In the previous installment, my X-Box 360 was suffering from a hardware error that Microsoft classifies as overheating.  For reasons beyond my understanding, the console erratically suffers from the error.  Before and after playing Arkham Asylum for three straight hours, my X-Box instantly two-lighted.  As a result, I’d prefer a gaping hole where one furnace wall used to be.  My X-Box just had knee surgery, so I don’t want to waste two hours trying to reopen it.

The problem with this?  As mentioned in the previous update, the penny fix relies on having sufficient force applied to the ram.  This pressure is normally created when the underbelly of the chassis screws into the top.  With one half of the chassis missing, we have a problem.  And obviously, stacking weight on top of an open 360 would be as suicidal as it is impractical.

The solution?  Similar-sized screws, the right nuts, a couple washers, and blam!

Remember that robot from Futurama with the clamps whose name eludes me?  I would like to thank him for his knowledge of clamping.

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