I'm sure a fair number of us have encountered the red ring of death issue (Personally, I'm on my third 360) So I imagine this issue will be relevant for any current xbox owners who haven't managed to avoid technical problems with their 360.

Now, the one I have now has been okay for around a year (the new standing record for me) BUT, since the xbox did come out 2005 and I ended up picking mine up the day before christmas, 2005 I started to get a little anxious about when that warranty was set to expire. Lo and fucking behold, according to Microsoft's service website, my warranty expired in april of 2008....

Is this even mathematically possible since they extended the American warranty to 3 years? My console hasn't ever broken anytime NEAR april and even if that 3 years were to expire it should be ending just now, not 7-8months ago. According to Micrsoft's "dispute the warranty date" section, I cannot dispute the warranty OR reactivate it unless I have a pending repair. I guess my next plan of action will be calling customer support, I don't know how far that'll get me.

Anyway, moral of the story, start checking those warranties ESPECIALLY if you've had a red-ring failure as it seems the legacy of bullshit microsoft started back in 2005 still hasn't come to an end.

they STILL havent figured that shit out?

damn, I would've thought they had fixed it by now

Let me introduce you to a little word called "capitalism".

Let me introduce you to a little word called "capitalism".

it would be cheaper to fix it and introduce the fix into all new 360s rather than have to fix all the old systems

Hrmm...ya know, I've been hearing a lot about X-Boxes completely going kaput just a few short months after the warranty's expired.

I wonder if there's a way to prove that Microsoft designed them to fail after a certain amount of time...

you mean, the same way most car/appliance companies do?

It is a bad trend in the business world, but if you made something that is reliable and trust worthy, your sales would dwindle as almost every one would one eventually.
Planed obsolescence

I read recently (1up.com) that I guess red rings have started to die down. But disk scratching (I rarely hear of) is still around. I guess some inside guy said that they knew about it and had to meet a deadline.
Good stuff.

I did google around a bit and it seems that all hope is not lost if this problem happens after the warranty expires.

There's all sorts of solutions that range from opening it up and resoldering connections to wrapping a towel around the console...

Eh, look around. Most of these solutions seem legit, although I can't believe how many people swear by wrapping it in a towel.

Maybe it works?