The Broken 360 Thread v. 3 -- RROD, E74 Queries In Here.

Well,i dont get on my computer very often so i dont really look all over this site,i wasnt aware of the SW forum,so sorry for being off topic Dante.But arguing over a systems flaw when that happens to be breaking down is not retarded.we'l end it on that.

Ok so ive been very lucky from now. Im So damm upset. Didnt expect it

yes i got the ring of death

i have it the bottom right corner of the ring. One red ring. which i though when i got back today, thats not so bad, the 3 rings is the worst, then kaboom, on my screen appears the E74 error. then i think to myself F*** lol.

now ive tryed everything i can think of, removing cables, hardrive accessories and all that.

Nothing.

And My warranty has run out, im sure it has.

So impretty annoyed. and i think all xbox 360 owners have thought of this before. We buy the console £130+ we buy live £40, game add ons with MS Points, then we get side tracked and disasters happen when the stupid thing fails with the RROD, or now E74 Error (Can be E71 or E79).

Im trying to make my point to microsoft to say, if they dont get it sorted, when those PS3'a come slightly down, my xbox is going out the window.

i know i sound like an idiot moaing and winging like this.

but this is incredibly annoying.

Good idea.

I also just got the E 74 error and am gonna hafta pay the $100 bucks to send it in. Damn!

...So impretty annoyed. and i think all xbox 360 owners have thought of this before. We buy the console £130+ we buy live £40, game add ons with MS Points...Awesome_Ad

You're quite lucky because you bought it so late - it was still £270 when I got mine.

Still sucks that you got E74 which is only covered by the 1 year standard warranty. Getting it repaired costs a lot compared to the price of just buying a new console

I have a problem... like.. the second my console turns on theres this loud a** sound of a fan, and wind blowin out the back of the console, and then maybe like... 4 seconds later sections 1 and 3 are flashing red, which indicates overheating. It's in open space so ventillation is fine, and no matter how long I let it rest I can't seem to get it on for even a minute. What can I do to fix this?..

What exactly causes the E74 (the RROD is caused by overheating) so I know how to prevent it happening again? Also how much does it cost for UK customers to get the E74 fixed?

I also just got the E 74 error and am gonna hafta pay the $100 bucks to send it in. Damn!

jdmiller4life

Couldn't you just tell Microsoft that you got the RROD and send it in?

I just got my Elite back today. This process took 10 days. They sent me back a different refurbished one.

I was wondering, do they change the insides of these 360s even if it has an older manufacturing date? Because the Elite they gave me is manufactured in 2007. I'm afraid it might kick the bucket again. I was hoping they sent me back a new console manufactured in 2009, so the jasper would be in it. :(

gago-gago

My Xbox began acting up 2 days ago. I was playing RE5 and it was all of a sudden started to freeze. Then it would persist everytime I turned on the console. And i'd only get the 3 red lights when I'd open up the disc drive to take the game out. I never got the error message, but there was obviously something wrong. Thankfully I bought it in May of last year, so it's still under warranty. I shipped it yesterday and god knows when i'll get it back. Any ideas?

I get to spend my whole spring break without it, though...great.

My Xbox began acting up 2 days ago. I was playing RE5 and it was all of a sudden started to freeze. Then it would persist everytime I turned on the console. And i'd only get the 3 red lights when I'd open up the disc drive to take the game out. I never got the error message, but there was obviously something wrong. Thankfully I bought it in May of last year, so it's still under warranty. I shipped it yesterday and god knows when i'll get it back. Any ideas?

I get to spend my whole spring break without it, though...great.

Has the new system update been bricking anyone's 360? I just downloaded it and was playing Ninja Gaiden II for only about when my 360 froze. When I tried to turn it on again it RROD'd. I don't see how the chipset could have failed since the system was still relatively cool.

EDIT: I had been playing for only 15 minutes

My Xbox began acting up 2 days ago. I was playing RE5 and it was all of a sudden started to freeze. Then it would persist everytime I turned on the console. And i'd only get the 3 red lights when I'd open up the disc drive to take the game out. I never got the error message, but there was obviously something wrong. Thankfully I bought it in May of last year, so it's still under warranty. I shipped it yesterday and god knows when i'll get it back. Any ideas?

I get to spend my whole spring break without it, though...great.

sonyisevil

My Elite RRoD just now and submitted a repair request. I bought mine about 8 months ago. I was hoping it'll last longer but it didn't. I'm thinking of getting the Elite 360 Red L.E., but are those running with the new Jasper chip so it's less chance from RRoD?

i just bought a new 360 off ebay. in the description, it said it had the lite-on drive. whatis that? i tried google search and all i could find was videos on how to tell if you have the lite on or ben q drive, not the difference or anything.

