I just bought mine and every time I run it I have a little 4" fan that I turn on to help keep it cool. Sucks to see these things still have the failure rate that they do.
I think that Gamestop provides their own warranty (Something like 30 minutes or 30 feet) because those units are brought in from customers, and I think some of them might be tampered with, so MS won’t warranty them. I saw a slim PS2 in Gamestop used that had the seal broken.