Sorry to hear it. Yeah that sucks. My co-workers malfunctioned (HalfRROD) not long after he got Fallout 3 and Fable II. Poor guy. It seems those things have been rather prevelent lately.
If what happened to you happens to me. I could see trading the damn thing in and turning my back on the platform. That just sucks.
"Let justice be done though the heavens fall." - Jim Garrison
"Ask not your horse, if ye should ride into battle" - myself