Just about to sit down for a nice chill out sesh on my 360...

[Smithson]

Turn my xbox on to the dashboard

the screen goes funny and all messed up
turn it off after that

3 red lights
error 74
graphics card gone

bada bing bada boom.



2nd time within a year that
NOT HAPPY :n::bored:

[Ferg]

WOW ... Sucks to be you.

My bro got 3RRoD the other day ... He wasn't happy.

[Smithson]

very gutting mate
and its all ive been thinking about doing since ive got home from college

:(:n:

[Ben]

Gameboy FTW.

[Liam_]

E74? My brother's had that, we reballed the solder joints in the oven and did the xclamp mod. Would work for 3 weeks before needing the above done again.

He just bought a new one in the end. :(

[Smithson]

yeah ive heard about this clamp mod

im not that skilled to pull it off tho.
il just get my mate to do it for now haha
:y:

[Ben]

My mate fixed mine for me, and flashed it ;) Cost about £45 quid and it works perfect upto yet, had it back for about 3 weeks and its not had any trouble, free repair if it breaks again too.

[Smithson]

My mate fixed mine for me, and flashed it ;) Cost about £45 quid and it works perfect upto yet, had it back for about 3 weeks and its not had any trouble, free repair if it breaks again too.

your mates are well sound hahah. i wish i had a mate that would do that.:geek:

[Dan-Subtle]

send it back to microsoft, its probably still covered under warranty.

[craigy_87]

send it back to microsoft, its probably still covered under warranty.

agree'd my mate went an bought a new one when his fecked, i bought his for £20 an it was still covered under warrenty :homme: haiii 20 quid 360

[Modified]

over heat it :P for a quick fix or just do the x clamp thing OR pay for extra fans or desent fans with the right rpm

[Smithson]

Took it all apart the other night. let it all cool out. put it back together and turned it on before i went to bed and it worked haha :y: dont know how it worked but i aint complaining haha :). last time i sent it off when it broke before it took 2 months to get to Germany and back. so they gave me 2 month free xbox live :)

[Dan-Subtle]

i sent mine off and had it back a week later, also got 2 months gold live free, think its a common thing they do when returning fixed consoles.

[MathewVTR]

Yeah, I sent mine off about 2 months ago and got it back with 1month free :)