Dammit - E74 error on new elite

[spidey07]

And to think I just praised MS for good documentation. Any ideas?

 

[nboy22]

this just happened to me. Look it up on youtube, E74. All I did was open the box up, remove the mobo, remove the faulty "X-clamps" and then replaced the thermal paste with arctic silver 5 and replaced the xclamps with some bolts and nuts that cost me like 2 dollars altogether at lowes. This particular error is the GPU graphics chip overheating.

My box was already soft modded so I didn't really have a choice but I'm so glad I did it because it works great and now I don't think I'll ever have that problem again. What good is sending an xbox to microsoft when they are just going to replace the already defective xclamps with more defective xclamps?

 

[shingletingle]

Um...you're fooling yourself if you think the x-clamps are the problem. Don't you think Microsoft would have done away with the x-clamps if that really was the problem and save themselves a bunch of time and money?

I love how people are so desperate for a miracle cure they'll believe any trick is the ultimate solution, like using a towel.

 

[spidey07]

Using the phone, most powerful tool there is. I was nervous about this whole process and now it's time to get to work.

 

[nboy22]

Originally posted by: shingletingle
Um...you're fooling yourself if you think the x-clamps are the problem. Don't you think Microsoft would have done away with the x-clamps if that really was the problem and save themselves a bunch of time and money?

I love how people are so desperate for a miracle cure they'll believe any trick is the ultimate solution, like using a towel.

Umm... yeah as a matter of fact I do. They do not fasten the heatsink on tight enough causing this problem. They are faulty.

Explain to me why I replace the xclamps with nuts and bolts that cost cents at most and my xbox now magically works? It's faulty xclamps.. hence the xclamp mod, do research.

I had the same exact error and I did the xclamp mod and it's working fine.. and if you would actually do research before opening your mouth you would easily find out there's another fix called the penny shim, which is used to push the heatsink down tighter on the GPU/CPU so that it supplies the cooling the xclamps don't provide.

I have had a heatsink problem on a 9800 pro video card too, it's the exact same thing. The heatsink was not fastened properly and resulted in artifacting on the screen.

 

[spidey07]

lulz, they're sending me a new elite.

So you guys can keep arguing. Let your fingers do the walking. Go-go-gadget escalate!

Thanks! I was more concerned about data loss but it looks like the migration took. The elite 120GB drive on my launch 360 is working just fine.

 

[nboy22]

Originally posted by: spidey07
lulz, they're sending me a new elite.

So you guys can keep arguing. Let your fingers do the walking. Go-go-gadget escalate!

Thanks! I was more concerned about data loss but it looks like the migration took. The elite 120GB drive on my launch 360 is working just fine.

Nice.. however is it actually a new elite or are they just refurbing yours?

 

[spidey07]

I don't particularly care what it is. As long as it works. They send me elite, I send them mine back.

 

[RedRooster]

It really is a smooth process to exchange, I agree.
My only wish would be that they'd give an express option where you can give them a credit card and they'd ship the new one out first and charge you if the old one didn't get sent back.

 

[foghorn67]

Unplug it for a good half hour. Everything, AV cables, power, Ethernet, any keyboards or mp3 players in the front USB ports, the HD. Everything.
Plug it back in. Most of the time, this is the fix for non three red ring e74 errors.