I've never heard of it... LOL.

Is this light the green light of death on the PS3?

Ha! I had the E74 error last December on my 360, E74 is said is worse than the RROD itself , when I had it I was like WTF without no reason I had a red light by turning my 360 on the first time taht day, I did everything to figure out what was wrong, I booted my 360 without the harddrive I checked the wires I turned on and off many times and nothing..

I called Microsoft and asked them what E74 was they didnt have a direct answer for what it meant E73 means faulty harddrive and they said is probably the same problem, so after many research its Said E74 means a faulty Ethernet port, so I said to myself how can an ETHERNET port go bad? so I called Microsoft again to see what they can do about it, so they checked if I had warranty, mind you I bought my 360 nov 07 and this happen dec 08, when they got back to me they said I had no warranty so I said didnt MICROSFT extended the warranty to 3 years? and they said yeah but 3 years for the 3 red rings not for one red light, now you have to bring it in for repairs and that will cost $100, I said for that I buy me a new Arcade model for another $100..

So than I took matters into my own hands and started googling and you tubing and found that I was not the only one with this prob and found out that the prob was related to overheating.. So I did the X-clamp mod to my 360, I removed the X-clamp and heatsinks applied heavy duty thermo compound and screwed back in the heatsink plus on top of that I added 3 pc fans modded to run at a constant 12v including the stock fans...Now my 360 is working better than ever..

Note no matter what prob you get with your 360 is most related to overheating, i

WHAT????'.

I can not believe it!!!... What is happening with those machine ? ; the main goal of microsoft is selling more machines in this way???

Oh great, even more shit for me to look out for!

wow just when I was about to buy a 360 this happens good job MS first shitty Vista now faulty gaming systems

Typical.

It's good season for the 360 which means as usual (like after the FF13 news) the bashing will inevitably raise. Sigh. All it will take will be some obscure site trying to get hits with a new general error scare and someone will be there to post it.

For your info, E74 has always existed. But hey, since the RROD is fading away, we must find a new scarecrow haven't we? Noone cared about it because what was doing most of the carnage was the RROD.

By the way, I'm loving the accounts with just a few posts and empty profiles bumping up the thread and joining in the fun.

pswii60 was musing on it the other day, how posting bad news has become the new bashing, since straight bashing is now frowned upon by the mods.

I just got a read error while playing a DVD on my 360, it got past it though.

Is this fairly common? It is as likely that it is the DVD (although it is a brand new manufactured DVD) as much as the 360, but the 360 has such a bad name.

Normal people won't buy this machine. period.

For crying out loud...some of you are really getting desperate here. This is nothing new. E74 has been a problem since xbox 360 has been released. Its not as common as RROD and one should easily get their xbox fixed for free by microsoft if they get E74 but GIVING IT RROD manually. There are videos on how to do that...

Below are the error codes for the 360...atleast it tells you whats wrong rather than just die.

Section 4 is flashing red
- Hardware Failure
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The Specific Type of hardware failure can be determined by the error code displayed on the screen.
If the screen is blank or you would like additional information follow the instructions for determining the secondary error code in the section below
E45: Unknown (possibly dashboard update related)

E64: DVD Drive Error.... DVD Timeout, Wrong firmware, dvd is without f/w chip, etc.

E65: DVD Drive Error.... DVD Timeout, Wrong firmware, dvd is without f/w chip, etc. This can also be caused by the tray not being fully closed on boot.

E66: DVD Drive Error: DVD model, or version does not match that of the version expected by the dashboard. OR the firmware version on the drive is older then the firmware version expected by the dashboard. Make sure the DVD drive is of the same version originally included with the console and that it is using either the original firmware included with the console or newer.

E67: Hard Drive Error... It could be a problem with the Hard Drive itself or a problem with the internal connection to the hard drive, Try removing the hard drive and playing without it

E68: Voltage Error... This error means that the Xbox 360 has insufficent power to function properly. This can be caused by an error in the hard drive or the fans that make them suck up too much power, it can also be caused if you have unnecessary accessories attached to the console like an external fan unit. Attempt to remove unnecessary accessories first, and then necessary components such as the hard drive and USB devices. If you have any case mods you may want to investigate those as well.

E69: Hard Drive Error... It could be a problem with the Hard Drive itself or a problem with the internal connection to the hard drive, Try removing the hard drive and playing without it

E71: possibly a dashboard update error, Check below in the "Console Reset Codes" for instructions. If that does not work there is no other solution and the console must be sent back to MS for repair.

E72: Error with the NAND flash

E73: General Hardware Error: Ethernet port... this error is caused by a problem with the Ethernet port.

E74: There is high chance it's a scaler chip problem (the "ANA" or "HANA" chip near the AV cable connection) it can also be caused by a faulty AV cable so check that first. In some cases it is a problem with the GPU and may be repairable by doing the x-clamp replacement (see error 0102)

E76: This error deals with the Ethernet port's controller chip, a dead chip may not cause the error but removing the Ethernet controller chip does, it may also be caused by other Ethernet related problems.

E79: Hard Drive Error... It could be a problem with the Hard Drive itself or a problem with the internal connection to the hard drive, Try removing the hard drive and playing without it.
According to tmbinc: E79 is the error code if xam.xex could not be started, i.e. probably a file system corruption.
E80: Wrong LDV version in NAND Flash. This is in new dashboard. You have the update but haven't R3T6 resistor. You can:
-Downgrade to old dashboard, solder back the resistor and then update your xbox
-If you have CPU Key, get current NAND Flash image and fix LDV (just add 1 up to latest kernel). (See error 1100)