[quote name='Mr. Anderson']I don't know why, but that is an awesome picture.[/quote]
I was just about to post it, but NWGamer666 beat me to it:
It looks like HAL 9000's red eye. Well done. That's impressive.
And as for the OP:
This could be fun, not-getting-to-play-360-factor aside.
Remember that digg story a while back about how someone broke theri PS3 by putting duct tape over the vent to keep out ambient secondhand smoke?
You should try that. The story probably wasn't true, but it would work, I imagine. Just be careful not to leave any residue on the hardware. That might look suspicious.
Another thing to try, probably in addition to sealing the vent: wrapping the whole thing in saran wrap. Or heck, aluminum foil. And, for that matter, why not do both, and then wrap it in a quilt or two for good measure.
But a few words of caution:
- Pay attention to the console at all times. Do not leave it unattended for an extended duration. If you leave this alone for too long, and it shorts and causes a spark, starting a fire, you don't want to be gone when it happens. Don't have it on if you're out of the house or asleep. Keep a fire extinguisher on hand if you have one (which you really, really, should), and make sure the plug is easily accessible if you need to pull it. The key point is, you don't want to leave it on overnight. That could be dangerous.
- On a lighter note, if you can run a game on it, that would definitely make things go faster than just having it plugged in, standing by. But it sounds to me like you can't get anything to load without a picture. In any event, don't put any disk in there while you're cooking it that you aren't willing to part with. Using Bioshock might fry the console like an egg, but if it breaks the disk, you will be probably be sad. If you can run anything, a virtual console game or, better yet, a demo of something system intensive, like Bioshock, would be perfect.
- You'll probably want to make sure you can see the console lights while you're doing this. You don't want to go overboard and do something ridiculous, like melt components. It wouldn't look good if MSoft cracks open your 360 and sees a scale model of Krakatoa.
In any event, remember I don't really know what I'm talking about more than the rest of these guys, so feel free to ignore the part about the saran wrap. I mostly joking a bout that. But I was dead serious about the safety points. We don't want a CAG MIA.
Keep us posted, so we too can know the most expedient way to toast a 360.
jk
