So I have recently gotten the internet set up at my new house and, being excited by this, have poured some time back into Xbox Live. Having just picked up CoD4 (I had previously finished the single player but never had a chance to get into the multiplayer) I have been pouring a few hours into playing it. A couple of months ago, my 360 had an E74 error about halfway into our two week school holidays (As a teacher, I get these holidays too!) which was pretty tragic. The new 2 week holidays started yesterday so I have been looking forward to some solid gaming time.

About an hour and a half into my CoD4 gaming session my Xbox turned itself off and, surprise surprise, 3 flashing red rings.

My heart sank

I was crushed

Fortunately (touch wood), I was able to turn off my 360 and turn it back on and everything was fine. My hope and theory is that I had a minor power surge and the red rings were related to that as opposed to imminent hardware failure.

Ever had a situation where you thought something has broken but it hasn't? (Can be anything)