Error E 74 (by 54 users)

Even though I did the stupid thing taking apart my xbox 360 breaking the seal microsoft still gave me another 360 I didn't even have a warranty! I still bought another 360 though because they said that there would be a 10% chance of it being fix. So now I have 2 360's.

take it to game station they swped mine without reciept

Worked for me. Wrapped in towel for 5 minutes. Took it off and let it cool down. Error E74 gone (for now).

I wrapped my 360 with a towel and left it for about 30 minutes. I let it cool down for 15 minutes then used a fan under the 360 for about 25 minutes and it worked fine. so no worries :)

Okay, you can pay xbox about $150 and they will fix it. your xbox is overheating and it is happening to all of them. If you don't want to try that, I have heard of a solution some people, even a friend of mine has wrapped a towel around it and just left it on. It will counteract itself and reboot itself to normal and you will be able to play with it. when and if you fix it, unplug it when not in use and don't play marathon times with it.

Thanks
connie

just send it in

i had error 74 .The only way you will fix it is by doing the x clamp fix ,then over heat the system by unpluging the fans until you get two red lights. My 360 has been work ever since.

alright i am probaly not telling anyone anything new but just incase microsoft are a bunch of morons give them a call if u still have your warinty oh and DONT TRY THE TOWEL TRICK!!!! it can fry the xbox oh adn unless you are very familiar with electronics dont take it apart because xbox wont do a damn thing if u break the seal

microsoft robbed everybody who brought a 360 because mine went in 6 months. I think everyone should get together a complain or even send your complains to a news station so they can warn everyone about the 360.

just for a reminder, the towel basically overheats the system, so there is a chance of your xbox 360 getting fried and becoming a boat anchor.

the towel trick is def only temp. i called xbox and they want 100$ to fix it. I am going to either threaten to call bbb ( better business burough) of actually file a report if they won't do anything about their faulty hardware. I think that everyone else should do the same.

i got the same error, and what idid was i removed the hard drive, blew on it, and let it sit for a minute or 2. after this it worked fine

E74 is chip failure

Try fooling around with it till you get the 3 red lights. Then wrap it in a towel for half an hour than let it cool for 10 minuets. Or leave it off for several hours.

Microsoft Xbox 360 has many drawback in their xbox system. This is one of the common problem of Microsoft Xbox 360 (3 redlights, E74, E73, disc read error,no video, graphic glitches, orfreezing) You can fix E74 problem by tweaking the laser or replacingthe laser. Every time your play yourxbox 360 the laser gets weaker andweaker. It is inevitable that itwill one day die and not read anything.How long it lasts depends onhow clean your discs are.
There is readily guide also available which shows step by step instructions to fix E74 Error.

The first thing I did with the xbox I bought brand new was to take the entire thing apart and 'fix' the problems that microsoft so generously built into the systems.  If you are technically inclined, there is the 'xclamp' mod, and the '12v stock fan' mod.  These two together go a long way toward eliminating the issues caused by the massive heat generated inside the 360.  Of course, doing these things voids the microsoft warranty.  I would not suggest this action for the typical user.  I have 16 years of electronics hardware experience to work from.  So am comfortable with fixing the systems myself if anything goes wrong.

But yeah, microsoft really screwed up with the initial design of the 360.  Its really pitiful they released it with these obvious overheating problems.

Try this solution it works for the 3 red light it might work in this case too. Just don't do it if you still have your warranty.
http://www.fixya.com/support/t142158-3_f...

i heard the towel thing is bad for the xbox.i tried everything swithcing the hdmi cables to av cables unplug and repluging everything but nothing worked.I got error e74 from having my xbox setting on 1080i for my LCD Tv. but when i brought it to a friends house plugged it in and i got error e74 from having my xbox at 1080i which his tv couldnt handle.so i had to go back to my house switch the settings to a lower setting capable for non hdtv's brought it back to his house and it worked.the second time i got the error e74 i didnt know how i got it so i called techsupport and they told me that error e74 is from either 3 things.1.the av or hdmi cables are not working correctly,the plug inside the xbox360 that the av or hdmi cables plug into is malfunctioning then ur xbox needs repairing(the worst of the three).and 3. The problem i had when error e74 was the HDD drive is malfunctioning,all you got to do is take out ur hard drive,turn it on and it should work.if it does turn it off put back in the Hard drive and if it works,ur good to go.but if it doesnt you need a new HDD and youll lose all ur game data.

if anyone bought their xbox from gamestation like i did, they said to me you get an additional 2 years warranty. so if you have tired everything including towel trick, for e74 message, phone up xbox line if they say, your warranty is over just tell them you got it from game station, should be ok, then carry out everything else, get it repaired free, if you live in UK,UPS, (or some other business like that) comes to colllect it( not sure about USA). Usually takes about 2 weeks if not more, definetly not more than 5 weeks, altough not quite sure.

