It isn't exactly shocking news that the Xbox 360 has suffered from some horrible failure rates, and many have claimed it to be an issue of overheating. So when Nyko released the Intercooler for the system, a fan that attached to the 360 to pump more air into it, many thought the days of broken 360s was behind them. But does the Intercooler actually do more harm than good?

From the article:

Within two months of putting the Intercooler onto my 360, my console died. One evening, with no forewarning, the red ring of death heralded the demise of my system. I did own a launch console, and Microsoft recently announced that there was a problem with the early runs, so I figured that this was nothing to get worked up about and replaced the system at the store where I purchased it (going through the retailer warranty rather than Microsoft’s tech support, as this was prior to their decision to repair launch consoles free of charge).

My next console started making funny noises as soon as it was out of the box, so that also went back. The third 360 worked for about a month, and then that replacement’s disc tray refused to open one evening. This led me to get my fourth 360 console. The Intercooler was only on this replacement for a couple of days before the information I got from Microsoft’s Customer Care representatives convinced me to remove the peripheral. Since then I have had no issues at all with my 360 console.

Read the full article over at gwn.com