It turns out that the Red Ring of Death was not a one time deal. So, I have sent it off to the XBOX Service Center in McAllen, TX. They say it will be 4 - 6 weeks before I get it back. Looks like they received it today. Does anyone know what they do exactly for this problem?

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I turned on my XBOX 360 tonight and was met with a blank screen and 3 red lights around the power button. I found a web page that describes what to do to fix it. I was a little skeptical about picking up the console and smacking it though. I noticed a comment on that page talking about hard drive "stiction" and remembered my days as a PC tech "fixing" old IBM PS/2 machines by removing the hard drive and smacking it with the palm of my hand. So, I removed the hard drive from the console and tried powering it up. It worked fine. So I smacked the drive a couple of times and reattached it to the console. I powered it up again it it worked fine. I hope this is a one time deal!