XBOX Error Codes Explained- Go Here First!

Hi There,

My XBOX have the 'Christmas Lights' symptom and I haven't found any ways of checking which part of the XBOX that is causing the malfunction.
I got the XBOX from a friend, so it has never been work for me, but I thought I would try to repair it. I got no sceens on the TV, so I can't see any error codes. But it seems a bit strange to me that the XBOX turn on and off 3 times before it actually starts, is this normal ?? but right after the 3 starts/stops the LED(light) in the front starts blinking GREEN/RED and keeps doing this forever.

Do any of you guys know what I'm going to do. I'm an electronic engineer, so I got some know-how for measuring if it's needed.

I got the eeprom.bin file and I've backed up my HDD.

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks...

 

Sorry... made a mistake... this post should been posted in another thread... sorry... did someone call me a noob, well that what I am.

 

For the aladdin chip i dont sry man

 

Thanks anyway for posting in here..

There might be someone who have some knowledge concerning this issue.

I'll still be working on finding the problem with box, it can't be that difficult... but thanks again for taking you time to answer my questions.

 

Cearel,

The XBOX turns on and off 3 times before it actually starts, is this normal ?? ( I mean for a normal unmodded xbox )

 

no it shouldnt sounds like the bios is messed up does it work after it reboots

 

nope, not at all, it only swithes on and off 3 times and then FRAGs.
(blinking RED and GREEN)

After alot readings about this issue, my personal conclusion is also that the BIOS is messed up. So next step is to reflash the
BIOS, the hard way, but do you know where I can find a BIOS file ??

What about the eeprom ?? it isn't nesserary to change this is it ??

 

no you dont need to change the eeprom. im not sure on a derect link i would google and see what you find

 

ok, will do so

Will let you know, if it works.

thanks alot for your help.

 

np man yea let me know

 

I've read at another site (And in the middle of testing the information's worth) that if you get an error 16 it can still be fixed, by unplugging the DVD-Rom, forcing the Xbox to boot up to error 11. The site claims that at error 11 (And I'd assume errors 10 and 12 would count as well) defaults back to unlocking your harddrive, making the hotswap method permissible for anyone with the dreaded clock issue.

Can anyone here say whether this information is correct, or just another false ray of hope? And in the event that it is the 'golden secret' to fixing error 16, is there anyway to update the original post?

 

hi there i have a friend's xbox it's been softmodded and now when you turn the power on it's trying to connect to xbox live for updates no matter what buttons are pressed or disc i put in the drive it won't boot??

can anyony give me some help please???????

 

well I didn't win the lottery but I did get the red/orange flashing light on my xbox. I took the board out and I can see where a small trace was removed from the board. The only question I have about this is what type of wiring should I use and if there is any particular method to fixing this trace issue. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

I have an xbox it is kind of old. It has not been moded or altered in any way. I get the christmas lights...it says error 13 and 21 on the screen. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how to fix it or at least save my hard drive data. I have an old extra hard drive laying around if i need it. I dont have a big budget but any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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I have evo x on my xbox well it has a chip and well i wana run linux on my xbox but it wont let me go to my ms dash and gives me a error 21 code how do i fix this?

 

error 21 can also mean that if you have a modded xbox that you booted ur box of a game then clicked xbox live that restarts the xbox giving you error 21 all you have to do is reboot

 

oh ok well how would i do that

 

do what? mod ur box?

 

how do you reboot it cause i got evo x with a modchip would i lose all my data doin that?