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  • Um if putting a system on carpet is bad with the case on, it can only get worsse without one.

  • so the heatsinks need more pressure?

  • @MichaelRules100 no, but the fact that the sink isnt attatched is most likely why he pushed it down.

  • Microsoft can eat a dick!

  • STOP HATING ! i DID THE SAMETHING AND IT WORKS, THE PROBLEM IS

    X-CLAMP DOESNT GRAB TIGHT TO THE HEATSINK !! CHECK IT OUT SO YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT !

  • Great video..lol

  • WTF!!!! I DIDNT SEE U DO ANYTHING BUT TAKE THE HEATSINK OFF AND PUT IT BACK ON ?????

  • WTF DID U DO!!!!!!!!!

  • to fix this all you have to do is, xclamp fix your heat sinks, add more sliver compond, overheat your xbox (wrap in a towl until you dont hear it running) unwrap, plug everything in and play.....to test it out i played GTA IV for 4 hrs straight and my xbox ran like a charm, also it will help out ALOT if you change the fan speed, instead of 5v make them push 12v (by default the xbox 360 fan is 12v max but running on 5v) this is why most people get the RROD. Team Hybrid's xclamp fix is great!!!

  • @xT3chSlayeRx I took mine apart.. applied some arctic silver compound.. put it back together.. and now it won't even heat up.. it just 3 lights and then the fan cuts off.. i think it would work if i got it to overheat but i can't. what do i do.

  • hey check out my video. mine works without the towel and without opening your xbox. i did it to my xbox then it fucked up again so i tried mine and its worked ever since. mines completely free.

  • xbox is loud as fuk!!! my ps3 wispers =)

  • @joey123433 but your PS3 is also useless for online gaming :)

  • @DB4T3 so at least mine is free =) and it uses wifi. i dont have to pay 50$ a year for online.

  • @joey123433 learn to fucking spell.

  • @zackthecurls wtf are you talking about dumbass.

  • looks fake... he cuts the video right after he pushes the button. 0:40

  • Make sure to check out wiredextreme, we offer repairs for all gaming consoles. We can fix the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PSP, Nintendo DS, and even computers. If you have the red ring of death, E74, YLOD, any flashing red lights, discs won't read issues, we can fix it. Contact us today and we'll be glad to help.

  • Yay you did it!

  • It was that simple all fucking long....THANK YOU

  • so wat did u do? just take off that covering then put it back on???

  • Ok, everyone here bitching about systems- Shutup. Both systems have good and bad traits, same with any other system. For example, the Xbox is prone to gay crap like this because microcock was retarded, but the Xbox has very good online features and has good compatibility with the computer. The PS3's online is sort of bland, with a chatroom that looks/feels like an interrigation room, but online is free and has Blu-Ray.

  • Cool, but I'm a little lost.........How did you manage to take all the parts off (The "Shell" I guess) and whatever you just did, is it anyway harmful to the Xbox like the towal trick? Thanx

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  • Ps3 fanboys get the fuck outta here we love our xbox's so shut the fuck up i own both systems and the ps3 sucks dick which is why i play xbox more cuz it dont suck the online play is better the controller is better and the games are better

  • great, you fixed it! now we need to know what DID to fix it...

  • I've had my 360 for over 4 years now, and I've just recently had to fix the RRoD, I took the whole unit apart, removed those horrid X clamps, took off the heatsinks and cleaned the CPU/GPU, and reapplied new thermal paste. Its been running like a champ for weeks now.

  • @bigduey69 dude fyi if you had it for 4 year without updating the dashbord then you could have sold it broken for about $70 and if fixed about $130!!! you could have ben RICH jk lol

  • @kilLedgend07 , lol..why would I sell it when I'm a Certified IT Technician,I service all of my electronics and NEVER buy warranties for that very reason, LOL.

  • you could have put some ice on it from that 40 cooler you had it on to cool it off quicker

  • people buy new xbox's every 3 4 years its like buying tires for your car

  • "Visit my website to learn more about this E74 and how to fix without the need place your hand on the heatsink all the time :)"

    Hmmm.... the only thing i see is where to PAY $29.99 for some damn guide!!!

