Xbox Died: 1 red light!

Nedved85

Xbox just died,
1 red light with error 74 coming up on screen,
Any ideas?
Its out of warranty so its either off to the bin or pay to be fixed which i dont want to do..

ShaneU

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941377/

You're pretty much screwed

ciano1

How old is it??

Nedved85

Think so....
Whers the best deal on at the moment,
Looking for an Arcade or an Elite

Vic Vinegar

Nedved85 wrote: »

Xbox just died,
1 red light with error 74 coming up on screen,
Any ideas?
Its out of warranty so its either off to the bin or pay to be fixed which i dont want to do..

Another one bites the dust!

Unlucky man!

Really good deals on in the north if you can get up there!

Like here for instance http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx?lid=5789&cm_sp=x360-_-topnav-_-bundles

(scroll down a bit for more offers)

Not The Real Scarecrow

same happened to me in october, had a good hd drive already so just got an arcade, even the new arcades are better than the original 360, much quieter.Got 3 old games with it in xtravision for 180, traded em in in smiths and because they were unopened got full price for them came to round 100 store credit.

Nedved85

its one year and one month old so just out of warranty...Bummer!!

maxwell smart

Microsoft have extended the warranty on the 360 to 3years. Thats why they took a €1bn hit on their blance sheet in '07.


http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/xbox360/hardware/warranty/warrantyupdate/WarrantyUpdate.aspx

Thats for 3 red lights though.......drop it in the bath maybe?

Nedved85

Haha Might let my brother open it up and see if he can fix it, hes into that stuff, cant do any harm anyways!?!

Just one thing though, i bought a 120gb from the Far east on eBay about 6 weeks ago....could tht have been a factor?thats why im considering buying an elite and just selling the 120gb HDD i got on eBay

ciano1

Nedved85 wrote: »

its one year and one month old so just out of warranty...Bummer!!

The guarentee is 2 years for ALL faults in Ireland
I got E74 last year when my xbox was nearly 2 years old
Called MS and was told by a surprisingly helpful rep that there was a 2 year warrenty on irish xbox's...I Just had to send a scan of the receipt to them by email and once they received that they sent the UPS guy to collect it the next day

Call MS before you do anything...You might be surprised

Nedved85

Rage, had to ring them, cost me 15euro in credit and just got cut off (out of credit)when the woman was explaining that i could get a free repair!

Vic Vinegar

Nedved85 wrote: »

Rage, had to ring them, cost me 15euro in credit and just got cut off (out of credit)when the woman was explaining that i could get a free repair!

Annoying! god-damn mo-fo's! (microsoft!)

Nedved85

No word back from m$ yet, so gave in and picked up a 60gb 360 in argos with 2 cheap games and Saints Row 2 for €245, Hope m$ will get back to me and repair my other one and i can sell it on after,

Karmafaerie

The E74 means that the AV chip has come out.
It's caused by over heating (as usual).

Before you do anything, try making sure the AV cable isn't the issue.
Take it out, and leave it out for a while, and then put it back in as firmly as you can.

It probably won't work, but I know a guy who's had the issue, and this resolved it.
7 months later still going strong!

As for good offers, Gamestop have an Elite with any game in store for €300.

Nedved85

Nedved85 wrote: »

Xbox just died,
1 red light with error 74 coming up on screen,
Any ideas?
Its out of warranty so its either off to the bin or pay to be fixed which i dont want to do..

Bad luck! Still waiting the return of my X-Box from RROD hell...

Atavan-Halen

Nedved85 wrote: »

Rage, had to ring them, cost me 15euro in credit and just got cut off (out of credit)when the woman was explaining that i could get a free repair!

Isn't it a freephone number though?

anyways, yeah try ring microsoft and see if theres any sort of warranty left on it before you open it up