I got the RRoD back in Oct, did the “smack 3 times” worked good til middle of Dec. Got the RRoD again, did the towel trick, worked up to 3 weeks ago. So, I sent it in, already on it’s way back. MS did cover it under warranty, but I have heard there have been cases where they haven’t covered it after the towel trick. Have been playing PS3 since.