  • PS3 doesnt need RROD to suck, the console itself sucks

  • ps3 has a equivalent to RROD there no better

  • i bought MW 4 and then at next day > Error E74 Hmmmmmmmmmmm

  • @kal2029 Holy shit me 2 :O

  • @kal2029 there is no MW4

  • @DarKxSkillZx Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare -.-"

  • @kal2029 holy shit like two days after i got MW2 mine got E74 too.

  • @mossbergman590 I had my xbox for like 5 days cuz i bought it referbished and it got E74. i went on xbox.com and requested a repair and sent the xbox to them. They cover e74 for like 3 years after the box was puchased and now after 1 week i am getting it back. it is totally free. just go and request a repair

  • Thanks for the tut this really helped man i had my xbox back up in 30 seconds :)

  • I tried to fix my xbox 360 and I fix it !! was working for about 6 months..and after 6 months it broke down again!!! but now I have the error 74 I think that shit is worse than before !!!

  • Fuck the heat sink GET a Koolance water cooled kit for your 360 and NEVER have to interrupt your gaming due to a heat sensitive bitch console!

  • TO ALL PS3 LOVERS......Sony Gay Station is #3. GO DO YOUR RESEARCH. NINTENDO IS #1 AND XBOX 360 IS #2. SONY WAS PRAYING THAT THEY WOULDNT GO BANKRUPT. THEY PUSHED THERE RELEASE DATE SO XBOX WOULD COME OUT FIRST BECUASE THEY WERE SCARED, EVEN STOLE NINTENDO'S MOVEMENT FOR THE CONTROLLER. COWARDS ARE STILL LAST PLACE FOR BEST GAMING CONSOLE EVEN WITH MICROSOFTS ERRORS. LOL.

  • okay well i got the e 74 today and was pretty bummed so ive just been lettin it cool down, and i truned it back on wihtout the a/v cable in it and no red light, but when i lug in a/v cable i get 3 74 again wtf- any suggestions?

  • @labo1000

    Your av cable is messed up. Check on the Xbox website for troubleshooting.

  • XBOX SUCKS

  • @xXlVl4ST3RXx  you suck

  • This video is garbage. nothing is shown besides you turning it on twice. The way to fix e74 error is easy and it will never fail again (e74 anyway). You need to change out the X Clamps that MS foolishly uses and replace them with [4] 10mm M5 bolts, [8] metal washers, and [8] plastic washers. You're basically securing the heat sink to the GPU. Thats why you get E74, the Video processor heats up because the heatsink pulls away from the GPU due to faulty clamps that hold the heatsink in place.

  • @gyanos422 I did that too, But mine got the E 74 after like 3 weeks after i fixed it.

  • @gyanos422

    I replace x clamp and add thermal compound and it work for two days but the error e74 is again... reapply thermal compound and nothing still have the error...

    any advice

  • @gyanos422 man, if i tried that i'd probably blow myself up somehow...

  • @MrLuigiman1999 I did =P nah but i blew a capacitor and unlukily its a e capacitor so it shoots right into your forehead and burns you =P..i replaced it and everything fine =P

  • @gyanos422 where i can i buy these supplies?

  • @gyanos422 wow thanks so much dood i have watched 2 billion videos and no ne explained it as well as you lol

  • @gyanos422 i did that fix & a week later got E74 again.

  • @TuiL0uMuli True. I don't mind the updates, but PS3 is inconsistant with backwards compatability. You HAVE to buy the higher end models to be able to play ps2 and psx games. Thats just spitting in the PS3 owners' face. As long as you have a HDD for 360 (there's no reason NOT to own one, if you don't, ur stupid and deserve to buy a ps3). people still cheat on Live though, thats just people tho. they will always find some way to cheat.

  • PS3 IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO, i bought 4 xbox360s and 2 have failed with in a year and half, not a very good record i would say. at least you can watch blue ray movies and game with a ps3.

