I finally caught the Red Ring of Death

Well, it took two years and three months, but I finally became a victim of the "Red Ring of Death:"

So I’ve contacted Microsoft support and they (hopefully) will repair it.  I can’t make it "red light on demand" yet.  But pretty much, if I play for just a few minutes it stops working.

This seems to be happing pretty frequently lately, as I’ve gotten a few messages from friends saying "Sorry, I’ll be missing for a few weeks while my system is repaired."  So it looks like all the original systems must have been affected, it’s just taking its good old time on some boxes.