It's happened again. My Xbox 360 froze up when I was playing Assassin's Creed. Then when I rebooted the 360 it started playing the opening animation but never made it all the way though. It did this a couple times then I let it rest for about a half hour disconnected from the power supply. I reconnected the power supply and a few seconds after powering up the Red ring of death showed up. I've tried everything since then and haven't had any luck getting it to boot.
I called up 1-800-4My-Xbox and after about 10 minutes on hold I was able to get a human. The process was a lot smoother this time around since they extended the warranty to 3 years for the red ring of death. I didn't have to ask for a manager like last time and it sounds like I should have a replacement box back in about three weeks.
My last one died on April 24th and I received the replacement on May 12th. So it has been just under 7 months with this Xbox. At least my first one made it 13 months.
At least this time around I can play Shadowrun on Vista. But that's going to get old quick.