Death of a Friend

The death of a friend is never easy. Whether you were really close or not means no difference in the emotional pain you go through. I am experiencing it first hand, and my friend was very close to me. For you see, I left my Xbox360 on for too long whilst I proceeded to do some other activities, figuring I would come back to my game of Guitar Hero 2 in no time, and be able to continue it with ease. Unfortunately, my 360 didn't share the same sentiment. It obviously was depressed that it wasn't getting the attention it so dearly deserved, and killed itself.

My guess is overheating. I had it set in a small cabinet that I use as a TV stand. I wasn't aware that they got so freaking hot. So I let it sit overnight and cool off completely. I tried it again this morning, and I got the same 3 red lights on the Ring of Light, signifying a general hardware failure. Now I get to call Tech Support and go through their little routine of tests, hopefully to have them say "Send it to us, we'll fix it".

Moral of the story: don't let your 360 overheat.