Well it was inivatable. I had some warning signs a few months ago when some disks had some problems being read. This last weekend I had it happen to me. I am going to get it replaced when I go back home during thanks giving. I just hop I can get it replaced before I go back to college so that I might be able to play Mass Effect. I got a 15 month warenty on the 360 in anticipation of the red ring happening. Overall I am not going to complain since I do live in a non airconditioned dorm. But I did do everything I could to try and prevent it. What ever. So for now I will not be able to play Halo 3 when it comesout but so what? I know I will be able to play it on other peoples systems since the 360 is so popular.