My Xbox beeps when it turns on and then crashes during game

jbliss10 · May 21, 2020

I recently found this problem with my Xbox yesterday, where it makes a beeping noise on startup, everything runs fine however, but then crashes 10 minutes later when I play a game (specifically Warzone). It started when Warzone crashed, so I went to the
Xbox home menu to close out of the game, but my controller was not working so I had to manually hard reset my Xbox (hold power for 10 seconds, unplug for 10 seconds and try again). It would then make the beeping noise (https://youtu.be/FIYySUX2DjI), the light would turn on but nothing would show on the TV and my controller wouldn't work. I fixed it by using my controller to turn the xbox on while tapping the eject button, and everything worked as normal with no beeping. I turned
it off, then came back later and turned it on normally, and the startup worked correctly except the beeping noise was back. I tried to play Warzone again, which worked for a game then it crashed again like the first time. (there was also no audio even when
I unplugged my headset) I am considering uninstalling warzone and reinstalling as that seems to be the main issue, however, I'm worried about a hardware problem as well because of the beeping noise so I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this noise
and know what it is?? I've searched around and I believe its either a faulty power supply, an error with the hard drive arm, or a faulty MOSFET on the motherboard but I haven't found anyone with a similar noise yet.

Also considering a factory reset but again, I'm unsure how this would help with the beeping noise as Xbox's are not supposed to beep. I have the Xbox one S, so the power supply is on the inside so if I want to test that I'll have to take it apart, as well
as if I were to test other possibilities so I'm looking to find other ways to fix it before it comes to this.

EDIT: update, it is not the power supply. I just tested it and I get 12 V as expected. Also isn't the hard drive arm but I suppose it still could be the hard drive just nothing I can test.

:)

jbliss10

Warranty is already outdated unfortunately, so I will likely just buy a new one rather than fix the one I have since it is a couple years old if it comes to that.

jbliss10

That's what I think as well. I think I'm gonna take it apart soon and test as much as I can, do you think at all a factory reset would be helpful or would I just be wasting my time?

GREENEYES813

Have you tried to maybe clean the fan area in the back to make sure that there is no dust built up in it? Also your hdd or power supply could be going bad.

choppyseize

Hello

It could be a ventilation issue and you may have to send the console in for repairs if it keeps shutting down on you. Do not open the console to clean anything or you will void the warranty.

If you wish to send it in for servicing the link to get that started is here

jofus222

And last update:

turns put the beep was coming from my UPS surge protector, which is in the cabinet directly below the xbox. I guess it’s getting overloaded or something. Hasn’t ever done this before.

Thanks to all for the help.

Ok, so a weird update.

I reset the console while keeping games. This did not work. I deleted Gears 5 to see if it was corrupt (most recent download). Opened Badlands 2, same problem.

The beep always starts when I get to a menu or user input screen. So BL2 beeped until I got to a cut scene, stopped during the cut scene, and then started again when I got to gameplay.

After being in gameplay for a few minutes the xbox crashed and the beep continued even with the xbox off. It is still going after a few minutes. I’ll unplug it if it doesn’t stop.

Time to send it in.

My Xbox beeps when it turns on and then crashes during game