So yeah, my first 360 died a tradgic death today.  Luckily since it was a launch day console, it's still in warranty and they're going to try and repair/replace the unit.  I'm starting to think that Gears of War is killing consoles.  Several of the people I know with early 360s have started reporting problems since Gears of War came out.  Conspiracy or just bad luck?  I leave that for you to decide.

Lucky for me I'd just purchased another 360 for upstairs, which will now be relocated downstairs for the time being until my console comes back from the repair shop.  Bummer dude.

I do have to admit that I had a great guy on the phone to walk me through the troubleshooting and I was really pleased with the whole experience.  It sucks that I have to send the unit back, but at least the support guy was friendly (and apparently not on forign soil).  He did sound like he'd had too much coffee today though.