Xbox One X turning on, but not giving HDMI output

Flawed Artist · Apr 7, 2020

Hi there. My Xbox One X turns on - the Xbox button lights up, and there's a beep. But afterwards, there's no video or sound output through the HDMI output. My TV works otherwise, and I've tried swapping my TV for a computer monitor - same problem. The HDMI
cord works otherwise, and I've tried swapping it out - doesn't help the issue. I've tried unplugging my Xbox for a while and retrying; I've tried holding the Xbox button while holding the eject button to start in low-res mode, too. No luck.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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Flawed Artist

Hi there. Thanks - but I've tried each of these things with no success. Both types of reset have not helped. The output is the "HDMI out to TV". I confirmed the HDMI input on my TV, both in the TV menu and on the back of the TV. I've tried different ports,
cords, and devices - only the Xbox isn't working.

DecentCracker 2

I don't know if you can do it on Xbox One X, but try hard resetting it by holding down the power button/power light for a couple of seconds and then wait for the console to fully reset. This shouldn't get rid of anything on your console either so don't
worry. Otherwise, try turning the power off directly from the plug when the console is off, wait 30 seconds and turn it back on. Double check the input and output ports are correct on both the console and TV/monitor you are using making sure you got the
ins and outs the right way round. Good Luck.

MartyBouchard

I recently bought an XBOX One X and it worked fine for the first 6 months. I turned it on last week and the HDMI output is not working anymore.

DugFreez

My Xbox One X has the same issue. I only noticed it doing it recently. I usually have HDMI audio set to output bitstream (DD), but on startup I will occasionally see it has change the HDMI audio output to 5.1 uncompressed. It's easy to notices as my
receiver will show as outputting Pro Logic II instead of DD 5.1 as it should when the Xbox One X is outputting a bitstream signal over the HDMI.

A power cycle does nothing. The only way to fix it is to go back into the audio setting and change it back to output bitstream over HDMI. It also doesn't do it every time the system is turned on. Sometimes it will turn on and remain on bitstream output as it
should.

Strangely enough I just noticed it doing this since i got a PS4 Pro. Almost as if going from the PS4 Pro's HDMI input to the Xbox One X's HDMI messes things up somehow. Though I haven't been able to find a situation where that can be replicated.

In any case....it seems ludicrous that a setting like that will just keep changing itself.

Nursemorph

You don't need HMDI 2.1 for 4k on the Series X...you only need HDMI 2.1 to run at 4k 120Hz. The Xbox One X only ran on HDMI 2.0 but it output 4k perfectly fine.

Xbox One X turning on, but not giving HDMI output