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1flashing red light

I turned my xbox 360 on and and 1 red light started flashing and then a system error page came up

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  • Anonymous Aug 04, 2008

    one red light systems error

  • Anonymous Aug 05, 2008

    The screen either turns into a pixled mess or it has one red ring and then an error report flashes up i have no idea what is wrong and if it is serious or not.

  • Anonymous Aug 05, 2008

    got this too

  • Anonymous Aug 05, 2008

    1 red light bottom right corner

  • Anonymous Aug 06, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 06, 2008

    1 red light is showing on the 4 line on the 360 and it goes system error but when i take it out it works fine





  • Anonymous Aug 07, 2008

    1 red lights

  • Anonymous Aug 07, 2008

    1 red lights

  • LYNETTLYNETT Aug 08, 2008

    I WAS PLAY GTA 4 ON XBOX 360 AND IT FROZED I TURNED IT OFF I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS 1 FLASHING RED LIGHT.

  • Anonymous Aug 10, 2008

    3 lights sometimes 1 is flashing

  • Anonymous Aug 10, 2008

    1 red light :(

  • Anonymous Aug 12, 2008

    1 light for me too!

  • Anonymous Aug 12, 2008

    1 red light sometimes 2

  • Anonymous Aug 12, 2008

    3 red light started with 1 though, bottom right

  • Anonymous Aug 13, 2008

    1 light flashing

  • Anonymous Aug 14, 2008

    bottom right 1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 15, 2008

    1 red lights for me!

  • Anonymous Aug 15, 2008

    1 light

  • Anonymous Aug 15, 2008

    turn on myu Xbox and i light red flashing and it sais E-74 i dont know what that means

  • Anonymous Aug 16, 2008

    E74

  • Anonymous Aug 16, 2008

    1 red for me

  • Anonymous Aug 18, 2008

    1 light

  • Anonymous Aug 18, 2008

    1 red light

  • geowatty Aug 18, 2008

    on power up of xbox360 1red light flashing, followed by error message instructing user to contact support centre. tried cycling the power, removed and refitted hard drive with power off. fault remained.

  • tyur Aug 19, 2008

    i turned on my 360 and i waited because i thought the controler had to sync but the n the red light popped up in the 3rd section around the power button

  • Anonymous Aug 19, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Aug 21, 2008

    1 light

  • Anonymous Aug 21, 2008

    1 light flashes

  • Anonymous Aug 21, 2008

    1 light

  • Anonymous Aug 22, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Aug 23, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 24, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Aug 24, 2008

    1 red lights

  • Anonymous Aug 24, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Aug 25, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 26, 2008

    3 red sometimes 1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 26, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 26, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 26, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Aug 27, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 27, 2008

    got this too!

  • Anonymous Aug 28, 2008

    1 light

  • Anonymous Aug 28, 2008

    1 light

  • solomononeal Aug 28, 2008

    yes I have one flashing light, and when I took out the hard drive still my console un-readable disc to all my games I got, But still when I put back on the hard drive there's an error code, and if the hard drive is taken out still can see the stard menu but still won't play any games or even my remote won't work,,it's scary because when I put inside a game there's a funny noise. so please help me out,,cause I just boughted last november2007

  • Anonymous Aug 28, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 29, 2008

    1 red light sometimes 2

  • Anonymous Aug 29, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 30, 2008

    me too 1 red

  • Anonymous Aug 30, 2008

    1 bottom right red light

  • Anonymous Aug 30, 2008

    1 red light

  • adrian60 Aug 31, 2008

    fl;ashing lights error E74

  • Anonymous Aug 31, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Aug 31, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Sep 01, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 01, 2008

    i turned off my x box 360 and it instantly went to the system error page and had 1 flashing red light and no longer works.

  • Anonymous Sep 01, 2008

    1 red light for me too!

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light error

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    me too

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    got this! Damn

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light as well

  • Anonymous Sep 02, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 03, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 03, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 04, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 05, 2008

    1 red light

  • essexblokemi Sep 05, 2008

    I have 1 red flashing light and system error e74 message

  • nickshort06 Sep 05, 2008

    1 flashing red light and system error E 74 message

  • Anonymous Sep 05, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 06, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Sep 06, 2008

    1 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 06, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 06, 2008

    2 red lights for me!

