Xbox 360 RROD

[mr-zeeman]

i've heard of wrapping a towel round your xbox and turning it on will heat up the solder and fix it for a short time

[mikemikemi]

Watch the capacitors if this is going in the oven. From what I've read it can cause a stink.

[Golden Dragoon]

Sounds like there is a short somewhere between the metal case and motherboard -

Should be an easy fix...

Shall sort it this weekend for you

Could be, or it is possible that like almost all 360 cases that the standoffs for the motherboard are at slightly different heights and causing a marginal solder joint to become disconnected whilst in the case due to slight flexing, but remain connected when flat outside of the case

[Kumagoro]

I fixed me an Xbox 360 last night with the E74 error.

After getting rid of the X clamp etc it still didn't work so I left the machine running open case
with the fan just on the heat pipe heat sink (apparently the two die chip under the optical
drive is the problem). I left it on for 30 minutes and then came back, let it cool down and then
when I turned it on a again it worked fine.

[Johnyboy]

I have fixed a few but its never been permanent fix ie. some last
6 months others last matter of weeks.

What is the best way to fix them?

[watercooled]

Send them back to MS.