The Warranty period for the 360 was extended to 3 years after your initial date of purchase. Call up Microsoft and send it back to them for just the cost of shipping.

1. Turn off the console, disconnect all the cables, and then reconnect all the cables. Turn the console back on. 2. Turn off the console, and then disconnect any accessories that are connected. For example disconnect any Xbox 360 controllers, Xbox 360 Memory Units, and the Xbox 360 Hard Drive. With the accessories disconnected, restart the console to see whether the problem continues to occur. This can help determine whether the console or an accessory is experiencing the problem. - it is not the AV cables or even the port where we connect it, it is one of the hardware failure and if not able to solved this by following the troubleshooting steps provided then we just hoped that your console will have the extended warranty to send this console for repair. But most likely, most of us who'd experience this inconvinience, will have no option but to send the system to micrisoft

try firmly tapping the top of the xbox this worked once for me!

my solution is to buy a playstation 3 xbox is a pile of pish

Bullshit i have the e74 error the only way to fix this is to replace the thermal paste on GPU and the spray the entire motherboard with shit to stop it from overheating and going brown. this is the only way i found to cure thsi problem and is a permanent fix to this problem. if this does not work for you then you have one more option which is to sit down ND FART ON THE MOTHERBOARD UNTIL IT OVERHEATS, THIS WILL MELT THE COLD SOLDER JOINTS BACK TOGETHER BUT WILL NOT FIX IT PERMANENTLY AS WHEN YOU PLAY THEY WILL HEAT UP AND MOVE APART.

THANKS

Try this link www.microsoft.com/Xbox360Console

To find your best solution.
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send it to joegoods.com. they fixed a friend of mines with the same problem

All these posts and some many confused folks.
E 74 is not covered by the warranty that Microsoft extended to 3 years. They want $100 to fix E74. Why pay that when you can fix it for 12 cents?

Seriously, if you have the E 74 error and know how to take a part a computer (same as 360 basically)
Follow the page listed above to a "T" and your problem will be solved.

http://fastercomp.co.uk/error_e74_fix.html

not sure how long this lasts, but it works

alright quit witht the goddamn towel trick it breaks the consale even more water and electricty doesnt work just send it in or fix it your self

All you should do when talking to xbox support, is say that you have the 3 RROD. If you tell them this you will get your xbox repaired for free, seeing as it has a 3 year waranty on the RROD. Also when it is getting repaired they have no evidence of the console not actually having the RROD because sometimes it can come and go.

call the tech support 1-800-4my-xbox. when you get to max just press 0 until you get connected to a person. then lie and tell them you got 3 rings of death not 1. once you do that they will give you the box to send it in the mail. they don't check the just swap yours out with one that was fixed....
-R Dubs

E74 is a graphics error. Usually is due to some small chips (scaller chips I think is how you spell it) in the rear of the motherboard. Xbox tells you its the A/V cable, which is possible thta it causes this error, but is about as likely as a PS3 messing up. You have about a 20% chance of the x-clamp eliminating this problem cause it could be the GPU, but like mentioned before, its usually the smaller chipset. USUALLY, the xclamp mod only fixes the RROD fault anyway.

clean the Heat Sink and GPU and replace the thermal gel. Then remove silver fan turn on xbox and turn off. if it doesnt turn off then unplug and plug back in. Then put fan back on apply little bit of pressure and turn on hold down fan untill xbox is working again.

Have a look at the three lights fix by fixyaexpert. It solved my problem.

okay, E74 is a GPU problem, and i do believe that it has something to do with a chip failure or something.
I have heard that it falls out of a socket or something, so yeah.
Either look it up or send it in.

error e74 is the scaler chips!

e74 is the av cable i think...