  • Anonymous Sep 07, 2008

    there is a flashing red light blinking.

  • Anonymous Sep 07, 2008

    one red light when turned on!

  • Anonymous Sep 08, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 08, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 10, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 13, 2008

    got this too!

  • Anonymous Sep 13, 2008

    1 red light flashing

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    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 14, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 14, 2008

    1 red light

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    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 14, 2008

    1 red light

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    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 15, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 15, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    3 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    3 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    freezing up on me

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 16, 2008

    2 red lights flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 17, 2008

    1 red light on

  • Anonymous Sep 17, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 18, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 18, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 19, 2008

    2 red lights for me

  • Anonymous Sep 20, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 20, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 20, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Sep 20, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 20, 2008

    2 red lights on

  • Anonymous Sep 20, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 21, 2008

    1 light sometimes it comes up with 3!

  • Anonymous Sep 21, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 21, 2008

    1 red light

  • COBRA F17 Sep 21, 2008

    On the bottom right corner is one flashing red light, what do I do?

  • Anonymous Sep 21, 2008

    1 red light flasihng on the power display!

  • Anonymous Sep 22, 2008

    1 red light error

  • Anonymous Sep 22, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 22, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 23, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 23, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 23, 2008

    3 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 23, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 24, 2008

    2 red llights on mine!

  • Anonymous Sep 24, 2008

    1 red light

  • jra191994 Sep 24, 2008

    i got 1 red light and i did the towel trick and everything is red

  • Anonymous Sep 25, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 25, 2008

    2 red lights on

  • Anonymous Sep 25, 2008

    1 red

  • Anonymous Sep 26, 2008

    1 red flashing light

  • Anonymous Sep 26, 2008

    1 red light problem

  • Anonymous Sep 26, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 27, 2008

    2 red lights on

  • Anonymous Sep 27, 2008

    1 light

  • Anonymous Sep 27, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Sep 28, 2008

    2 red lights sometimes 1

  • Anonymous Sep 28, 2008

    1 red light

  • hilly_001 Sep 28, 2008

    the smae is happining with mine . but when i take the av cable out it stops so i bought a new one and still same problem

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    1 red light

  • invadermark Sep 29, 2008

    My Son's 360 has the same problem. What can be done to fix the one red light problem?

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    Damn Microsoft not standing behind their product. One red flashing light (E 74) is not covered under the 3 year "RROD" warranty. Will cost you $99 for them to fix at least, if you are out of your 1 yr warranty that is.

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    1 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    2 red light on mine!

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    1 red light on mine!

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    1 flashing red light

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    1 red light on

  • Anonymous Sep 29, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2008

    3 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2008

    1 red light and freezing

  • marisolecker Sep 30, 2008

    problem with 1 flashing ring of death

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2008

    1 red light flashing

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2008

    2 red lights on!

  • Anonymous Sep 30, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    red light

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    2 red lights

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    1 red light on power button

  • Anonymous Oct 01, 2008

    1 red light

  • Anonymous Oct 02, 2008

    2 red lights

  • dangyankee Oct 26, 2008

    sitting horizontally its the bottom right

  • Anonymous Nov 02, 2008

    1 red light e 73

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One red light is also the E71 error as well.

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    1 red light is also the E71 error.

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1 red light can mean a number of things, normally a scaler chip error

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I turned my xbox 360 on and and 1 red light started flashing and then a system error page came up

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Normally this is E74 send it in!

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1 red light is the lead up to the 3 red lights and you will probably see them soon!

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Dose the screen some times turn into a pixled mess?

  • Anonymous Sep 13, 2008

    Sorry to say this but its gotta be shipped in to get repaired or replaced.  But between you and me they will charge you $200 for the repair, unless of course, you say you got 3 rings perhaps "wink" "wink"  it will work me and my cousin and my two neighbors did this and we got it for free. :-)

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Well when I turn on my xbox 360 the third part flashes red.

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906101 Xbox 360: The power supply light is red 906102 Xbox 360: The power supply light is orange 906103 Xbox 360: The power supply light is not illuminated 

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Note: The online console repair service is currently not available in all countries or regions. 

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