I go to play mass effect (original) off from a long 50 hour stint with Mass Effect 2, and the game looks different.. There are little spots in the visuals. Turn my xbox off, then back on. Wah lah, one red light. E74

I just think it's pretty damn amazing mine lasted from oct 2007 all the way until now, and the way my console breaks isn't RROD. Didn't this whole problem start with the New Xbox Experience? NXE?

Anyway, I'm so glad I beat ME2 just in time. I told myself if my xbox broke while I was playing it, I might go PS3/PC.  Close call, lol. Literally an hour difference.

Sending out my console soon, luckily, I also fall right under the 3 year warranty umbrella.

Everyone share your Hardware problems with me, I might feel better knowing I got off extremely lucky

I guess Mass Effect 2 was too much game for my console, lol.. Damn I sound brainwashed.

I haven't had an Xbox 360 break. But My 60GB PS3 is on its last legs, and thats a refurb. Im playing more 360 now due to the fact that if it breaks im covered by warranty.

I didn't realize E74 had anything to do with which game you were playing. I got mine sometime in between playing NCAA Football 09 and Call of Duty 4.

i bought an elite back in mid 2007 and it still going strong. I keep it in a open area maybe that helps it from overheating?

It isn't always overheating that's the problem. In this case, E74 is mainly because of the NXE, from what i've heard.

I had 2 RROD. The first was my launch unit exactly a year after it came out. Started PGR3 and the track pixelated, and then the RROD. The second RROD I was just streaming some video, and the screen froze with green and other pixelated colors.

With all due respect.....

DO WE NEED ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THREADS!

If this will make you feel better, I had 4 RROD and I bought 2 x360.

Nah just kidding! I never had this thing and I am playing ME2 non-stop. Thank god I have a Jasper model and I treat my console like a child.

Mine E74'd also and its an older model pre HDMI been working fine since it got fixed last summer still going to upgrade to a HDMI model eventually probably when the 250GB elite replaces the 120GB elite.

A few months back I heard something about the Mass Effect 2 demo causing problems with hardware.

EDIT: Here's a link http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/08/19/mass-effect-2-demo-overheats-xbox-360s/