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I got the packaging for my XBox 360 last night, so after a few final games I packed it up. This morning I shipped it back for repairs. I couldn't shake the nagging feeling that I was dropping it into some kind of bottomless pit from whence it may never return.

For the one or two of you that HAVEN'T had to do this, you get a nice clean white anonymous-looking box. Nowhere on it does it say Microsoft or XBox. I presume the theory is that if the public at large KNEW you were shipping a broken XBox, they would want to steal it.

I got the packaging for my XBox 360 last night, so after a few final games I packed it up. This morning I shipped it back for repairs. I couldn't shake the nagging feeling that I was dropping it into some kind of bottomless pit from whence it may never return.

For the one or two of you that HAVEN'T had to do this, you get a nice clean white anonymous-looking box. Nowhere on it does it say Microsoft or XBox. I presume the theory is that if the public at large KNEW you were shipping a broken XBox, they would want to steal it.

God bless my poor limping XBox, it hung together long enough for me to finish Rainbow 6 Vegas tonight.

And I must say after the incredibly annoying cliffhanger ending of R6V, I'm glad it's coming out in just two more days.

God bless my poor limping XBox, it hung together long enough for me to finish Rainbow 6 Vegas tonight.

And I must say after the incredibly annoying cliffhanger ending of R6V, I'm glad it's coming out in just two more days.

Well, I finally did it. I logged onto the XBox Online Repair system and  requested a box to ship the poor thing back for repair.

It's taking more and more tries to get the damn thing to run, and I ended up corrupting my profile AGAIN last night. This time I saved it to the flash card I bought (Hey, I found a use for it!). Once it's up and running, it runs like a champ. But it takes a half-hour to get it going, recover my gamertag, and log in.

Well, I finally did it. I logged onto the XBox Online Repair system and  requested a box to ship the poor thing back for repair.

It's taking more and more tries to get the damn thing to run, and I ended up corrupting my profile AGAIN last night. This time I saved it to the flash card I bought (Hey, I found a use for it!). Once it's up and running, it runs like a champ. But it takes a half-hour to get it going, recover my gamertag, and log in.

From "Looking For Group"

From "Looking For Group"

"We are sorry to hear that you are having issues with your console. You have mentioned in your email that you see the lower-right quadrant of the Ring of Light flash red on the front of the Xbox 360 console, and give you an error message “System Error” that has the error code "E68". This behavior occurs when the Xbox 360 console experiences a hardware failure.

Please try these troubleshooting steps in order to resolve your problem:

1. Turn off the console.

2. Remove the hard drive.

"We are sorry to hear that you are having issues with your console. You have mentioned in your email that you see the lower-right quadrant of the Ring of Light flash red on the front of the Xbox 360 console, and give you an error message “System Error” that has the error code "E68". This behavior occurs when the Xbox 360 console experiences a hardware failure.

Please try these troubleshooting steps in order to resolve your problem:

1. Turn off the console.

2. Remove the hard drive.