Im sick of people blaming MS for these crashes. Sometimes they are your fault, and sometimes there not. The 360 is very powerful and requires alot of energy to run, and when a 360 is used to the xtreme, they tend to die. The new Xbox 360 3.1 is quieter because the fans don't spin as fast, buy that. I got my box on March 2nd 2006 and it died on June 10th 2007, which is pretty good considering it was a 1.0 model. The point is, don't give up on the 360 just because yours died, happens alot, 3 or more times for some people.