@igazor, brilliant AND a sense of humor. Wow. Too bad none like that around when I grew up. Ah, well...
Thanks for reinforcing my intuitive warning @Bettyboop55 and you as well igazor. I remember my old xbox and how some days it would work perfectly, then not at all for weeks, then fine again. After so long caw worked fine for a few days then quit. Maybe it just wants to rest for a few weeks or months and will work fine again. Of course when it decided to quit working my sims 3 game did as well and I ended up having to perform a complete uninstall and reinstall. I'm going to quit obsessing, heave a few sighs and try again some other time.
Thanks a bunch everyone.