My Elite RRoD just now and submitted a repair request. I bought mine about 8 months ago. I was hoping it'll last longer but it didn't. I'm thinking of getting the Elite 360 Red L.E., but are those running with the new Jasper chip so it's less chance from RRoD?

Geespotuser

I just purchased the new RE5 LE Elite Bundle and it has stopped using any and all wireless adapters. At first I thought it was the wireless adapter, so I called MS and troubleshooted things. It worked for awhile, it stopped, the red light on the adapter came on and I called again. This process happened for the next 2 phone calls and the MS guy told me it might be the 360 or the adapter and to try the adapter on another xbox. I found out that the adapter works fine on a friend's 360 and I even tried his adapter on my Xbox, but it didn't work either.

It looks like their is a problem with my Xbox 360. I tried to return it, but obviously the store I purchased it at is out of stock (seeing as it is such a hot item) so I might have to send it to McAllen, TX for MS repair. I'm worried that I will get a refurbished black elite instead of the LE RE5 red edition. Since the red xbox is prob gonna depriciate in price far less (and the fact that I specificallyupgraded tothe Elite because of the RE5 bundle), I don't want to get stuck witha black one.

What are the chances of getting my original back and fixed? Or does anyone have solutions to fixing the wireless problems I'm having?

Thank you so much for this forum! It really helps. I got the one Red Ring of Death in the bottom right hand corner. Followed these steps and now im waiting for the 360 to be returned to me! Thanks so much =D

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My Elite RRoD just now and submitted a repair request. I bought mine about 8 months ago. I was hoping it'll last longer but it didn't. I'm thinking of getting the Elite 360 Red L.E., but are those running with the new Jasper chip so it's less chance from RRoD?

mattg90520

My 360 just got the RROD and i submitted a repair request to xbox. But after I sent the request I went back to my xbox turned it on and about the 5th time it finally kicked on. Everything seems fine, the only difference is that when it starts to whirrrr when it is booting up there is an audible gap like it gets stuck...should I still sent my Xbox in or wait until it totally crashes?

My 360 just got the RROD and i submitted a repair request to xbox. But after I sent the request I went back to my xbox turned it on and about the 5th time it finally kicked on. Everything seems fine, the only difference is that when it starts to whirrrr when it is booting up there is an audible gap like it gets stuck...should I still sent my Xbox in or wait until it totally crashes?

rubberbandman31

ok my 360 just got the RROD today but when i turned it back on it was fine... what are the odds of me getting it again?ishoturface

[QUOTE="rubberbandman31"]

My 360 just got the RROD and i submitted a repair request to xbox. But after I sent the request I went back to my xbox turned it on and about the 5th time it finally kicked on. Everything seems fine, the only difference is that when it starts to whirrrr when it is booting up there is an audible gap like it gets stuck...should I still sent my Xbox in or wait until it totally crashes?

ishoturface

Well, i played it some more i cleared my hard drive cache and it seems to work...Im still gonna send it off to microsoft though...I fell that it will crash eventually so might as well get it fixed now

Do the Jaspers really help and has anyone gotton the RROD with a Jasper equiped 360? My 360 Arcade I got in late Dec has a Jasper but because it runs so warm (much warmer than my other systems) I'm still paranoid about it getting the RROD. So far my 360 has frozen on me twice, once on RE5 and once on Smackdown Vs. Raw 08 and were weeks apart. Should I be worried? I never play my 360 more than 3hrs at a time and allways give it at least an hour long break before I turn it back on. Krypt_Kreeper

hey, so when i load a disc into the tray and i go to play it. on the little load screen where it says "play ..." it says play dvd. and when i press a to start it, it says "please insert this disc into an xbox console" this has happened before but it stopped, but know its starting back up again. and its not just with one game. every game i put in is like this. anybody have any input on what it could be?

[QUOTE="Krypt_Kreeper"]Do the Jaspers really help and has anyone gotton the RROD with a Jasper equiped 360? My 360 Arcade I got in late Dec has a Jasper but because it runs so warm (much warmer than my other systems) I'm still paranoid about it getting the RROD. So far my 360 has frozen on me twice, once on RE5 and once on Smackdown Vs. Raw 08 and were weeks apart. Should I be worried? I never play my 360 more than 3hrs at a time and allways give it at least an hour long break before I turn it back on. Black_Rain4

I was under the impression the most RRODs were because of the system overheating. Supposedly the Jasper keeps the system cooler or somethingand makes it run less noisily. From all the info I've gathered I belive my 360 has a Jasper (Mfg date: 2008-24-10, Lot NO. 0843X, Team: FDOU, Output 12V = 12.1A etc) but it still runs hotter than any other system I've ever owned. I don't have an older 360 to compare it to but do the Jasper 360s still run fairly hot?

