I was amazed at how detailed and easy the instructions were
. I spent maybe 15 bucks on materials. I was also amazed that, after a few hours of playing with electronics that I had no business touching, I had successfully mounted a CPU on a new bracket, lathered with heat paste. Configuring this bracket was a little tricky, but after a while, I had all green lights again on my 360. I slapped the thing back together and let it run for a few hours. No more red rings! It's been almost a year now and occasionally, the thing will overheat, but power right back on moments later. I must have external fans on at all times. Nothing must be on, near or around the Xbox during play. I even taped a couple of old laptop cooling fans to the back of the system for added cross breeze. I did not buy a new console for $150 bucks, nor did I pay Microsoft the $99.00 charge. This to me was a success.