Error e74 on xbox 360

error E74 is showing on my xbox and I'm trying to fix it, please help me.

open it up and start putting random washers in this is what i did when bottom right hand corner showed up red with an E 74 error now it has been working fine for a year and a half

don't do the towel trick

to prevent it from happening aggain by a fan for the 360

i have just recently got the error e74 which from various sources leads me to beleive that it is the scaler chip, i have already carried out the xclamp mod, so all i have done is got the wifes hairdryer and heated both sides of the scaler chip moving the hairdryer around in a crcular motion as i did not want melt the plastic parts on the motherboard, once i had done that i turned the xbox360 on and it gave me an overheating error but no e74 error, i left the system to cool down for about 10 mins and tested and all was ok!!!! so all you need is the xclamp mod and a hairdryer!!!!!!

ok heres wut i did and it worked perfect!!! threw the thing away

try and get 3 red lights and then send it back and get it fixed free!

You can check out the informative blog post at http://www.fix-xbox360.info/2008/09/11/xbox-360-disc-read-error-e74-error-no-video-problem/

hope it helps...

just send it back

You all are wrong. There is a guide to repairing the GPU on an xbox 360. Yes, the best solution is to just send it back to MS and have them fix it and add there new GPU to it, which has a totally new design including heatpipe technology. But if your like a lot of people (including myself), that have opepned there xbox360 up and voided the warranty, there is a solution to this problem without sending it to microsoft. If you have your warranty still.. Do not continue, the rest doesnt apply to you.


Well, you must have been like me and voided your warranty! Well, lets start fixing your xbox 360!!


Since your AV cable is good, then it definately is your Scaler chip. The only way that you can fix this is if you take your xbox360 apart and resolder the GPU to the motherboard. Now theres about 50 different tutorials out there on how to take your case apart but I found that this tutorial is the best... its straight forward and includes pictures:

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/Xbox-360-Disassembly.htm

Okay, your xbox is apart. Next, your going to have to remove the x-clamps and GPU. Then you are going to have to resolder the GPU to the motherboard by overheating your GPU. llamma also has a really good write up on this as well. They also sell the tools that you will need, and the washers and bolts you will need.

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/ring_of_light_x-clamp_fix.htm

Once you've resoldered your GPU, then you might want to consider installing a CPU fan on your outside case to prevent your xbox from overheating in the future. As of now, you cannot buy the new GPU heatsinks which have the heatpipe technology, so this is the best thing to do for the voided xbox's. Hope this helps

If you have tried swapping out AV cables with known working ones, then there is no way for you to fix this issue yourself. MS will have to fix this one there is a problem with your scaler chip / GPU. Sorry there is no do it yourself manual on this. Hope this helps

I do not need MS, I have fixed the E74 error myself!
I did not need to replace the scaler, i simply heated it up until it made contact with the motherboard again then i placed a stack of penys on top of the scaler and asembled my xbox again and after just a day or so the pennys pushed the scaler back into place and my xbox is going good for a couple of days now with some overheathing problems but only coz im waithing for thermal compound.

I have placed some videos on youtube to help some gamers with simlar problem get back online, hope it helps some one!

View my solution for E73 Error message here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QYIkVT2lI

View my overheating solution here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0OT3-vXOBw

wrap it in a towel?

overheating just send it back!

Try this link www.microsoft.com/Xbox360Console

To find your best solution.
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dude i have lost my warranty will they still take it

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buy a ps3?

send it 2 ms then it will work with no worrys