Keep Your X-Box From Becoming An Ex-Box

The Register in Britain is reporting that despite an X-Box recall by Microsoft last month many owners of the popular gaming console are still waking up in the morning and smelling the fresh aroma of melted plastic and a fried processor.

The recall began when X-Box owners began to report that their units were catching on fire, prompting Microsoft to immediately issue a recall for the nearly 14 million units sold and offer to replace the power cord at no charge. However reports persist that despite the new power cords many are still experiencing X-Box fires in their living rooms.
The story on The Register says that power cord was never really the problem and that the real culprit seems to be the X-Box's power supply.
Apparently Microsoft thought they could remedy the problem by giving owners a new cord which features a shut-off switch that would be triggered if the unit began to run too warm.
You can read the full story here.