I just want to explain something...
The Xbox 360 gets the Red Ring of Death (and the PS3 gets the Yellow Light of Death) because they were manufactured with lead-free solder, have poor cooling systems, and are allowed to run hotter than they should, and the boards do not have proper standoffs like PCs (and the original Xbox) do. The constant hot/cool cycle causes the lead-free solder to become brittle and crack over time, causing a cold solder joint, which leads means the GPU cannot get power (the RSX chip in the PS3) and you get the 3 flashing red lights (typically with 0102, 0020, 0110 secondary error codes which mean GPU failure, PS3 does not give secondary codes). This is fact. All pre-October 2008 Xbox 360 consoles (and all pre-PS3 Slim consoles) were manufactured with these design flaws, thus every single one is susceptible to failure, and the majority have failed or will fail at some point. Newer Xbox 360 consoles and PS3s have upgraded GPUs which do not run nearly as hot, and are able to withstand more heat than the original models.