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So I come home tonight, I login, I download the new episode of The Guild, and the pictures all borked. I restart my 360 and DING! One debilitating Red Light.
So, pending replacement of the 360, looks like I'll be playing my Wii!
I never did get all 128 stars . . .
That's a goddamn shame :(
Naw, I'm just kidding. :P I'm sorry about the 360, though... That's one hell of a coincidence.
Try to disconnect and reconnect the cables, and then turn on your console.
If that doesn't work, Disconnect your hard drive to see if that resolves the issue when you turn it on.
If that doesn't work, call the Xbox 360 Support Line. E74 isn't covered by the extended warranty, so the sooner you make the call, the better off you'll be, warranty wise.
Last tip: Try to ask for a concession so you can get a discount on paid repairs. If you ask for a supervisor very nicely. and explain why you'd like a concession clearly and without anger, you can probably get a repair for 50 bucks instead of 99.
Also, Tubatic, there are only 120 stars in Galaxy, and 121 if you're playing as Luigi if I remember correctly.
@ Victor
Thanks for the tips! I tried those with no luck. I've got a Best Buy warranty on it, so I'm hoping that goes smoothly.
Goddamn same error I had a month ago. Only took them 2 weeks over the christmas period to send it back though. Woohoo... free 1 month xbox live membership.
This happened to a buddy of mine and I thank god it hasn't happened to me, so here's hoping I'm wrong and it's not the hard drive thing. Good luck man.
You're quite welcome. You'll be interested to know that I basically memorized that from the information found on the Xbox.com support website (support.xbox.com).
One thing I can say about Microsoft, if they screw something up, they know how to troubleshoot it without revealing any sensitive information regarding their professional practices.
One red Light can actually refer to a variety of potential issues depending on the error code associated with the system issue (or lack thereof).
On their website to date, there are E66-69, E71, and E74 errors, as well as a One Red Light with no error code.
That said, I have heard a rumor about an E79 error, though I've not been able to digg up information about it.
but oh man, all that save data? I'd go through stages over that denial, anger, sadness . . .
Also that's the graphics chip fucking up, happened to my 4th 360.
Good call, it appears that E-68 is hard drive failure. Here's hoping that's not your problem, Tubatic; that's definitely one of the shittier things that can happen to your console.
Also, I'm glad to see you've come up with a use for your Gamecube.
See, that's just scary. You have way more patience than I do to stick with a console through that many failures.
Joe Burling is the ultimate expert on getting this stuff fixed, but I think he's on vacation, otherwise I'd ask him for help.
While you're waiting for your 360 to come back to life, I recomend renting de Blob. Have you played it yet? It's pretty damn fun.
::eyes wii power light cautiously::
I live in constant fear of RRoD. I'm still on my original launch day 360. It's past warranty, past it's prime and I just know it WILL die soon.
Still it sucks, hope it all works out for you. Don't anger the gaming gods again ;)
E74: There is high chance it's a scaler chip problem (the "ANA" or "HANA" chip near the AV cable connection) it can also be caused by a faulty AV cable so check that first. In some cases it is a problem with the GPU and may be repairable by doing the x-clamp replacement.
Also Karma hit you hard :).