Call me Rosie

So my mom found an Xbox 360 in the trash at Charlotte Drive.  Back up....she owns an apartment building and the tenants frequently throw items away that are perfectly good.  She started putting out a big box designated for things that people don't want but are still good.  As a result, she ends up with piles and piles of clothes that she then washes and gives out to people or donates.  I appreciate her thriftiness but it is a big time suck in my opinion.  However, she came up with a computer sort of item which she brought to me to see if I wanted.  It was an Xbox 360, a video game console.  John and I had talked about getting an Xbox or something like it to stream movies from Netflix onto our tv when we get rid of cable.  I took it home and set it up but when I turned it on three red lights began to blink.  I looked this up on the internet since I sensed this was not a good sign.  Sure enough, this indicates "the red ring of death" meaning that a fatal error has occured (for one of many reasons) and that the computer is broken.  One can send it in to be fixed but for a hefty price.  So....here is where my silliness begins....or maybe it began when I first brought the thing home.  I looked up how to fix it myself.  John was so excited to see me watching tutorials on how to fix it that I became even more determined to do it in order to impress him.  I needed a few tools that one must buy from an electronic store which John picked up for me. (go into a store filled with tons of tiny, obscure items packaged and hanging on the wall floor to ceiling with 4 kids? Um, no thanks)  It took about an hour (mostly to take it apart as there are a million screws) but I replaced the parts that needed replacing along with more steps too tedious to explain and when I put it back together...it worked!!!  I was blown away to be honest.  John went right out and got games and I picked up some controllers from someone on craigslist.  That night, we played some fun games and I have to admit, it was really fun but also nice to be spending time with John doing something that we used to enjoy so much together (we used to be WoW addicts).  After about 5 days, the red rings of death returned again.  Using a theory I had about that the problem was, I modified my 2nd fix to include pennies with my own personal modification. (shhh, its a secret!)  My 2nd attempt has worked so far...we shall see...