  • were here to fix our xbox not read why we should switch to a ps3

  • @Qpoitras yup ps3 is bull shit to it gets the yellow light of death duh

  • @Qpoitras ps3 has the yellow light of death ;P

  • Sorry but the Ps3? I rather get my 360 fix then to ever go back to the update old and new games for 6 to 10 minutes then it updates for another 6 to 10 minutes, then more constant updates, then lags in 6 out of 10 on-line game play, no one use a mic, not to mention the psn share the same line with every one else just like playing a P.C. on line. flooded with lag switching cheaters. 360 we have our own sever= hardly no lags, rare updates, better games, lag switcher? They get booted AUTOMATICALLY.

  • Te ps3 has a higher overheat rate you dumbass. it may not seem like it, but its true. just because you probably dont know how to take care of your 360, doesnt mean you hate it.

  • @Cyanspear55

    Seriously fanboi, stop pulling "facts" out of your ass. Figures or GTFO.

  • @Chastises Oh-Really? Im pulling them out my ass...yeah...Lol.

  • wow i checked on the web site at it said to push down on some of the chips near the back port where the a/v cable hooks up and then i pushed down on them and it worked

  • Wow that worked for me too for about a minute. Then the screen turned pretty colors again. Turned it off then the error was back. It use to have rrod.  That's what you do to fix the rrod problem.

  • thanx man my xbox would not work at all we tried tons of stuff then we saw your video and it saved my xbox so thank you man..

  • what the hell did you do? i don't see what you did.

  • This works great, but I have had to do it more than once. The last time has lasted for three weeks now.

  • Yeah, wat did u do, did u like press something down or turn the big block, wat was it?, please reply

  • what is it that you did? i saw, but can you name the parts/ explain what your doing?

    thanks-this REALLY REALLY HELPS, but i saw another video showing something similair, but it wasn't clear from the view the camera was at?

  • WTF it costs 100 bucks to get this thing repaired for me...does it cost for anyone else?

  • 240

  • nope just get a ps3 thats what im doing.......i mean why should we pay mony for microsoft's mistakes and just for this prob i was gunna get a ps3 today and all of them in my whol city wher all sold out im realy not joking im pissed cuz i didn't get one and when i went to all the stores their was nothing but xbox 360's

  • are thermal paste and lithium grease the same thing?

  • if u have e 74 u have to have the gpu reflowed and reballed. this stuff on youtube don't work

  • Easy E74 Error fix..wayy too easy.

  • i sent my xbox 260 back to microsoft for repair for the second time idk what was wrong with it this time ....it would restart itself while on then would keep doing that and the back would get very hot very fast any1 know what this problem is??

  • it works for a few seconds, enough time until the dashboard appears... then the fan speeds up like hell and i get 2 rings... help????

  • @emoboynumber13  you have a over heating problem maybe tighten heatsink down more

  • if theres no warranty open the bitch up take off ur heat sinks and go to and computer electronics store get sum silver thermal paste and put new thermal paste on go to home depot or a hard ware store gut 8 lock washers 8 regular washers 16 fiber washers 8 10 32 3/5 bolts ad put that bitch back together it should work fine and dont buy the damn online kits there too expensive you can get ll this fr around 15 bucks thermal was10 screws were 98 cents watchers about the same

  • same here

  • Try tightening the screws on the heat sinks. If that doesnt work take the heat sinks off and check how much paste you used. Its possible you used to much.

  • dude i did this and it worked but now i get two red lights in like 30 secs after i start a game , i can keep it on the dash board and its fine but try 2 play a game and 2 red light

  • 2 red rings means ur cpu and or gpu is overheating

  • @meeser93 Cpu overheating, gpu doesn't have a thermosister os it won't turn off if it gets too hot.

  • It was so gay, cause when i changed the putty and all that crap and re attahced all that bulklcrap, the console started playing, and hten it turned into the red ring of death insted of just one

  • This I a comment are for xbox users so all you ps3 assholes get the fuck out

  • tried this on my xbox doesnt help, happened right after i reapplied the thermal paste and overheated it to fix the 3 rings of death

  • me to did you find away to fix it

  • man... I got the disc read problem, and 1 hour later i get the e74 problem.

