Ryan83 UK wrote:

Ive posted before on this thread when my 360 died playing COD4,just last week my 360 packed in again.thats like 4-5 360's that have died on me.most of the time out of warranty,Just last week my 360 Died again.no red lights this time,i had Audio but no video,this time i decided to fix it myself.So i went on ebay and bought a kit to replace the crappy X-clamps that hold the heat sinks down.The kit was only £5(some screws,washers and thermal paste) and im very happy to say ive fixed it myself.Been running smooth for about 5 days now.Unlucky MS,you aint robbing me of another 60 quid.HAH

LOL broken again.Time to get my heatgun out!

Mine finnaly kicked the bucket. Got the E74 error. Its funny how I called months earlier saying i had a video prob and they told me to replace the cable or pay $99 to get it fixed. Now i got E74 and a free repair. My Wii, Gamecube, PS2, NES, and even the original Xbox never had this problem...

I never even knew this a reacurring problem until the same thing happened to my newphew's xbox360.  At first I deleted all of his downloads, thinking they were causing the issue.  Bad idea!  Even though I had another hour's worth of Gears of War 2, the picture discolration came right back.  The oldest post about this goes way back to 2007, and Microsoft still won't admit it's their own faulty video card!  They rather collect $99 a pop and pretend we each are the lone exception and the first time this has happened to their top of the line product.  Get a clue Microsoft!  You may think you own the monopoly on EVERYTHING, but everyday you lose more consumers with your lousy products and customer service!  The next commercial that'll be on TV will go:

"Hello, I'm a PS3!" 

"Oh, hi! I'm a XBOX"!

This is extremely similar to what I've been experiencing. I posted a forum with sync issues and had 20 reads, and this guy has over 1000 replies.

My original post was:

"Since the last firmware update, I have run into video issues. This update installed on Thursday night and I have been unable to use my Xbox since then. It doesn't seem to matter what game I use, whether it’s on the HDD or off of a DVD. I can confirm that 3 of my 10 games on disc do not work and 2 of 12 HDD games do not work. They will start to play normal, and then about 2 minutes in I have what looks to be like video convergence issues.

I have called technical support and they said that there is no way that software can do that and that software upgrades are made to enhance how the Xbox performs. I followed their trouble shooting steps and they told me and this is really upsetting 1) you should have probably purchased a PS3. 2) We can fix it, but you're going to have to pay the equivalent of a brand new Xbox.

The thing that is aggravating other than being told my technical support that I should have purchased a competitive product is that it is fixable but I have to pay for it. The Xbox worked perfectly fine prior to the software 'patch' that makes everything work 'correctly'."

When I called M$, they told me that it isn't covered under the extended warranty and that I would have to pay for the repair. Not that it couldn't be fixed, that I would have to pay. Then in the same breath, they told me it was not able to be repaired.

Here are pictures of what mine is doing:
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I'm not sure yet, but I think my problem is similar to this. Was playing MW2 last night when the video went all messed up, like grainy, over saturation and flickering a lot. After I restarted the console I don't get any video signal at all

Can anyone confirm this is the same problem?

yeah bud you have the same problem as me and every1 else watch out thou your xbxox is close to having e74 problem m8 mine started like that then after i got it fixed i started to get e74 problem 1 red light of death

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this is the email i gave microsoft   .......xbox 360 components are cheap unreliaby console you're company are just leaglised mafia never willing to except responcabilty for faulty xbox console broken down 7 times now 1 years warranty just goes to show you dont even care about you're customers. mine has had e74 problem i will not be buying anymore xbox products. you had you're chance i will be buying an ps3 more relyable far better customer care and if you look at the xbox formus you will see thousands more feel the same goodbye and good riddance xbox you have fail missarible as a company..... and this is the reply i got from microsoft so if you do the same we can all get some  restatution......

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