Yeah never open your xbox under warranty. I've done the x-clamp fix on a couple of xboxes and it's turned out ok. Oh btw never buy instructions, you can get them for free.
Hey my name is Kel (clever username huh?). Anyway I just decided to join after reading a few threads and whatnot. I'm also Australian and really interested in lasers (terrible combination right?) so I hope to learn a lot and have fun here.