FAQ: Xbox 360 Error Codes Explained, If you have an error code, read this! Options

[Wilhelm_I]

hi guys...
i have the 0021error..
I already disconnected the drive and i still having the same error...
So do you think that da X-clamp metod, will fix my 360 ?
Anyone are in the same sittuacion???? i already replaced the thermal paste, and didnt work...
Sorry my english....

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=538430

[uberwoot]

Blinking middle green power LED. DVD drives power cable is lose.

[ausmods]

The 0020 is caused by the same kind of thing as the 0102 error... its a dodgy pin to the GPU

[kellerversa]

now im getting three different error codes (0101, 0102 and 1033) anyone want to explain what could be wrong that gives me both

This post has been edited by kellerversa: Mar 24 2008, 10:57 AM

[billy091]

somebody help me , i used to get RLOD but then got it fixed with X-CLAMP replacement.BUT unfortunately i updated my console through live this morning and getting 0020 error code,meant status unknown or overheating.BUT keep in mind i got this error after latest update.somebody help me plz????

[baltazor]

Today, I tried to boot up my system, and encountered the following problem:

1) the central symbol on the power button lights up (normal yellowish green color)
2) the 4 surrounding rings that used to always swirl around no long do so
3) No image nor sound is present. I've tripled checked and confirmed that the av cables are properly plugged in
4) The disc drive is still ejectable (putting a disc in has no effect)
5) Pressing the tiny white button used to interface with the wirless controller is a fruitless affair

Can anyone hear diagnose my problem or perhaps offer some potential solutions?
Thanks in advance

Appearantly we are the only 2 persons who have dealed whit this issue reading through all 46 pâges here
for the rest its code this or code that i read!!

I on the other hand have always managed to get it to boot succesfully the second time when i turned on my box again. That has been the case from DAY 1 when i bhought the dreaded box and still is as of today, proximate 1 year and more old by now!!

It started whit the on and off x2 yoyo annoyance from the verry beginning when i bhougt that system wich leads me to believe that m$ sends refurbished boxes to local stores wich they sell as new units

Then a few months ago i started to have E74 errors frequently and ive ignored it, since it woud boot/ startup every time in a second attempt no problems. Untill an few weeks ago i got the 3 Rings of Destruction, so i wos llike FUCK M$ and either apply the x-clamp fix myself or kick the box from 10 high downwards rather then to re-send it to m$ after all the sshit ive put up whit.

So, few weeks ago i appearantly succeeded to fix the 3 RROD permanently as my box still does it thing.
But iam still unable to solve that startup annoyance like i have had from the verry beginning when it was new and innocent

SO? WOTS THE DEAL WHIT THAT !! No , sounds, no video, no red rings, no GREEN rings for that matter, just the green light in the middle (me thinks power led) !!! I checked my psu, and it led GREEN alright!!?
I know wot most of u think VIDEO CABLE , well gues wot i borrowed an cable from a friend wich never have had E74 errors or other related issues that might be the cause of A "bad" video cable. And that startup problem still ocured !!!!!!

So, i think i speak for farcue and myself when i say thats one nasty MISTERY on our hands!!


baltazor,

[veekay]

Same thing happened to me the other day. Console had been running fine the previous night for hours. It has done this a few times lately, but always came back after a few reboots, but now nothing.

Of course as soon as I post that and try again it starts up. Getting so tired of taking this thing apart. Had I not paid a small fortune for this when they first came out I would long have moved on.

Appearantly we are the only 2 persons who have dealed whit this issue reading through all 46 pâges here
for the rest its code this or code that i read!!

I on the other hand have always managed to get it to boot succesfully the second time when i turned on my box again. That has been the case from DAY 1 when i bhought the dreaded box and still is as of today, proximate 1 year and more old by now!!

It started whit the on and off x2 yoyo annoyance from the verry beginning when i bhougt that system wich leads me to believe that m$ sends refurbished boxes to local stores wich they sell as new units

Then a few months ago i started to have E74 errors frequently and ive ignored it, since it woud boot/ startup every time in a second attempt no problems. Untill an few weeks ago i got the 3 Rings of Destruction, so i wos llike FUCK M$ and either apply the x-clamp fix myself or kick the box from 10 high downwards rather then to re-send it to m$ after all the sshit ive put up whit.

So, few weeks ago i appearantly succeeded to fix the 3 RROD permanently as my box still does it thing.
But iam still unable to solve that startup annoyance like i have had from the verry beginning when it was new and innocent

SO? WOTS THE DEAL WHIT THAT !! No , sounds, no video, no red rings, no GREEN rings for that matter, just the green light in the middle (me thinks power led) !!! I checked my psu, and it led GREEN alright!!?
I know wot most of u think VIDEO CABLE , well gues wot i borrowed an cable from a friend wich never have had E74 errors or other related issues that might be the cause of A "bad" video cable. And that startup problem still ocured !!!!!!

So, i think i speak for farcue and myself when i say thats one nasty MISTERY on our hands!!
baltazor,

This post has been edited by veekay: Mar 27 2008, 07:10 PM

[baltazor]

Getting so tired of taking this thing apart. Had I not paid a small fortune for this when they first came out I would long have moved on.

