RROD Story - can't open link, can't find forum.
3 time survivor, on my 5th box.
1st box: I ended up having knee surgery during the middle of July. I have the surgery on Friday morning, then go to sleep that evening. I woke up Saturday morning, got my breakfast, sat down in front of the box, put in my RB6 Vegas disc. 35 minutes in, the box makes a whining noise & the 3 red rings come up. Toggle off, back on, worked for 2 minutes, squeals as it scratches my disc with a halo & then 3 lights return. Wonderful. No Xbox and a bum knee. Sent it out that Monday and waited 3 weeks for a refurbished one to arrive.
2nd box: Died the night I got Gears of War 2. At about 12:30 a.m. Wonderful.
3rd box: Died mid-day during double XP time while playing COD World at War.
4th box: The 3rd refurbished has a bum disc drive. Stopped reading discs 4 months after. Good for spare parts or as a small space heater.