My Xbox 360 display is flickering on and off. What to do?

PreciousCord02 · Jul 12, 2023

The problem started in April. Whenever I tried to play anything on the 360, the screen just turns off and on. Can't play or change the settings. So went to a nearby shop for repairs but the service man plugged the my 360 into his store TV, it worked perfectly fine. Told him to play for few minutes and everything was fine. Bought a wire, tested it and was ok. Back at home, tried the new HDMI wire and still the problem persists. Note that when plugging in the Laptop to the TV, everything working fine. What can I do?

TLDR:

360 when plugged into TV with old and new HDMI is causing screen to turn on and off.

When Laptop is plugged into the same TV, nothing happens. Everything's fine.

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Ronnieee

Hi there! This is Ronnie, an independent advisor.

Nice to meet you and I hope you are having a great day!

I understand you need help with your video issue on your Xbox.

Do you have another TV that you can test from your house? This could be an issue with the Xbox not finding the right resolution to your TV.

You can also try adjusting some video settings on your console to see how it goes.

Press the Guide button  on your controller, go to Settings, and then select System Settings.

Select Console Settings.

Select Display.

Select HDTV Settings.

Select a different resolution and check how it goes.

Reference Level: try using other modes as well.

Hope that helps!

PreciousCord02

Apologies for the late response as I was testing the 360 with an another TV. So the issue comes up whenever the 360 is running for more than half an hour. When I was playing on a new TV, the flickering didn't happen for a solid like 15-20 minutes but afterwards had to turn it off because of the flickering.

So what can I do to solve this flickering.

Rostom L

Hi! I'm Rostom, an Independent Advisor. I will be glad to help you here. Sorry to hear about the issue. No worries, we will do our best now to get this sorted out.

May I know when did this issue start to occur? Was it working fine with the same TV you are currently using?

Internet Expert

What monitor are you using?

Do you get the same flickering problems when you connect the Xbox to a different display or TV? Definitely try this out.

As far as I can tell, it sounds like an HDCP problem.

JCSWW

That's the issue right there, Prezdead! My TV auto detects the resolution being put out by the source and sets it accordingly. There is no way to set my TV's HDMI input to display a certain resolution regardless of what the source is putting out. My Android
box and Roku 4 put out a 4k signal when I enable the resolution they should output is 4k. Unfortunately, The XBOX One S doesn't seem to do that.

When I do the video test on the XBOX One. My TV doesn't even flicker. It just pops up that it failed everything, which is incorrect. If I change the resolution on the XBOX One S to 720p, then it flickers and my TV changes the display to 720p. If I change
the XBOX One S to display 1080p, then the TV flickers and changes the resolution to 1080p. If I try to change the XBOX One S to display UHD, it does nothing other than go instantly to the failed screen, which states none of the options are supported. Under
Advanced Video Settings though, I have 24Hz, 50Hz, and UHD 4k checked. the problem is, the XBOX One S is putting out the 4k signal because the test says the TV fails everything and the TV will not disaply in 4k until the TV receives a signal from the XBOX
One S to display in 4k.

My Xbox 360 display is flickering on and off. What to do?