Got E-74 on your xbox? all is not lost!!

[Frederick]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/14/microsoft_...

Microsoft have extended the RROD 3 year warranty to encompass the E-74 error too. If you've already paid for a E-74 repair, you will be refunded that payment within 4-12 weeks.

I'm sure someone on here suffered the E-74 recently, so this should be a breath of fresh air

[Mattygooner]

No Idea, i just opened mine up at the weekend to give it a hoover, 4 years of dust was making it overheat every 20 mins, just shuts down and flashes red, now works as good as new again.

[Polarbert]

Mattygooner said:

No Idea, i just opened mine up at the weekend to give it a hoover, 4 years of dust was making it overheat every 20 mins, just shuts down and flashes red, now works as good as new again.

I was thinking that as well. But I've sent mine off.

The disc drive was playing up, so I opened the tray and scooped a shed load out and it worked fine.

[franv8]

Can you get K&N's for XBoxes?

[Pentoman]

You can get add-on fans but I read that they can worsen the problem rather than help!!

[Frederick]

Erm... E-74 isn't an overheating problem. 2 Red Quadrants is an overheating situation, E-74 is usually the ANA/HANA chip lifting off the board (but I have fixed an E-74 console by strapping the GPU down a bit tighter)

You won't get E-74 from dust buildup.

[S3_Graham]

Pentoman said:

You can get add-on fans but I read that they can worsen the problem rather than help!!

I read that also!!!


Does it not viod any warranty by opening up the console?? ive sent mine off 3 times, once it was replaced under warranty from game, next 2 times its been sent away to M'soft.

[thetrash]

• TheTrash rushes to see if the bin men have taken the dead 360 away*

[thetrash]

Result! they are emailing me the UPS labels as we speak. It's fking typical though as I brought a new one last weekend

[Polarbert]

thetrash said:

Result! they are emailing me the UPS labels as we speak. It's fking typical though as I brought a new one last weekend

Can you take it back?

Flog it on ebay at the very least?


If its got a 120gb HDD I'll give you a tenner for it.

[Jonny671]

Thats the best news i've had in ages!

I can't wait to get home and get it sent off now