My 360 originally had the 1 red light (E74) and so I did the X-clamp fix where I replaced the X-clamps with 8 flathead screws and I used 16 nylon washers (8 directly under the GPU/CPU). I've tried "baking" the console for 20 minutes after I reconnected the fan and DVD drive but it won't overheat. The fan also turns off after 2 seconds.

I put 2 scratches on the motherboard beforehand, for anyone wondering.

for the e74 error, When i take out my AV cable and turn the XBOX on the 1 red light doesn't flash but the green light in the middle just stays on. Does this mean its my AV cable?

hey, so when i load a disc into the tray and i go to play it. on the little load screen where it says "play ..." it says play dvd. and when i press a to start it, it says "please insert this disc into an xbox console" this has happened before but it stopped, but know its starting back up again. and its not just with one game. every game i put in is like this. anybody have any input on what it could be?

thebaronmoo

I would try cleaning the lens on your dvd drive somehow. The only time I've gotten that error was with scratched DVDs so unless all your games are too dirty/scratched to read, i'd guess that it's a dirty lens.

for the e74 error, When i take out my AV cable and turn the XBOX on the 1 red light doesn't flash but the green light in the middle just stays on. Does this mean its my AV cable?

KBK111

I'd have to say no. The Xbox doesn't even boot up without an AV/HDMI cable connected. It just basically turns on enough put that center green light on and scan for the AV cable.

I believe e74 has to do with your GPU and from what I've read about it, is a error that we shouldn't have to put up with. If your warranty is up and you're not scared to get a little hands on, it should onlycost about $12 to fix, or free if you already have the thermal compound gel

just found this "It can be caused by a faulty av-cable according to the faq but if you can see the E74 error message on the screen your av-cable will be fine".

Thought i'd contribute to this thread, my 360 got red ring the other week, just waiting for UPS to pick it up to send it to Microsoft, seriously, it's ridicoulous I have to go through all this, and the worst thing is, i'll probably be waiting upto 2 months until I get it back. I like the 360 quite a lot, but it's so irritating that their reliability is this bad.

-Sigh

I got E74 and sent mine in thursday, when i get it back will it be a new falcon chip model and when will i get it back

Why does RROD & E74 happen?
I bought my XBOX 360 a year ago, and thankfully I didn't get any of them. A lot of people are telling me that my 360 will be infected by one of them soon. Any idea how to prevent it from happening? And if it did happen, what should I do?

Sorry, I'm new at these things.
Thanks. :)

Why does RROD & E74 happen?
I bought my XBOX 360 a year ago, and thankfully I didn't get any of them. A lot of people are telling me that my 360 will be infected by one of them soon. Any idea how to prevent it from happening? And if it did happen, what should I do?

Sorry, I'm new at these things.
Thanks. :)

FAB_GS

My 360 has a problem, for some reason it does not realize it is a 360. When I try to play a 360 game a screen pops-up saying "to play this disk put it in an xbox 360". Sometimes it gives me this disk is unreadable errors and sometimes it just says "open tray" when there is a disk in it. I can get a new disk drive from a local repair store for $45, I'm just not 100% sure the disk drive is the problem. Has anyone had the same problem and fixed it by replacing the disk drive?

Also, when you get your 360 back from repair, how would you know if its brand new or not?

Also, when you get your 360 back from repair, how would you know if its brand new or not?

Geespotuser

I got a question about a warranty:

I bought a xbox 360 in late december 2005 and it worked til mid june 2007. It RRODed but my warranty covered it. I got a refurbished one instead of my old xbox 360. Now here is my question, my refurbished 360 has the E74 now and wont work, no matter what i do. Now that Microsoft extended the warranty for the E74 issue can I send in my second 360 to have it repaired at no cost? Basically, I wonder if i got a new warranty along with my second 360 aswell.

I have a problem that wasn't on the list, my system has just completely stopped turning on, the power box light is orange but the console itself won't do anything I don't kow what could have happened,help?

Ugh. Just got the one ring of death today, after letting my xbox download the Chinese Democracy album for Rockband. I come back turn my xbox back on and BAM... Dead.

so i went to turn on my xbox and it did, but my modem was on stndby so i turned off my xbox to make sure i could connect to xbox live, so i made sure my modem was online and turn my xbox back on, and BAM! the 3 RROD....please....someone ..help