Red ring on my xbox360 - Sega Video Game Consoles & Games

I recently had the E74 system error (1 red light) which started with as ‘black snow’ on the screen. There is an extended 3 year warranty that covers E74 and 3 Red Lights/RROD errors only. It seems to have been put down as a graphics chip and/or over heating problem.

I looked in to fixing it myself but thought might as well let someone else graze their hands getting the case off!

Despite the horror stories of it taking forever MS seemed to have pulled their finger out and made this a very efficient process, I got mine back within a week (I live in the UK and repairs get shipped to Germany).

Here's a quick breakdown of the process:

1. Go to www.xbox.com/support and click on the relevant link relating to your problem.

2. Go through the walkthrough. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS IT COULD JUST BE A LOOSE CONNECTION. If you've still no joy you can click a link to pick whether you are a US resident or not.

3. Type in serial number of the console (you don't need any receipts, I bought mine off eBay).

4. They send you a shipping label and a link to arrange UPS to come and pick up your console.

5. Bite your nails and rock manically in a corner until your console comes back (you can track the whole process at xbox.com).

I've sent back a first generation 360 and an Elite. Certainly worth considering as they will repair or replace your console!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907534 3 Red Light (Red Ring Of Death/RROD)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941377 E74 Error

If you want to attempt to fix the error yourself (and have no guarantee of sorting it and invalidate your warranty) search YouTube for ‘E74’ fix or ‘xbox towel trick’. This is supposed to overheated the console and re-solder dry solder joints. Only try if your warranty has run out and/or you own a bricked console!

Please rate me if any of this helped J

XBOX 360 Red Light error, or Red ring of Death RORD is a very common issue, and can happen anytime. There are different Error numbers related to RoRD, and appears on screen starting with "E".

Red light problem can be fixed! there is a XBOX 360 repair guide available that covers this problem and also all other common XBOX problems. You can get your copy XBOX 360 Repair Guide, you can download it and get help to fix your console. Please feel free to message me if you need further assistance click here

If it's just the 3 red lights you're fine, if it's 4 then that's a complete system failure and you have to send it back to Microsoft =(

I can help with the 3 rings though. There are 2 heat sinks inside the xbox that are held onto the GPU and CPU by these clamps shaped like an "X". They use the tension of the clamp to hold the sinks on the processer, the only problem is that the interior of the XBOX gets so hot the board actually flexes and the sinks lose contact, causing it to overheat. This can be fixed by replacing the "X" clamps with 8 screws, 16 nylon washers, and some new heat paste to apply on the processers. There are video's on youtube to help with the installation and the parts can be bought at any True Value hardware store. it's a very easy and inexpensive fix. I did it to mine about 2 years ago and haven't had the problem since.