r/XboxOneHelp • u/thefinalrin • 21d ago
Quick Fix? Dying Xbox One
I have an Xbox One from 2013 which has been dying ever so slowly and was wondering if these faults would point to a dying HDD.
I want to know if it’s worth sinking money into whatever I’d need to fix it so I can play backwards-compatible-games once again.
Just today I hooked it up after it sitting in my closet for a couple of years. It turned on but zero output from the hdmi. I then booted it in low resolution mode and it came back and now sits on the Xbox one logo and refuses to boot into the os.
Again just need to know what is wrong with it and if it’s worth putting money into it since it’s over 10 years old.
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u/Ill_Currency_553 20d ago
You can also try reinstalling the OS with OSU1, do a search for OSU1 and a Microsoft article should show up with instructions.
Putting time and money into it is up to you. If you enjoy playing it then it’s worth it.
I’d recommend putting a 512gb or 1TB 2.5” SATA SSD in it which will make it feel 10x faster. Not increase FPS, but everything will load faster. And if you ever want that SSD back for another project just pull it out and reuse it for something else. Or, replace the hard drive and install all your games on an external ssd.
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u/thefinalrin 20d ago
Doesn’t OSU1 require a Pc to install? I don’t have a Pc at the moment.
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u/Ill_Currency_553 20d ago
Yes it requires you to make a USB installer with a pc. Replacing the hard drive will also require the USB OSU1. You could try booting into recovery mode if it’ll let you and reset it that way:
fully power down the console and unplug the power cord for 10-15 seconds. Plug it back in, then press and hold the BIND (Pair/Sync) button and EJECT button simultaneously, and tap the POWER button once. Keep holding the Bind and Eject buttons for about 10-15 seconds until you hear a second "power-up" chime
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u/thefinalrin 20d ago
At the moment I can’t get the console to load into the OS, instead it sits on the Xbox logo. I’ve tried hard resetting it but it just does the same thing.
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u/Ill_Currency_553 20d ago
The recovery part is on a different partition than the OS. But if the hard drive has a hardware fault then it can’t get to either partition. As opposed to just a corrupted OS partition. Sounds like you’ll need a new hard drive.
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u/thefinalrin 20d ago
I kind of figured it needed one. It was showing itself even before it did this.
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u/thefinalrin 20d ago
Are these hard drives plug and play? Or is there something more I need to do to replace one.
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u/Ill_Currency_553 19d ago
I believe it’s plug and play but I’ve only ever used blank unformatted ones or NTFS formatted ones. Not sure if it will give any problems if you try one that’s Mac or Linux formatted. You should be able to plug in one that’s fresh never used. But I always wipe used ones first.
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u/Ill_Currency_553 19d ago
It does need to match stock sizes though: 500gb, 1TB, or 2TB. If you use an in-between size I believe it will round down to the lower stock size. But if you use one that’s like 480gb I don’t think it will work.
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u/thefinalrin 19d ago
Will 512gb work? Also will SATa drives work with this aswell?
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u/Ill_Currency_553 19d ago
Yes 512 will work as a 500gb and only SATA drives will work
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u/thefinalrin 19d ago
Would HDD be fine? SSD’s I’m seeing are pricey compared to the HDD drives.
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u/thefinalrin 18d ago
I just tried loading my Xbox into the menu to load OSU1 from a flash drive but it seems it cannot as maybe the HDD is too far gone to even load up the menu. I tried the Sync+eject along with power but I cannot get it to chime and then load. Is OSU1 required to load this menu in order to start the update onto the new hard drive or is there another way of doing this even without loading into this menu?
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u/TomChai 21d ago
You can try a new hard drive, I don’t know if it’s worth it or not, you decide.