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bigjon on 02 January 2010

I am at my brother in laws and his 360 is getting a error 74. How serious is this. Is it repairable or is he looking at his new oversized paper weight. I feel bad for him... He used all his cmas money for a Wireless adapter, MW2, and a live card.

Any help would be appreciated. Ty.



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koyotecat on 02 January 2010

He basically just got the RROD. I got the same thing a while ago and it can be fixed by the towel trick but it's temporary. It's not that bad to send it in for repair's though I got mine back in 6 days.



bigjon on 02 January 2010

towel trick eh? He is a broke High School kid, I dont think he has the money for repairs.



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

yo_john117 on 02 January 2010
bigjon said:
towel trick eh? He is a broke High School kid, I dont think he has the money for repairs.

If you can't fix it, then try to make it RROD and you can send it in to MS for free.



BigBoobieHead on 02 January 2010

Its goofed, tho there is an Xtreme fix. (Below)

'okay the error e 74 is a problem with the heat sync not av cables or accessories. In order to fix it you need to take apart the xbox 360 and remove the flat silver heat sync, then take some thermal past and put it on the chip that connects to the heat sync then place the heat sync back on and boot up the system while applying pressure on the heat sync. the xbox should be working and all thats left is to put it back together. I did this to mine and its been working for over 6 months now.'



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koyotecat on 02 January 2010

What you do for the towel trick is turn it on for about 20 minutes then wrap it in about 2 towels for around 45 minutes. Then you let it cool off for about a half hour then your good to go. But if he's still in warranty then the repairs are free.



disolitude on 02 January 2010

3 year warranty covers E74. If his machine is made in January 2007 or later he is covered.



Barozi on 03 January 2010
disolitude said:
3 year warranty covers E74. If his machine is made in January 2007 or later he is covered.

THIS

No towel trick needed.



Tyrannical on 05 January 2010

Falcon model X360's will generate an E74 instead of a RROD when the GPU starts to have "issues"

MS may cover the repair if you ask or complain.



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welshbloke on 05 January 2010

Had this recently and the support team were very helpfull. I think you will be fine just without the 360 for a couple or 4 weeks. Should be no charge just hassle.



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