Xbox 360 help needed.

[Ali_rrr]

Right, I've got the E 74 error on my xbox. I've tried unplugging everything and it hasn't worked. I don't really want to use the towel trick, is there any other way of getting it fixed or does it have to be sent off? Also, I have a game in there, how do I get this out?

 

[Marc1901]

You'll more than likely have to send that off and if you have a game inside it'll probably be f***ed.

 

[Ali_rrr]

You'll more than likely have to send that off and if you have a game inside it'll probably be f***ed.

For f*** sake, I only got the game today!

 

[Ali_rrr]

On the plus side, my disk is alright. I'm just going to buy a new xbox as the warranty has run out so it'll cost me £62.

 

[Mr Smggles]

Screw driver to pry the game out, then it's the bin for the console.

 

[Ali_rrr]

Screw driver to pry the game out, then it's the bin for the console.

Yeah I got the game out, used a paperclip. Might as well buy a new console instead of paying £62 for it to be repaired!

 

[Acker79]

Right, I've got the E 74 error on my xbox. I've tried unplugging everything and it hasn't worked.

Did you try plugging everything back in?

 

[Grombleton]

Any reason why you don't want to use the towel trick? On the two occasions i've tried it's worked fine afterwards.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Towel trick works a charm, mine kept going for another 6 months by doing it.

 

[smeariestbat]

Any reason why you don't want to use the towel trick? On the two occasions i've tried it's worked fine afterwards.

if it worked why did you need to do it twice?

 

[WhingForPresident]

if it worked why did you need to do it twice?

It's a temporary fix, obviously..

 

[Grombleton]

if it worked why did you need to do it twice?

Two different machines.

 

[Worthingite]

I had the "open tray" error for a long time - had to spend ages trying to load the disc. Followed some instructions on youtube, opened the fucker up, hoovered it out, cleaned and adjusted the laser, and bingo, works like a dream. Sounds like an earthquake when loading, but works like a dream nevertheless

 

[Ali_rrr]

I did eventually use the towel trick, I didn't really want to use it as it burns the solders inside making it worse. It is working for the moment, not sure how it will be tomorrow.