Apparently a time-bomb comes standard with every 360.

[metallicorphan]

Sorry to hear that,my last RRoD happened about 2008/9

It wasn't until about 3-4 months ago that the replacement really started to make a noise during playback(louder then usual),and i was getting scared so i bought a 4gb slim 360 and a 320gig HDD separately..i needed it because my 120HDD was getting full ayway

It does seem as though MS have it somewhat under control now,i have not really heard of a case for ages,and if it does get mentioned its always on the older models

I just hope that is priority one to make sure it does not happen again for the Xbox 720

[Azhag]

I got mine the first month of release... had one red ring a few years ago, but no other problems.

[PeteRock]

Decided to go the cost-effective route.  Picked up a refurbished "old" 360, so I'm able to use my current 120GB hard drive, all associated connection hardware, and with trade-ins I only paid $100 out of pocket and that included a 2-year warranty.  Works for me as I'm already back online with zero downtime for what it would have cost for me to send in my broken Xbox for repairs.