In the first of a 3 part article, Gameztraffic writer Mike Alfus looks at the problems of hardware failure surrounding the Xbox 360, and rather than rant fix the problem and get you gaming again. Charting the history of the machine, the dreaded 3 red lights, E74 error trhough to following tutorials on the net which require a screwdriver and a pair of eyes.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
To celebrate Tomb Raider: Legend's 20th anniversary, the official channels have shared an early in-development gameplay demo.
We all know the bots love RROD. It's the only exclusive they've got.
My 360 hasn't RROD in 1 1/2 years! Still, It is my 6th.
is that the rrod and e74 are the kinds of errors that cant be solved by minor tricks and fixes... the consoles have to be replace eventually ... like the author says the rrod is casued by over heating in which the mother board of the unit actually bends due to the heat ... and the e74 is where the thermal gel of the ana scaling chip (gpu) becomes ineffectivce and the chip actully looses its grip off of the board... while there are fixes available online .... ranging from the towel trick (wrap a towel and cover all ports of the 360 to induce more overheating) and the fix it ur self kits (dust out the inside of the 360 and replace the gel) etc ... they are all temporary solutions... the towel trick tries to bend your console's board back into place... however this bending could go either way... it could either bend back into its original postion or it could go into the complete opposite way to its eventual death... so you will eventually have to get the console replaced...
the disc read errors (which killed my first 360) are the ones that can be replaced or fixed however... (the "Play DVD" error is caused because the drive's laser becomes weak and ineffective) ("Open tray" error is casued coz the dvd drive stops spinning because the laser is completely dead and doesnt recognize a disc is inserted, temporary fix for that is to hit gentally repeatedly over the top of ur console right above the dvd drive everytime you insert the disc tray) but eventually the laser will either need to be cleaned or you just need to replace the complete dvd drive all together... and you need a few parts of the old drive to add to the new one coz every console has a unique chip that recognizes only that particular drive .... so u need to take off that chip from your old drive put it into the new drive you purchased and then ressemble those parts into the console back together... this however is extremely complicated but there are youtube user videos that may help you out... it's something that i watched when i got my 360 troubles...
read the article it might help you understand and evaluate your options if your console is in trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
^ hope this helps