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I laughed, but then I held you.
I am confused Tubatic. Please explain.
Look at his previous blog. Now look at the red rings.
So writes this blog earlier today about how I play my 360 more than my Wii right. nice controller, no wii releases, xbox live and, of all things,glitches.
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 . . .
hahahhahahahha that shit sucks, but holy crap in terms of timing thats hilarious
ohh:( I hope it gets fixed quickly!
The gaming gods stomp on your mufuckin ballz son!
That's a goddamn shame :(
I think Nintendo just rebelled because you're using your GameCube as a monitor base, heathen.
Naw, I'm just kidding. :P I'm sorry about the 360, though... That's one hell of a coincidence.
I'd like to think that Miyamoto himself sneaked into your house when you away whipped out his (no doubt massive) cock and took a big old piss all over your 360 causing the circuitry to fry when you switched it on.
Oh I see now. I thought that was just the light for a controller. I thought 3/4 lit up when it red rings. Sorry to hear =(
Let me try and remember what I learned about that error.
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.
Victor is an expert.
Also, Tubatic, there are only 120 stars in Galaxy, and 121 if you're playing as Luigi if I remember correctly.
Although I know that must suck for you, it is somehow very funny. I hope you can get it fixed.
:[ Hope it hurry's back..
I forgot one last tip... LIVE IN CANADA. Microsoft's Canadian policy is to replace consoles so long as the issue on the console matches the issue documented when you had a repair done. The only thing you'd have to worry about with a new console is license transfers (and its general shelflife), and that's relatively simple. :)
No worries all, I completely see the ridiculous cosmic humor in all this!
@ 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.
E74!!!!
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.
I'm fairly sure that 1 red bar is hard drive failure... which fucking sucks. It could mean your hard drive is loose; that's an easy fix but I guess you already unplugged it and plugged it back in, so that's a no go. Worst comes to worst, your hard drive is corrupted and you're pretty screwed, meaning everything on it is gone, never to return.
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.
@Tubatic
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.
I think the tips are BS. I had the same thing when Gears 2 came out.
@FlattopJesus
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.
that sucks indeed. hope you get it fixed right.
If I had to guess it, its deeper than the harddrive. I hear this little "squeek" sort of sound when I turn the box on.
but oh man, all that save data? I'd go through stages over that denial, anger, sadness . . .
hahahahahha oh man, that blows!
That is pretty hilarious :P
it's Karma man, I think your Wii secretly destroyed your 360 while you weren't watching out of jealousy :-)
I bet it was the wii. It used it's opera browser to see what you wrote about it and used it's wifi to wreck the 360. I'm guessing your wii is the first proof that skynet is at work.
If its not under warranty its a 125 bucks.
Also that's the graphics chip fucking up, happened to my 4th 360.
Ouch, that sucks
@Victor Stillwater
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.
This is the 360s way of saying you were getting clingy and it needed some space. You should come up with nine more reasons you play your wii more and it'll come crawling back.
Also, I'm glad to see you've come up with a use for your Gamecube.
terrible thing to happen to anyone. My condolences.
There's 252 stars in Galaxy mate.
@Kyousuke
See, that's just scary. You have way more patience than I do to stick with a console through that many failures.
ha ha ha ha good old 360
Man, that sucks!
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.
Whats really funny is that your basically using your gamecube as paperweight.
Well, when you already have two taped toge . . .know what, I'mm just not say anything.
::eyes wii power light cautiously::
Nintendo always wins in the end, doesn't it. Now I'm nervous about all the bad things I said about the Wii yesterday.
E74 is foreplay for the rrod. if your under warranty, call ms. you can towel the 360 and get a few more hours of it while you wait for them to send the coffin. if your not under warranty, go on ebay and order the xclamp/rrod repair kit. its an easy fix.
Oh jesus, talk about timing.
Sorry for your loss. Karma's a bitch.
I love my Nintendo Wii! It's the bestest system ever! I just got Tatsunoko vs Capcom + a fighting stick for you! Please don't kill me in my sleep!
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 ;)
Here's what the E74 error means
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 :).
Reggie read your blog and then broke into your house and put a hamburger in the 360 disc drive.
I'm not amazed.
360 BRINGS DOOM TO YOU ALL!
Wow, what a terrible coincidence :( Sorry dude.
That Blows... :(