My E 74 Single Red Ring Problem

So I got **** ted on by my XBox today. I was playing COD4 and the screen got messed up looking, turned my system off and got the E 74 message. I have to send my 360 to Microsoft and get it fixed for $100.

Do I have any other options here? I don't want to try the towel trick ( I DO want to try it, but I'm not going to, more like it) and I wouldn't trust myself following one of those instructional repair videos.

Any ideas? And why is it that I have to pay Microsoft when my system overheats? Why don't they stand by the product and offer to fix it for people when this happens (I've had it for two years, my warantee is up).

Anyone with stories about how this problem got resolved -- without having to shell out a hundred bucks?

If I wanted to get the three rings on purpose, how would I do that?

Also, I already told a customer service guy about the one ring problem. Think they might call me out and figure I messed with it on purpose?

Yeah it is risky.

Is Microsoft basically charging me $100 because my system overheated? Is that something that's my fault? Or am I looking at this wrong?

Ha ha, thanks for the advice Warlock.

Do they have a way of telling that I intentionally got the three rings? I mean, I provided the serial number and all my personal info during this call. I don't want someone pulling up my personal info and realizing that I'm trying to run s h it on them, you know?

I am seriously starting to think about getting the 3RLs then...

I mean, if I dropped the XBox, or generally just mistreated it, I would have no problem paying for the repairs. But this all just strikes me as pretty damn unfair.

I am seriously starting to think about getting the 3RLs then...

I mean, if I dropped the XBox, or generally just mistreated it, I would have no problem paying for the repairs. But this all just strikes me as pretty damn unfair.

bobcat103

next time just buy an extended warranty plan whereever you get it (gamestop, best buy) for like 50 bucks and you get it for like 2 years. if you do it at best buy, you send it in and get a gift card worth the value of your system in 2 weeks. its how i traded my white 360 for my elite 360