Hey, I'm new here but im hoping you'll help me anyways. Whenever i try to start the xbox w/ or w/o a game it comes up with a message saying that it needs to be serviced in about 8 different languages. Any and all help would be appreciated!!! Matt
any number upDescription: When you attempt to boot, a 'you need service' message comes up, and has a LED style number on thetop left hand corner. Here is what they mean. Disclaimer: This information is a believed to be correct, should be as close as it gets; Also: Bootloader stuff you should never see, since if it fails kernel doesn't boot. (thus you see no message) Code Who sets it - Description 0 - any - No error (duh) 1 - bootldr - Unknown exactly, something to do with checking the motherboard 2 - bootldr - Eeprom check failed 3 - bootldr - ??/not used 4 - bootldr - Ram check failed 5 - kernel - HDD not locked (retail bioses require the hd to be locked) 6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD 7 - kernel - HDD timeout 8 - kernel - No HDD found 9 - kernel - HDD parameters (PIO/DMA/or size {debug}, certain size minimum is required for debug) 10 - kernel - DVD timeout 11 - kernel - No DVD Founnd 12 - kernel - DVD parameters (PIO/DMA) 13 - kernel - Dashboard launch fail (due to missing/bad key, or anything else that would prevent it from running) and the dashboard didn't specify why it failed. 14 - dashboard - Error loading dashboard (dashboard generic error) 15 - - ??/not used there with it ?