It's not really that difficult to fix and all you need is $10 worth of hardware from Rona (mm units, Rona was the only place I could find the screws in metric) and some silver glue. You need a tool to pop the console open but thats easly done with a small flat head. I fixed my old xbox following a guide like this
http://www.squidoo.com/xbox_360_red_...ow_to_guide123