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

[Millerboy3]

New Secondary Error code.

0024

(not yet known)

or... At this moment my xbox is taken apart. no screws in the x-clamps or in the front led piece. I just wanted to share if anyone else has/will get this

thats 0020 there is no 4 in error codes.

[d-2-d]

New Secondary Error code.

0024

(not yet known)

or... At this moment my xbox is taken apart. no screws in the x-clamps or in the front led piece. I just wanted to share if anyone else has/will get this.

Edit:

I wasn't thinking, it was 0023.

I forgot 4 flashing= 3, not a 4 lol.

Four flashing Lights = 0

[EraserHR]

Well i have not had that code yet, but I would do the basics.

Check missing/broken componets, reflow gpu, cpu, ana, and ram chips.

If all else fails part it out.

Nothing is missing or broken.
And I reflowed it all about a month ago.

Part it out? What does that mean?

[EraserHR]

Sorry for double posting, but I cannot edit the upper post anymore, and I wanna fix my Xbox ASAP.

I think I should heat gun the bottom side of the motherboard, as I haven't done that when I did the heat gun trick.

So here's a few questions about that:

1. When heating the bottom side, should I isolate anything?

2. For how long do I heat it on the low temp. and for how long at max temperature?

3. Should I heat gun the front side again (as I did that less than a month ago)?

[Hardcore Gamer]

Great thread. I've just fixed my xbox which had a 0102 then a 020 error. I got it for free because it was rrod and I've never even had an xbox before, that's how noobie I was so a great guide.

Anyway, it was 3 red lights and before I found this thread I tried the towel trick. It worked, for about 2 minutes then the picture froze with white patterns on the screen. So after googling I found this thread and found out how to find the error code which told me it was an 0102.

I removed the fan, turned it on until the 3 red lights turned into 2 red lights which means it's overheating. Let it cool down again and it did the same as the towel trick, a few minutes working then the white patterned freeze screen. Turned it off and back on again to get the rrod again.

Then I found out that if I pressed down on the GPU heatsink it would turn on but freeze after a few seconds. It would then stay rrod until I pressed down on the GPU heatsink again. If I left it to cool then pressed down on the heatsink, I would get a few minutes before the freeze happened.

So now I'm thinking that the GPU is overheating because the heatsink isn't fitted properly. I removed the x-clamp keeping the heatsink on and found the silver thermal stuff was just a square bit of nothing really. A big hole in the middle of it, I could touch the heatsink, there was hardly any thermal stuff there.

So I cleaned it up and the gpu chip. Applied new thermal paste and put it back. I used 4 nuts I had lying about instead of the xclamp+studs and screwed the nuts in finger tight. When I turned the xbox on it was rrod but this time it was a 020 error. Heated it up again until it had 2 red lights, let it cool off, but still had the 020 error so that didn't work.

I then loosened the nuts on the heatsink and turned it on. It instantly went 2 red lights for overheating so I turned it off. I then finger tightened the nuts again then gave them a little turn loose so they weren't so tight and turned it back on.

It worked! Green lights! I've had it running 4 hours now. The most I'd seen this xbox do was 3 minutes before screen freezes but I've this CoD WaW game running hours now.

So if you're getting the 020 error, your heatsink might be on to tight. Try loosening the nuts off so they're just less than fingertight.

This xbox is an old one, it has August 2005 wrote on the inside. Foxconn.

A quick follow up to this posted back in January, two months later and it red ringed last night with another 0102 error. I tried to load up Sega Rally and the screen froze before the race started then it red ringed after I reset the 360. I've been bouncing it around taking it upstairs and downstairs etc and with the heatsink only being screwed on finger tight it loosened it a bit I reckon.

Anyway, I took it to bits, loosened the screws on the heatsink. This gave me the instant two red lights overheat error, then I tightened them up again. It was still RROD'ing so I did it again, loosened them off to get the overheat again and tightened them up but not as much and it's back up and running. You don't have to use a spanner, the nuts are just tight enough to get a grip, not tight at all, I could remove them now with my fingers, if I tighten them up further it will just RROD. I also have a bit of cardboard slotted underneath the motherboard, just a little square piece sitting underneath the gpu and heatsink. For some reason it won't work unless I put that there, it lifts the motherboard up slightly and it seems to like it.

So if you're getting the RROD and you want to mess about with the screws on the heatsink I find it's best to let it three ring, loosen the nuts so that it will instantly two red light then turn itself off then tighten them again. In my case, if it's 3 red lighting then they are too tight, if it's two red lighting then they are too loose. I just keep doing it until it turns on, seems to work. And I found this xbox in a skip, thrown out, so it's not had a lot of love.

[jackdonogy]

A quick follow up to this posted back in January, two months later and it red ringed last night with another 0102 error. I tried to load up Sega Rally and the screen froze before the race started then it red ringed after I reset the 360. I've been bouncing it around taking it upstairs and downstairs etc and with the heatsink only being screwed on finger tight it loosened it a bit I reckon.

Anyway, I took it to bits, loosened the screws on the heatsink. This gave me the instant two red lights overheat error, then I tightened them up again. It was still RROD'ing so I did it again, loosened them off to get the overheat again and tightened them up but not as much and it's back up and running. You don't have to use a spanner, the nuts are just tight enough to get a grip, not tight at all, I could remove them now with my fingers, if I tighten them up further it will just RROD. I also have a bit of cardboard slotted underneath the motherboard, just a little square piece sitting underneath the gpu and heatsink. For some reason it won't work unless I put that there, it lifts the motherboard up slightly and it seems to like it.

