1 single red light went turning on console

Hey Andrea

Thank you for taking the time to post this on the Xbox Forums. We understand that you are experiencing difficulties with your Xbox 360 console.

The one red flashing light indicates that there may be an issue with the power supply, hard drive, memory units, or accessories, or your console may need service.

I recommend that you take a look at
this article and see if some of these troubleshooting techniques work for you.

Give this a try and let us know your results!

It does turn on the console, but goes off when the single light lights up for player 1.

How old is the console? And also 1 red light wil display and an on screen msg will appear. 2 red lights means the console is overheating. 3 red light is a hardware error and 4 red light only exist on the really old consoles (manufatured in late 2005 and
2006) 4 red light is av cable not detected

Hi there! The one red light indicates that there was a system error. No worries, as you can diagnose and treat it. Here's how:

1. Unplug everything from your Xbox, including the power cord, controllers, flash drive, the whole shebang. Please also disconnect the power box from the AC cord as well. Then, put the power cord back together and power on the console by pressing the power
button on the console, not the controller.

2. If the console still has the red light, it's time to remove the hard drive. All you have to do is to turn off your console, press the latch on your hard drive, lift up and remove it. While the hard drive is off, turn on your console.

3. If there is no red light, reattach the hard drive to the console and restart. If there is no red light when the hard drive is removed, you will need a new hard drive. If there is a red light, then...

4. Disconnect any USB flash drives or any memory units attached to your console. Restart your console. If there is still a red light, you console needs to be repaired.

Hope this helps!

my data was corrupted on battlefield 3 so I chose to write over it then when I turned my console off. the next day I turned it on and went back on battlefield and there was lots of black dots on the screen so I but a reach in and the same thing happened
so I turned it off and left it. when I turned it back on i got 1 flashing red light and the E74 error is it all connected