About the 360 hardware failures..

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Dyne

Why people continue to think putting it in an enclosed space is ok is beyond me. You can't even do that with a dreamcast! The Xbox 360 heatsink wasn't made for anything but vertical position (apparently) + wide open, ventilated areas.

I heard that horizontal was the best position because virtical cuts off the biggest vent on the console.

Thanks, MS. You've made handling my console the equivalent of an old wive's tale..

"Hey, I heard if you rub clove oil on the controller and soak it in celery compound it never overheats, by crickets!!"