Xbox 360 Error Codes

By TGR EIC, on November 10th, 2007

Parental Control Password Bypass:
In the event you have set a parental control and have forgotten the password you can follow this procedure to rest the password.

Open the dashboard and go to settings, from there continue to the parental lockout option
Input the following when prompted for the password. X, Y, Left Trigger, X. This will bypass the parental lockout function!

	Xbox error codes and what they mean
	01 – Bootldr	Motherboard related error
	02 – Bootldr	Eeprom check failed
	03 – Bootldr	Unknown
	04 – Bootldr	RAM check failed
	05 – Kernal	HDD not locked (required to be locked by original bios)
	06 – Kernal	Cannot unlock HDD
	07 – Kernal	HDD Timeout (possible bad drive)
	08 – Kernal	HDD not found (bad or missing HDD)
	09 – Kernal	HDD parameters (PIO/DMA/or size{debug}, certain size minimum is required for debug
	10 – Kernal	DVD Timeout (possible bad DVD-Rom)
	11 – Kernal	No DVD found (bad or missing DVD-Rom)
	12 – Kernal	DVD parameters (PIO/DMA)
	13 – Kernal	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)
	16 -Dashboard	Other files to do with dashboard or dashboard settings (specific dashboard error)
	20 – Kernal	The dashboard attempted to load and failed; it was a cold boot, and the dashboard didn’t specify why it failed, but it (for some reason) needed to be noted that the DVD passed the challenge/response authentication
	21 – Kernal	This error says the machine was booted to display a error, basically someone told the machine to reboot (or launch .xbe) with this flag, and the error code just means its been rebooted by the flag

Flashing Error Codes with Outer Ring (red ring of death)
This refers to the outer ring color that is displayed around the DVD eject button on the Xbox.
Note: this may not apply if your box has been ’Modded’ either with a chip or ’softmod’.

Solid Red, indicates system is overheated or possible hardware failure.
Flashing Green, bad bios load.
Flashing Red-Orange, bad video output, could be damaged hardware.
Flashing Red-Green, The MCPX chip is overheating or damaged. If the problem is intermittent, try placing a heatsink on the MCPX and cleaning out your Xbox (Note: the MCPX chip is the one with the nvidia logo on it.
Flashing Orange, if you’ve modded it may be a solder splash or damaged trace also overheating.
Flashing Orange-Green, no Audio/Video pack installed. check the cable for proper installation, if using the High definition pack revert to the standard cable.
Solid Green with no audio or video, this is probably a problem with audio settings. try to reboot your Xbox with a standard A/V cable instead of the High Definition A/V cable.
Xbox boots three times and displays a flashing Red-Green usually means your mod chip is installed incorrectly