Ninny? Are you serious? Wow ... my NES and my SNES, I had to blow hard into the cartridges to get them to work, AND had to depress the NES cartridges in a certain way to get them to play - and constantly had to reset the system. Don't know what you are talking about, but every homie I know with an NES did the same thing.

Panasonic? Meh. All stuff breaks. I had a horrible time with Panasonic remotes (2 for TVs and 1 for a VCR).

Link, source?

I lost 2 PS2s to DRE and there was a lawsuit filed against Sony. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6139482.html

Unless I missed something, MS is repairing older consoles with RROD with newer motherboards that correct the problem. The Falcons and Jaspers don't suffer the same heating flaws, hince they are more reliable.

Ok there are a ton of folks who apparently thought this was a thread to come dump on the 360..it's not. The OP is asking a question, so unless you want to answer the question or address his issue specifically please post elsewhere.

That goes for everyone not on-topic BTW.

Consider this a warning for the remainder of this thread.

The main problem is the method of fixing it. MS should just take the loss and send out newer, reliable units. However, they can't do that because it would require all the new 360s to have newer, less-power drawing power supplies with each unit. What MS did was make revisions on the older motherboards so it won't get so hot. It's really just correcting the design flaw and hoping it stays repaired. For me, even after I got my 360 back, I have it boxed up. I know the Arcade is running cooler, using less power and will, in turn, be much more reliable.

Yeah, I'm serious... yes the original NES's infamous "blinking screen" issues were annoying at the time, but that's why we have top-loaders    Plus, I have 3 original NES's besides my top loader, and they ALL still work... I've never had a Nintendo system completely crap out on me or have some kind of hardware problem that renders its game-playing abilities useless.

BTW, the trick is not to blow on the carts like everyone else does, but to simply push them in gently so that they just barely have enough clearance to be pushed down, then wiggle very slightly to the left or right.  Try it, once you get the right touch it works like a charm every time!

And you had problems with your SNES carts?!?  Man, whats wrong with you... the SNES is indescructable... can't tell you how many times ive angrilly slammed carts into it or yanked out of it, mashed the reset button, or thrown controllers at it, but I've never EVER had a problem with id reading games.  Same goes for my N64.

My 360 just died on me for the 2nd time in 2 years, MS wont fix it so that sux for me. I think it's the power supply, but not i'm sure. How much does a power brick goes for?

Why not? Warrently lasts for three years.

Sorry to hear that. Did you use a 3rd party cooler? That and opening the unit up will void your warranty. Have you contacted MS yet?

For the brick, check craigslist. I have seen them going for $40-$80.

 Nope, no 3rd party hardware was ever hooked up to my 360, and about that warrenty, I said the same thing but the MS reps said the warrenty in up and it would cost me for repairs. I've had the system since launch.

Man that does suck... the warranty expired the middle of Nov for launch systems... i guess MS has enough consoles to fix without having to worry about yours again.