My Xbox 360 has been slowly dying for a few weeks now. I was getting a single red ring and an E74 error. I called Xbox support but they said that with that error and the box being out of warranty, I would need to spend about $135 getting it fixed.
Luckily I had read some forum posts that indicated that the famous RROD (red ring of death) would be soon to follow. As Microsoft now have an extended three year warranty for RROD cases, I hung on to the box. Sometimes it would take 10 boots to be able to use it, but it wasn't too bad. Gaming graphics were a little off though.
Finally, RROD showed up. I sent the box off last Friday and got is back today under the RROD warranty. I think that is quite quick.
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