    Why must karma always be a bitch like that?

  • @mirnafloyd me too

  • ps3 has disk reading problems as it gets to a point where it just gets lazy and stops pulling CDs in...amongst other overheating related probs... sucks dont it?

  • Yeah boi !

  • holy shit of all the damn things i been doing to try an fix this damn e74 THAT worked 100%

  • is it still working?

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  • why is there a hiccup when he turns it on the second time? is it fake?

  • it didnt work for me

  • gotta give it ot the ps3 though.... made an amazing doorstop

  • hahahaha

  • .....so basicaly just screw the silver heat sink onto the motherboard tighter than it is?

  • god damnit got this fuking errror in tha morning to. i thought xbox was good but im thinking of getting a ps3. waay more high tech and doesnt have a god damn disk tray.

  • this is the second time this was happened in less then a year is there a way to stop it from happening???????

  • So what? You just take off that plate and point at that chip and then put the plate back on. LOL, then it works

  • Haha i know right, somehow that fixes it.

  • lmao

  • well i just joined the e74 club about 20 minutes ago!!

    my elite has been faithful since 07!

    expired warrenty but hell i got my crap printed out and its good to go!!!...

    its just to damn bad that it happens right when the beatles rock band comes out AND i pre ordered halo 3 odst!

    and PS3 Fanboys i want to see sony give you the same customer service that Microsoft gave me!

    ha!

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  • my brothers xbox 360 got the three red rings of death and i could not get a hold of anyone when i did talk to somebody they hung up on me xbox customer service sucks my ps3's bluray eye broke i called somebody answered i told them where i lived they sent me a box i put my ps3 in got it back working fine

  • i dont get it. Why are there PS3 fanboys checking this shit up. They should go and check out why they bought a 600$ paper-weight.

  • at least my $299 paperweight doesnt have a 56% failure rate. I'd rather pay $299 for something reliable that doesn't require youtube videos to be made about how to fix a very common serious issue with it

  • it was 600 bucks when it first came out. I must admit that the PS3 is better at staying intact but the xbox is just a better console. With all the downloads that ps3 doesnt have and a lot of games PS3 doesnt have... It is just better. The controllers are way more comfortable too. Even my friends who have PS3's admit to this. One of them has an xbox AND PS3 but he is always on the sexbox instead of PS3.

  • look the easyest way 2 fix your xbox frm e72 with out taking it apart is leavein it on over night then in the moring turn it off 4 35 min nxt 2 an open windoe 2 cool down ...it might take a couple ov times turning it on 2 work but i done it and it work perfect

  • so the xbox 360 has dead rising and left 4 dead and it has downloadable nazi zombie maps for call of duty waw

  • This only works for couple of hours if that. Noy much time to play COD4

  • where did u get that metal thing from

  • wow yes ps3 do suck sure they dont break as often but the online suck dick (in my opinion) and 360 just has better games and is easier to use

  • Just buy a PS3 and problem solved.

  • PS3 has crappy games.

  • dude do u own one... u can say it already has the same amount or more better games then 360... i won both so i m not a fanboy like u

  • bullshit your not a fan boy

  • huh

  • i own all three consoles and i agree with sd

  • ok.... i dont care bun if i compare online this are the only diffrence... THE 360 DOES LOOK BETTER ON ITS ONLINE SERVICE. But the only think its has that ps3 doesnt... is voice messages and the abitty to party thats about it... i have both.

  • yeah the xbox is much better

  • lol ps3 games has mostly all same games as 360 XD it just doesnt have the game 360 specialy has like halo.PS3 has God of War

  • hell no it dont go play your 360 wich is broken

  • omg it worked XD

  • ok dude i did the whole thing where you take off the x clamps and do the whole screw and nylon shit and it worked for like months then i turned it on one day and i got this shit....is it still going to work if i did that?

  • how do you take off the square silver object that has rows

  • how do u prevent this after microsoft fixes it, this sucks to have to wait a month to get them to fix it

  • i fixed e74 error with a q tip lol!

