This is the orginal poster. I was borrowing a friends account at first.

I've checked the cables. And I can assure they are in the right ports and on the right setting.

I've reached the end of the troubleshooting. I'm debating at this point if I want to envoke the red rings....

I've had this console since Sept. 06

I'm getting really tired of microsoft.

It costs $99 to repair a problem that they caused.
Why do "we" stand for this. The customer.

Why can't we do something about it...?