Hey everyone! i know I haven't been on in, well, forever, but a terrible tragedy has occurred! While playing my 360, the image suddenly messed up. Vertical bars of pinkish hue cover the screen, and only do so in the games themselves, not on the Dashboard. I can still see what's generally happening in the game, so the bars have some opacity to them, but they definitely interfere with my ability to play/enjoy my games.

So, Microsoft has decided that this hardare malfunction, not of my fault but theirs, should cost me $100.00. Not wanting to stand for this grave injustice, I'm considering alternate routes to getting it repaired by them for free. However, the only issues which would allow for this are the RRoD and E74.

Since RRoD, to my knowledge, occurs from the system overheating and the soldering essentially melting away, I'm considering wrapping he 360 in towels and accelerating the process of overheating, until it red rings. Anyone whom I've presented this idea to says I should, since I have nothing to lose. But I was wondering what everyone's opinion is on this subject? Any errors or faults in it that I'm not seeing? I'd be deeply grateful for any and all input!