Microsoft has had a whole lot of Xbox 360’s returned to them for repairs. This is not news to anyone in the gaming community, from the hardcore to the casual fringe. If your Xbox 360 hasn’t died (yet), you almost certainly know at least a few people whose machines have been KIA.

I only dredge this old news up because I was reminded of the prevelance of 360 hardware issues when somberly laying my Elite to rest in its coffin and dropping it off at The UPS Store nearest to my house. Here is how my exchange with the clerk began, almost verbatim, keeping in mind the coffin Microsoft sends out for your return is a completely nondescript white box:
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