[patrickk]

The earlier years of the 360 were plagued by RROD problems. I bought a second (original) console a few years in and had no problems.

My experience was that the RROD issues were sorted out well before the elite and slim 360s (worked in GameStop), so it's surprising you had problems with those versions.

[freehunter]

I can confirm that the elite can RROD. I had two originals RROD and finally got a slim, my roommate had one elite and had to get a slim after his RROD'd.