective of the bunch. At best, you want a 360 sporting with the Jasper motherboard. Apparently on Wiki, it says the new Xbox 360 has the "Valhalla" motherboard, so that's probably the best motherboard to date for the 360. "

So I tried doing the towel trick. So far so good. But I'm not crossing my fingers because it only temporarily holds the soldering. Like everyone else says, it will crack again.

 It has emerged that Microsoft has finally solved its long running RRoD problem in the new Xbox 360 Slim, in true Microsoft style – by removing the red light from the design completely.    

my 360 pro launch system works still fine, my refurbed elite *e74 2 or so years ago* is still running...

" @Meteora said:

" A launch Xbox 360 is normally not one of the models you want, since it has the Xenon chip and they're the most defective of the bunch. At best, you want a 360 sporting with the Jasper motherboard. Apparently on Wiki, it says the new Xbox 360 has the "Valhalla" motherboard, so that's probably the best motherboard to date for the 360. "

I have the 360 Elite. I believe that has the Jasper board. "

youre sending it to some random dude in alabama and you expected it to not rrod again?

What you might want to try and do open up your box again and re-tighten the screws you put in with your X-Clamp fix. Then overheat it again. Maybe the screws just became lose over time?

Buy a PS3...

"  I don't want to but if Microsoft keeps this up I just might have to change my standing on Giant Bomb from PC to PS3. "