[ten BoB Dylan]

there is no definitive answer why 360's packs up some say its over heating some say its the x clamps some say if prolonged use and the list goes on but at the end of the day its down to bad design you see microsoft was given a lot of stick for the size of xbox so when they designed xbox 360 they made it as compact as possible with out putting two much thought into problems like over heating for instance .
if you go to xbox.com there is an interview with the head of mechanical engineering and he talks about how at first they used one big fan but when they were given the form factor info they had to resort to the two fan set up.
in my opinion i think that on paper and under certain tests the cooling system for the 360 does its job well but thats under perfect conditions but in the real world when 360's are placed under tv's or selfs or just on carpets the cooling system does not work well at all. i have have two 360 the first one i bought at launch and it still works OK i have it in my front room on a TV stand and i use it all the time ,the second one is in my bed room and gets used less but yet it broke down whats that tell us? well chances are that when these things break down its nothing to do with how they are treated or played but more to do with the fact they were never right in the first place so go ahead and play it all you want if its destine to break its going to even if you treat it with kid gloves.