Oh for crying out loud... (Xbox 360 RRoD)Follow

I love my Xbox 360. I really do. The failure rate, however...
My first one quit working with a bad DVD drive. It was under warranty, so I sent it in for repairs. That was maybe six months ago, give or take.
The last couple of days, this Xbox 360 has been acting a little flaky. Tonight I tried to play the demo for Operation Darkness and it locked up. I rebooted my Xbox and got a little further into the demo, but it locked up again. Rebooted it again, and it locked up on the opening splash. One more reboot and BAM! Red ring of death.
Now it seems my warranty has expired. Buggah.
I've seen these repair kits in the past, like http://www.fixya360.com/the_kit.html and http://xbox360redlightfix.com/?hop=idaffsk
I was curious as to if anyone has ever used one of these and how it worked out for you.


Edit: Really, I looked into it, and it's apparently still under warranty just for the RRoD. But it takes freaking months to get it fixed and returned. FUX!
Seriously though, I'd still like feedback if anyone has ever used any of those "fix it yourself" guides.

Edited, Jan 13th 2009 10:57pm by Usagi

Actually, it only takes about 4-6 weeks to get the XBox back.

only takes 4-6 weeks?

4-6 weeks is an awefully long time for a gamer to go without his console.

and from what my friends have said 4-6 weeks is a conservative estimate on their part. Both got theirs back within a month, want to say 3 weeks.

Truth. A co-worker received an email saying his was on the way back, hasn't been but 3 weeks since he sent it out.