My 360 came back to me!! Repaired, even...(a little Snagglepuss accent there)! I map-quested Microsoft's repair center where my box was sent to, a place called McAllen, TX (i think the spellings correct). It happens to be right smack-dab, or pretty damn close, on the border of Mexico. Can someone say "cheap labor"? The good news is that if you lived in Mexico and you worked there, it's only a "hop, skip, and a jump" away... I'm sorry, I just had to say that...

Anyway, the 360 works, for now. Microsoft even sent me a complementary month of Xbox Live, not even a $3 value... wow...

The 360 rattles a little more than it did before too. Maybe it an excaped jumping-bean.