Xbox 360 E74 Errors on the Rise

In a recent Joystiq survey, they found that a staggering amount of Xbox 360 owners are having the E74 Error after updating to the New Xbox Experience. Nice its release in November of last year, the number of E74 Errors have risen in a brief four months. Note that their survey is based on their readers and possibly don’t encompass all the Xbox 360 owners that are affected by it or unaffected by it. For those who may not know Error E74, this is a statement of the error from Microsoft:

"E74 is a general hardware error on Xbox 360 indicated by a single red flashing light in the Xbox Ring of Light and an error message visible on the television. This error is unrelated to the three flashing red lights error and there is not a single root cause. We encourage anyone who receives this error to contact Xbox Customer support through www.xbox.com/support or 1-800-4-MY-XBOX. The majority of customers who own Xbox 360 consoles continue to have a terrific experience from their first day, and continue to, day in and day out."

You can read more of this though Joystiq’s article:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/19/joystiq-survey-xbox-360-e74-errors-on-the-rise-since-nxe/