Don't make the same mistake like i did here. My 360 finally died on me 3 days ago, so this morning i gave xbox customer support a call to arrange for my 360 to be repaired since my date of purchase is within the 3 years warranty. So after explaining what is wrong with my console and giving her the serial no. to the lady at the other end of the line, she told me to pay$140 as my 360 died because of one bottom right quadrant red ring(E74) and not the 3RROD.
It was only at this time that i decided to google it and check for the details of the extended 3 years warranty but i came across numerous websites that state 'Microsoft to suffer 1b dollars in repair cost as they extended their warranty coverage to 3 years.' Which didn't say that the 3 years warranty plan is specifically meant for the 3RROD.
I know it's my carelessness for missing out on the 3RROD-only-plan and assume that the 3 year warranty period include all types of hardware defects.
I also know that to include all types of hardware malfunction in the 3 year warranty plan seems abit too much for microsoft to bear, just hope that my dear xbox could display 3RROD instead of 1 :)
Note: I bought my 360 on 22nd March 2006. I have tried removing my harddrive but it doesn't change anything. Some say that E74 means there could be a problem with my AV cable. When i start up my 360 my screen still display the error screen and i have tried using my old cable(came with the core set) and it's the same result.
Ahh sad day for me indeed. Wish everybody's 360 would stay healthy for a long period :)
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