Xbox one black and red display

adam sawyer · Oct 24, 2022

I've got one of the older large black Xboxes. Today it started only displaying a dark red screen, except on the lowest resolution. Low resolution all the colors work fine, but changing it back instantly removes color. I've tried two different HDMI cords, on 2 different tvs. Any advice?

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Mudkipcult

Please note that it's not the "One red light on the bottom right" problem, the green light in the MIDDLE of the power button is red, and that black screen is displayed every time I turn on the Xbox, which makes it unplayable.

JosefLBohorquez

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this Adam

I don't like to give bad news but everything is pointing to be a hardware issue.

If you're not using an insider build and to cover everything from your side.
You can try to perform an offline update for your console.
In that way Xbox system will be installed from scratch.
For this you need a USB and PC to format it and transfer files provided in the link below (with detailed steps and requirements):

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-ne...

**make sure that you're not using an insider build, offline update is not going to work if that's the case

ArneBurghouts

My TV displays tru black cus of the LED tech, i dont want to ruin it, black needs to be black.

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If i want lighter, i equip the flashlight. or infra red scope.

Zacabeb

In case it has a red/teal or blue/green tint where there should be color, then one of the connections is loose or faulty (Cb if the picture appears red and teal, Cr if it appears blue and green).

If it's completely black and white, it's a bit of a weird issue. It can happen with a composite (yellow) connection if the display doesn't recognize the color system in the signal, especially on TVs in Europe and Oceania where the Xbox 360 outputs a PAL-60
signal over the composite connection. Some TVs do not handle it or may be glitchy.

KILLERHEDAKE

It will be green when the console is powered. Yellow is standby. Red is fault. Yellow with console powered usually will have the console display red error lights. Green is good to have, but still can have red error lights displayed if there is such an error.
Now red, red usually means a short or electrical problem like over or under voltage. Red on an Xbox whether the ring of light or psu is bad news.

Xbox one black and red display