Solid red light on console

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Xbox 360 S

The slim edition of the classic Xbox 360 with a 250GB HDD and built-in Wi-Fi. Repair requires intricate prying and special tools.

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Nakita Brandford @nikki24

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Solid red light on console

Yesterday when we turn it on, it would turn off until a bit warm but today when we turned the Xbox on it is a solid red light. We removed the hard drive and inserted a memory card but that doesn't work, we took the Xbox apart and did a full clean and it still doing the same, removed the cables and put everything back but that is also not working. I have been living on google the whole day. Anyone got some advice that I have not tried yet?

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i have this to but it always is warm and works perfectly and i was going to play with my brother and the xbox it was red so i restarted it and nothing happened it was the same thing RED I DID THE SAME THING NOTHING JUST RED

pls help me with this

2 giorni fa7 dic 2025 da LIAM AYERS

Today I was going to play with my brother on the Xbox 360 and it was red so I restarted it and it was red just red please help me with this I did the same thing as the top comment

2 giorni fa7 dic 2025 da LIAM AYERS

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Ben Heinisch @armorben

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We know you get a red light on the console itself, what color is the light on the power brick? If it is red it is likely defective. If the power brick checks out okay, see if you can get a secondary error code out of the console. You should be able to do this by holding the controller sync button and then hitting the eject button. You can do this 4 times to get 4 numbers. One light illuminated is a 1, two lights is 2, 3 lights is 3, and 4 lights is 0.

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Hi Ben, I never knew the model 1439 gave error codes but the brick is yellow and when I tried the sync button with eject button, the control had 4 green lights flash and still red on the console but I don't know if I did it right ?‍♀️?‍♀️

9 ago 2021 da Nakita Brandford

@nikki24 Keep hitting that eject and sync combo until it goes back to just the red light. Should be 4 presses to get to the last light combination and the 5th should return to just the red dot. Each press will reveal a light combination. Let me know how many lights are illuminated after each press, should be between 1 and 4 each time.

10 ago 2021 da Ben Heinisch

0003 is what I got. I have zero clue what it means!

11 ago 2021 da Nakita Brandford

@armorben please tell me it is something small that can be easily repaired and won't cost more than buying a ps4 or a new Xbox!

11 ago 2021 da Nakita Brandford

@nikki24 Unfortunately that error is not good. 0003 (also known as E03) indicates that the APU in the console is not receiving power. It could be a bad mosfet or a cold solder joint under the APU, this was more common on the original models but still happened on the earlier S model consoles. Either way replacing it would likely be cheaper than fixing it. Sorry to give you the bad news.

11 ago 2021 da Ben Heinisch

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i have this to but it always is warm and works perfectly and i was going to play with my brother and the xbox it was red so i restarted it and nothing happened it was the same thing RED I DID THE SAME THING NOTHING JUST RED

pls help me with this — LIAM AYERS
Today I was going to play with my brother on the Xbox 360 and it was red so I restarted it and it was red just red please help me with this I did the same thing as the top comment — LIAM AYERS
Hi Ben, I never knew the model 1439 gave error codes but the brick is yellow and when I tried the sync button with eject button, the control had 4 green lights flash and still red on the console but I don't know if I did it right ?‍♀️?‍♀️ — Nakita Brandford
@nikki24 Keep hitting that eject and sync combo until it goes back to just the red light. Should be 4 presses to get to the last light combination and the 5th should return to just the red dot. Each press will reveal a light combination. Let me know how many lights are illuminated after each press, should be between 1 and 4 each time. — Ben Heinisch
@armorben please tell me it is something small that can be easily repaired and won't cost more than buying a ps4 or a new Xbox! — Nakita Brandford
@nikki24 Unfortunately that error is not good. 0003 (also known as E03) indicates that the APU in the console is not receiving power. It could be a bad mosfet or a cold solder joint under the APU, this was more common on the original models but still happened on the earlier S model consoles. Either way replacing it would likely be cheaper than fixing it. Sorry to give you the bad news. — Ben Heinisch