How To Fix A Xbox 360 E74 And RROD

Do you need any glue and or glue remover?

Turned the semi reassembled xbox on to do the 10 minute bake as instructed and still had one red light and E74 on screen.But turned it on and off several times and hit the reset button a few times and it cleared up and has been running great for days.One suggestion would be to use "needle nose pliers"to remove the X-BRACE instead of a screwdriver.Just clamp on the end of the brace and twist up and it pops off.Great video THANKS ALOT.

Thanks for putting this together!

Do you clean off and re-apply the artic silver thermal protection?

Thanks again!

$8.00 beats $140.00 any day.

This was very helpful, a bit long but good and detailed.

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God Bless you mate!

I may of not noiced in your video you unscrewing the screw threads from the heat sink for the bolts to fit.

Also I got 2 red lights, played around with the fan and put it upside down, this allows you to place the fan on top without holding on to it.

great Video from John (uk)

Worked like a charm. I decided to use hex bolts because the heads were a little smaller than the M5 screws so I didn't have to make as big of a hole in the frame but everything else was the same. Worked first time after the modification and my son is very happy. Thanks a bunch.

Great video tutorial. I've been researching the E74 problem in order to fix my sons Xbox and have to say your video has been the best I've come across. Yours definitely had the most detail and will make it very easy when I try fixing it tomorrow.

I hope that isn't the case. I just used 2mm thick nylon washers instead of bothering to put the 1mm metal and 1mm thick nylons together. I'm pretty sure they won't melt. Then again if the guy had pictures of the melted washers...then I might have to replace the washers with whatever works best.

i had 2 do this fix 3 times. the third time it gave me 3 red lights. 1,3, and 4. i need help

You wanted to say new soo badly xDDD.
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hey buddy can i pay u to come to my house and fix my xbox?

got the xbox back . . . it worked no charges just say you have 3 lights instead of one . . .

Dude this is a perminant fix and is the best idea of doing this better.
but keep in mind that you have to drill big holes

bigg

so make sure to do that

and this video is the best
100/100

4 lights means your cables aren't connected properly. Try replugging them or try another set of cables.

I saw a seller in ebay who says thats the Nylon washers are not recomended becouse they will melt sometime and this will cause RROD again and we will have to do this fix again.
Is that true? He claims that spring washers are the best to use (instead of Nylon ones).
Well... what is the best washer then?

i COULd do this, or take advantage of my WARRANTY that I still ahve... i was not stupid, and left it alone...

hey i wanna no my xbox gots 4 ligts will this work ???? :(

Thanks a lot....got mine fixed in less than a day..that was a very useful video

Okay. Please somebody that has done this other then the person who made this video if it actualy works. I dont want to do all of that if its just going to say i have a E74 again. Thank you.

OK, don't wanna jinx anything, but the baby is WORKING!!! Removed a washer on each screw, limited the amount of compound on the chips, and only tightened the screws til they were a snug fit. GREAT tutorial, thanks for sharing!

Help! The fix worked after the repair was done, and worked when checked again during the reassembly. However, upon completion of putting the unit back together, it displayed one red light in the lower right quad, and a E74 msg. What went wrong? Video cable was swapped with a known good one, and that didnt help either. ??????

you are a really smart man for removing the warranty sticker.