So if you're getting the RROD and you want to mess about with the screws on the heatsink I find it's best to let it three ring, loosen the nuts so that it will instantly two red light then turn itself off then tighten them again. In my case, if it's 3 red lighting then they are too tight, if it's two red lighting then they are too loose. I just keep doing it until it turns on, seems to work. And I found this xbox in a skip, thrown out, so it's not had a lot of love.

Hi guys,

I got the RROD about a month ago. Checked the error codes and it was the common 0102. I replaced the x-clamp for the GPU only, replaced the paste with a new one for both. (Not Arctic sync, not avail where I live). After this, I tried starting the unit and still get the RROD. So I tried the Hot Air gun trick, still get the RROD then the 2 red lights. I took 'Hardcore Gamer's' advice and loosened the screws, it goes straight to 2 red lights (over heat) and when its tightened, RROD happens. I also placed a piece of cardboard under the motherboard and the case right below the replaced x-clamp, still no luck. I just cant seem to get the right tightness for the unit to work. Any Ideas?

[dreddy71]

well, my 360 hasdied yet again. and it got stubborn this time. used to only get 0102's and twice i just got no video at all. heatgun/ xclamp play hass fixed it before... about 7 to 8 times. then its decided to give me 0022, which as i attempted to get it running, because i kinda stoped caring for its safety i got 0002 a couple of times. i found that replacing 2 mofsets could fix it, so i tried, but i blew one of the capacitors near them. luckilly, i got the spare parts from a second 360 with a dammaged trace... well destroyed trace now... anyways, when i replaced the cap, i put it in backwards and got 0031, which is unknown. so i thinks thats deffinatly a capactor issue, as flipping it around im back to 0022. just some more news.

[XClampman360]

HI people i was just thinkings is anyone ever going to make a full updated list of the Error codes as and when new Codes are worked out?

As alot of the codes still have no meanning maybe with could start a new topic just to find what well all think the error codes are and then have all our input then make a list?
just a idear?

[Gir489]

I got a 0101 box. Anyone know what that means?

[d-2-d]

1013 - Unknown

I had this error code when trying to flash a tsh943 ms28 drive. I looked down and it had one red light flashing. I turned the xbox off after checking the secondary code as I did not have in connected to a t.v. but had the av cables in the 360.

Connected the dvd drive and turned it on, booted fine no red lights.

Thought this might be useful some day...

[gqthedog]

alright new here but came across some thing interesting and thought i would share. a friend asked me to do an xclamp on his elite. wanted to make sure it would help so i checked for the error code and got 0020. thought maybe i had the wrong power cord and to play it safe tried my 175w brick( he swore it was the 200w) plugged the 175 in and it went green light, booted and said something about a security update was needed...thought yeah what ever and updated it. on the reboot went red light again, didn't check the code this time just booted holding the sync button and there it was green light after i cleared the update. this elite had not worked in a month, has been running a couple of hours now.not sure but was thinking 0020 could have some thing to do with the power supply? thoughts would be helpful?

[cmd19872002]

I got some info on the 0023 error.

Anyway, start from the beginning, I bought 10 xbox 360s on ebay, and this one was the only one flashing 1 light with error code E74. So it is an issue with the GPU/(H)ana chips having a cold solder joint. I used a heat gun to reflow the solder (with a small peice of solder to test when the surface is melting it and going for antoher 30 secs or so). I let it cool down for around 45 mins. Powered it on, worked fine. I figured it was fixed, but I did notice the fans was not spinning. So I worked on the other systems and came back to it in the morning to find a nice 5-9v power point on the motherboard that turns off with the system (ex USB power). But when I turned it on, instant 2 red lights, secondary code 0023.

I don't know 100% for sure, but I think it is also related to the E74 error with the GPU/(H)ana chips. Probley cold solder joints under one of them. I'm going to heat gun it again and see what happens.

Oh also, anothing thing, the CPU/GPU are getting no power as soon as the system detects the error, and the power supply turns back to standby even with the 2 red lights flashing.

This post has been edited by cmd19872002: Mar 14 2009, 10:08 PM

[cmd19872002]

Update!

Reflowed the GPU and the Hana chips and it works once again. I think since this system has had so many problems, I'm going to make the fans run at 12v since they are still not spinning (voltage is only 1.3v).

I hope it keeps working, that kind of confirms that error 0023 is related to the GPU/Hana chips, atleast for in my case.

~Cmd19872002

Oh another thing, the system came to me with the X-Clip fix already done (9 of 10 systems are like that). So I hope this will end up being a perm fix (atleast 6+ months) so someone can get some good use out of it .

This post has been edited by cmd19872002: Mar 14 2009, 10:46 PM

[cmd19872002]

This system is messing up again. Now it is 3 red lights with error code 0001. Sounds like the GPU is now shorted out. what fun >,<. Time to heat gun for a 3rd time. I will update with more news later.

[XClampman360]

Solder melts above 300 degrees C, and if that happened the GPU would be pulled flat to the mother board with a big puddle of solder under it shorting everything out.

so you need to be careful thats were your error code is? heat gunning is only for one time only, after that success rate is very limited..