Its indeed quite some ordeal whit those m$-boxes
And the same here, i paid TO^O much for such an flaky systeem and therefor rather throw that piece of crapp of an building 20 floors high then to return it to m$. Who are verry happy to fix it for an small fee *cough$*

This is my first xbox (never have had xbox1) AND it will be my ONLY xbox system.
And i think i speak for allot poeple when i say that. That dissapointed am i.

Always have had nintendo, sega, then PSone and so one... Never ever have had issues whit it NEVER EVER!!

So in that matter PS ruled and still RULES , statistics will proof me right intime . I bet my whole fortune on that.

Baltazor,

[IBYCFOTA]

I had something interesting happen tonight. I was playing R6V2 and all of a sudden my power goes out for a split second and comes back on. Then my 360 starts giving me the 3 rings of death. I turn it off for a moment and turn it back on and it appears to be fine. Am I entitled to a free repair now? My 360 has been very unreliable as of late with freezing and disc read errors, but until now no RROD issues. My 360 really does need to be repaired, but it's out of warranty unless of course I get the RROD. So what do you guys think?

[Rakunko]

heyas everyone i just joined but i have a very interesting fix story that might help others in my position
i had a 3rrod error that was translated into the 0102 error
!) i did the "penny mod"
solved my 3rrod issue yet created a 2 RROD that was error 0021
2)after running my console on with out the fan (the more advance towel glitch)
it didnt work also
3)i did the heat gun (i used a very high end blow dryer a Conair 1975 with a 1875 W power others have had success with a 1500W)
4) i got a new error code 0011 like wtf man cmon?! *thank god i was on spring break to dedicate this much time*
5)i tried other cooling mods since 0011 is a over heating error
6)i re-installed the dreaded xclamps on the cpu and un screwed all the silver screws and only have four gpu heat sink screws holding it all together.
summary:
0011 can be fixed with a blowdryer and ONLY screwing in the gpu screws

downside:
youll need to add in the xclamp mod to the gpu and add in arctic silver 5 for it to run at 100%
*itll hicup every few minutes and your fan will be very loud (your fan trying to cool down the gpu*

note: if anyone needs a full directions on the 0011 fix pm me ^^

This post has been edited by Rakunko: Mar 29 2008, 02:46 AM

[sowa99]

Today, I tried to boot up my system, and encountered the following problem:

1) the central symbol on the power button lights up (normal yellowish green color)
2) the 4 surrounding rings that used to always swirl around no long do so
3) No image nor sound is present. I've tripled checked and confirmed that the av cables are properly plugged in
4) The disc drive is still ejectable (putting a disc in has no effect)
5) Pressing the tiny white button used to interface with the wirless controller is a fruitless affair sad.gif

Can anyone hear diagnose my problem or perhaps offer some potential solutions?
Thanks in advance

Well.. I had exactly that same problem but after fun with infectus.. In theory if flash is broken there should be 3rrod but...

So I think it COULD be problem with system files/kernel sections.. But as I said.. it could be..

[muncale]

Ok guys, so here is my weird problem...I flashed my Hitachi 79fl (bought on christmas this year, so it should be a falcon) two months ago, and since then i was playing burned games absolutely normal...Until when I played Fifa Street...While i was playing, the game froze and when i restarted the xbox E64 appeared with
(/)(\)
(\) / - this 4th one blinking...I checked the code and it was 1001...
After that i tried to start it more 5-6 times but with no luck...I left the console and after around 2 hours I started it again and it didn`t show the error... Later night i decide to try again this time with Fifa 2008...The match started normally but while one of the goal replays it froze again...And since then (last night) it has been showing this E 64 Error...Although my dvd its even making noise/rowing when I turn on the Xbox, like its not there...
So any ideas about that ?!

Oh and i am not sure but just to ask...Should there be any epoxy or something over the second largest chip (with the metal rectangle in the middle) ?

And sry for my bad english...

This post has been edited by muncale: Apr 1 2008, 10:48 AM

[sowa99]

Did you remove passeky?

Try put it manualy into modeb and recover it into original state.. This will tell us this is problem with firmware or hardware..

Oh and i am not sure but just to ask...Should there be any epoxy or something over the second largest chip (with the metal rectangle in the middle) ?

No, epoxy is only over TSOP and part of this center processor

[skippie1969]

Hello,

I'm new here and just got a 360 off of ebay thinking I could fix it, I did the x clamp mod, and the over heating mod, after putting it back together I still got the 3 rings, I got code 0020, after messing with it for 2 days I found if I loosen the screws on the GPU I get code 0021, tighten them I get 0020.... any idea;s?

Skippie

After posting this I thought I'd try and find the sweet spot between the codes..(play with the screws to hopfully get it to boot) when I got close to where it should be I get code 0022

Now I'm really confused....

This post has been edited by skippie1969: Apr 3 2008, 04:14 AM

[The Duke 85]

i have the error code 0021, but without the DVD drive its 0020

why is that? anybody get that before?