Someone set us up the bomb!

[cheets64]

FFS, Fallout 3 killed my elite, chucking out an E74 error after playing it for 2 hours no stop. Not too mad just gutting that got Fifa 10 and not going to get chance to play it. Worst possible time for a 360 to die what with Forza 3 coming out and MW2, only pre ordered Forza 3 last night

Do MS offer the 3 year warranty on Elites? As I cant afford a silly repair price.

Receipt is dated at 14/12/2007 so not quite 2 years old and receipt price has it at £299.99

 

[msmalls74]

Should be fine as far as i know they extended the E74 error across all 360 types. At least the people of megaton are safe for a while lol

 

[~J~]

No.

Fallout3 didn't kill your elite at all.

Poor hardware killed your Elite.

 

[cheets64]

Its been vertical since day one and not skipped a beat, just went, trying to kill the Nukelark and the whole screen went blocky thousands of blokes, thought my LDC tv had blown for a min.

Should be fine as far as i know they extended the E74 error across all 360 types. At least the people of megaton are safe for a while lol

Internet is not so clear on it, hope its true, my launch 360 died from RROD and never bothered to get it fixed still have it in the loft, 2 360s in 4 years :/

 

[Hector]

After investigating the issue, we have determined that the E74 error message can indicate the general hardware failure that is associated with three flashing red lights error on the console. As a result, we have decided to cover repairs related to the E74 error message under our three-year warranty program for certain general hardware failures that was announced in July 2007.

http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/kb.aspx?id=969905&lcid=1033&category=hardware

 

[Dyson]

Saves backed up, or can you just swap hard drives on the 360?

 

[Skii]

my 18 month old Elite RROD'd a month ago - had it back repaired in 8 days

 

[Kelt]

Saves backed up, or can you just swap hard drives on the 360?

You swap the HDD. You just send the bare box in for repair.

 

[Dyson]

You swap the HDD. You just send the bare box in for repair.

Handy, shame SONY didn't think of that.

 

[Shamikebab]

my launch 360 died from RROD and never bothered to get it fixed still have it in the loft

Why would you not bother to get an expensive piece of hardware replaced/repaired for free

 

[cheets64]

buy a PS3

And get a YLOD and have to pay for it

Why would you not bother to get an expensive piece of hardware replaced/repaired for free

Lazy and wanted a Elite, seams silly now in a recession.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

My elite died 2ish weeks ago, it was a zepher.

UPS collected it on wed the 23rd, and they tried to deliver it on fri the 2nd, only took them 9 days to take it away, sort it and return it Well impressed!

On mines they changed the motherboard, its now a jasper Tho i did have the RRoD but as mentioned, e74 errors are also covered in the 3 year thing!

 

[RuMp3l4$k1n]

Bah thread title got me in here and all I got in return was another crappy 'my xbox died post'.
At least you took a photo of it though, well done.

 

[GreenMint]

This si why you should buy a spare

 

[dannyjo22]

Lazy and wanted a Elite, seams silly now in a recession.

Yep like it wouldn't seem silly in any other time but a recession.

 

[mame]

Handy, shame SONY didn't think of that.

???

 

[RuMp3l4$k1n]

This si why you should buy a spare

FM3 250gb Super Elite time....

 

[Dyson]

Handy, shame SONY didn't think of that.

???

I didn't think that you could just swap a HDD like that on the PS3. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

 

[mame]

I didn't think that you could just swap a HDD like that on the PS3. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

Yeah it just pops out of the side. Just like I did before I popped in my £39.99 250gb a few months ago. simple why didn't MS think of that ? Oh wait, they did think about it but ....... (£$)

 

[Kristoph]

My 30 month old 360 died last week, 8 day turnaround from sending to receiving.

Had a new console given to me which is 6 days old