XBOX 360 Repair Service

XBOX 360 Light Codes

The XBOX 360 Video Game Console has "Ring Of Light", a circle of 4 bi-color LEDs, with a green LED in the centre. This is used to indicate what state the console is in, and allows the user to diagnose faults with the console. Each of the LED 'quadrants' has a number: 1 is upper left, 2 is upper right, 3 is lower left and 4 is lower right. The position of the numbered quadrants stay the same whether the console is placed horizontally or vertically.

Powered On
The power LED is illuminated green when the console is switched on the operating normally. The number of quadrants lit indicated how many controllers are connected.

Hardware Failure
1 Rings (Lower Right Corner)
When a failure of hardware component occurs, Q4 will flash red. Usually, a two digit error code is displayed on the connected display (such as E74)

Overheating
2 Rings (Upper Left & Upper Right)
When the temperature of the console reaches an unusually high level, the console will shut off the CPU & GPU, run the fans at full speed and flash Q1 & Q3 on the ring of light, until the console has cooled sufficiently.

General Hardware Failure
3 Rings (Upper Left, Upper Right, & Lower Right)
When a failure of the one or more hardware components occurs, Q1, Q3, & Q4 will flash red. This is similar to the one red light error, but there is no error code displayed on the connected display.

AV Cable Error
4 Rings (All Lights lit red)
When the AV cable is not detected, due to it not being plugged in or due to a more serious problem, all quadrants of the ring of light will flash red. This error code is not displayed on consoles with a HDMI output connection.