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10th June 2009, 17:23
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Just about to sit down for a nice chill out sesh on my 360...
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  
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10th June 2009, 18:46
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WOW ... Sucks to be you.
My bro got 3RRoD the other day ... He wasn't happy.
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10th June 2009, 18:52
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very gutting mate
and its all ive been thinking about doing since ive got home from college
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10th June 2009, 18:54
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Gameboy FTW.
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10th June 2009, 18:54
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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.
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10th June 2009, 19:06
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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
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10th June 2009, 19:09
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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.
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10th June 2009, 19:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 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. |
your mates are well sound hahah. i wish i had a mate that would do that. 
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11th June 2009, 11:15
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send it back to microsoft, its probably still covered under warranty.
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11th June 2009, 13:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan-Subtle
send it back to microsoft, its probably still covered under warranty.
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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  haiii 20 quid 360
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ill happily admit ive watched quite a bit of porn this evening. its coming out like tater water now
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11th June 2009, 13:38
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over heat it  for a quick fix or just do the x clamp thing OR pay for extra fans or desent fans with the right rpm
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12th June 2009, 15:02
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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 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
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12th June 2009, 17:43
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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.
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20th July 2009, 21:36
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Yeah, I sent mine off about 2 months ago and got it back with 1month free
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