  • hey buddy looks good but did you do the compound scrape and if you dident how would i keep the pressure on it

  • just tighten those heatsink to the mobo with washers. Make sure the pressure is uniform and not too tight

  • How that thing dosent even make sense. You have fans pulling air out of fans?? Wtf how would that even help? Exactly it dosent.

  • i believe it should, although I dont use it

  • Did not work at all with mine..I even got the kit ...My video chip is dead from to much heat....

  • sorry to hear that mate.. MS should implement a software tied with the xbox to auto shut the system if the temperature reaches a certain amount.

  • nice one mate u voided ur warrenty! could have got it fixed for free. FAIL they should submit this fail to failblog cos u fail so badly. omg jokeeeeeeeeeeeeee fail

  • his warenty probly wen off. mine did.

  • temporary fix: jam sum sticks(your choice) as long as they dont brake, into the back of ur shitbox. then turn on 4 5 mions so the fan cant move. open dic tray. close disc tray. restart. might not work first time but i keep doing it and u get like 3-10 hours of playtime :) it workd 4 me.

  • i need to be the head of design for the next console microsoft releases.

  • ok, i used to have the rrod on my 360, and i fixed it myself, but now i have the e74, i checked the gpu and it still looks good, so i tried tightening down my screws for the heat sinks, and that didnt work either. any ideas on how to help?

  • check if the solders on the GPU are not messed up on the motherboard. Otherwise, you need resoldering

  • yeah, what thermal coumpound should you use

  • Artic Silver 5

  • thank god that i didnt use the towel trick it sounded bad and then i found this website. Do you have to do this method every time you turn on your Xbox 360?

  • No mate.. this is just to simulate the fix for this problem. When you press the heatsink well enough, the heat is dissipated well. This is called x-clamp fix and it's further shown in the Xbox Repair guide on my website. you use this method once and do it right, you fix it for a long time.

  • thanks alot. it worked!!! but not permently though, proply becuse i used m10 nilon washers

  • glad it worked for you

  • hey guys can you tell me if you xbox 360 has already been serviced is your xbox warranty up?

    could you please tell me?=)

  • you can service it many times within your warranty period

  • i will use this bcause i think mine will get the E74 so could u send me a more in depth video showing me every step so i dont break my xbox...!

  • that's showed in the repair guide on my website. check it out

  • hey dude the warranty is extended to 3 years now for e74 don't do this

  • ALSO PEOPLE NEED TO STOP DOING THE FUCKIN TOWEL TRICK LOL....brainwashed they dont realise they're actually damaging it more by blocking ventillation...lol what idiots

  • Take it easy mate. Some people just don't know it. That's why people like you and me who know this stuff should share it with the others. After all, we all make mistakes in life

  • don't forget to replace the heat absorbing pads on the bottom of the board with 2 pennies wrapped in electrical tape. (better heat dissipation than those cheap rubber shit-bags) Only careful how much you tighten down the board afterwards...cracks are bad, mmmkay.

  • i did this it workes for like 3hrs and gets all pixelated again wtf its starting to annoy me every time i have to do this is thare ne way to stop the blocheyness from comeing back

  • Could you explain what you did in depth please?

  • this fix simulates the x-clamp fix. The idea is to tighten the contact between the heatsink and GPU/CPU, so that the heat dissipation happens well. The proper X-clamp fix is shown if you get the Repair Guide at my website.

    Microsoft might cover this error in their warranty, but I rather fix things myself compared to waiting 6 weeks and getting the error to pop up again.

    You need to remove those ugly X-clamps to fix this and Microsoft does not do that!!

  • id rather return it then void my warrenty but thats just me

  • Yeah but if you bought your xbox like me before they made the Extended Warranty, then you'd have to pay them....so really....

  • every xbox even the ones bought before the warranty was extended are covered as long as three years havent passed since you bought the 360.

  • hmmm i bought mine in early January 2008...but when i registered it on the Xbox support page with the serial printed on the back of my xbox it said my Warranty had expired or is not Valid.....?

    but it says this below: Standard Warranty Expired: A three-year warranty applies to conditions i