My 360 just died 2 months ago. This was a 360 from the Zero Hour Launch Party. It sure did last a long time. So I sent it in and received my new one 2 weeks ago. I say "new' because on the back, it had the date 11-17-07 printed on it. I was really stoked to see that they replaced my new one. Was it the smaller chip? Did it have a quiter DVD ROM? After firing it up, the drive sounded the same. Bummer. Didn't know about the chip but it didn't matter because last week it died! I'm awaiting my coffin as I write this. This sucks.