Re: Why Microsoft, Why?
^ Give it time, I fear mine is nearing its end, Its getting pretty hot and I have it out in the open, sitting on a cookie cooler for max ventilation, And in my experience intercoolers have and expiration date. I need a new one, the originals killed xboxes if they got a short and the new ones just get tired after a couple years.
My advice for cooling, is get an old intercooler that plugs into the xbox power cord, cut off the bottom and wire the fans to a 12 volt adapter plug. Noisy as hell, sounds like a d*mn 747 but it keeps the xbox cooler than the new ones, the fans are easy to clean, and seem to last longer. I gave that one to my cousin because I thought my new one would be better. Wish I hadn't.