[360] Xbox 360 Discussion. Thermal paste, the delicious and nutricious snack of the future.

Apologies if this isn't the proper place to be asking.

My roommate's 360 is about a week and a half old. He currently has no games for it, he's waiting for Oblivion. In the meantime, he's been using it for dvds, the arcade, and to a minimal amount, xbox games. I wouldn't say the amount of use has been excessive, but it has been frequent. Tonight, the system stopped playing xbox games (compatible ones, Halo 2, Half-Life 2) and dvds skip like mad. All the disks are in perfectly fine condition. As far as he's aware, nothing's happened directly to the system itself.

Is his system dead or what? What's the proper procedure here, go to where he bought it (Best Buy) or to invoke the warranty on it? Does it sound like the system would still play 360 games on it? Being so close to that anticipated release, he might hold off on the repair if he can still actually play Oblivion but doesn't want the added wait or disappointment of finding out it's not going to work. Any helpful information is appreciated. Thanks.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I don't think this machine's problem is any update. No freezing, no red lights, it just won't read any discs. I guess, after many calls to support, Microsoft is sending him a box for him to send back with his system for it to be repaired.

In any case though, wow, that's fucked.

There's nowhere I can't reach.