Someone tell Frodo! My 360 has the ring! Well, the replacement 360 MS sent me a while back has succumbed to the same fate as its predecessor. I was sitting there a few weeks ago, minding my own business while playing Rainbow Six Vegas (first one), and it just up and froze. Powered down and back up and the dreaded Red Ring of Death appeared in all its hellish glory. Called MS up, and they promptly had an empty box sent to me. This time, they wanted the core 360 unit and the power brick. At least it's all still under warranty. To be honest, that unit smelled like tobacco products and made funny noises (kinda like an old person who's smoked all their life I guess), so I'm kinda glad it died when it did. Maybe the internal error code that caused the ring was for lung cancer or something? Anyway, I patiently await its return, and I'll be sure to post an update on what kind of smelly,... Read More »