Oddball Update

My wait for a replacement Xbox 360 may be coming to an end. Today my serial number was updated at the service tracking site, and it’s a real Xbox 360 serial number. I’ll apparently be getting a refurbished console whose original date of manufacture was between August 13th and August 19th, 2006. Like all other refurbs, it should have the new GPU heatsink (the crucial component in preventing repeated failures, in my estimation) and perhaps even one of the newer DVD drives.

I hear that the refurbs usually ship via UPS 3-Day Select within a couple days of the serial number change, so if I’m lucky, I’ll have a 360 back in my hands sometime next week.

And then, I’ll be headed to Rapture.

Edit 9/6/07 @ 10:28 am: It looks like my Xbox will be shipping soon; UPS has a tracking number in play but it hasn’t gone anywhere yet. I’ll probably receive the console on Monday or Tuesday, at this rate.

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