Is the Xbox One E100 error the equivalent of the Xbox 360 red ring of death?

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Lately I've been seeing more and more E100 error Xbox One S systems coming through my repair service. Unfortunately this isn't an easy error to fix and impossible to fix in some cases.
On the bright side, understanding what causes an E100 error can help to prevent most people from ever seeing this error.
I strongly encourage anyone new to Xbox One system repair to watch this video.
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[@nicholasharman7330]

Your the only person i have found that knew this, i had my disc reader disconnected and it wouldn’t update. As soon as i plugged it in it started to work THANK YOU!

[@thatsalvadoriankid]

Seriously thank you for this video, and thanks for the comment! You both saved me a lot of time!

[@sam123rocks]

Yup! Same here. Was panicking before I saw this. This dudes info was awesome

[@UnknowNetwork]

Yup thats me 😂

[@rephomeimprove]

Finally a video that makes sense of Error 100. I bought a lot of 10 consoles off eBay and one of them kept giving error 100. You and Andrew Paul have been God sent. Your script for HDD is the best on KZbin. Rock ON!!!

[@mpdavig]

Thank you very much and Andrew Paul is great. His methods of hardware component troubleshooting and replacement have helped me out a lot as well.

[@blakemcpherson-smith6741]

Blake McPherson-Smith I recently replaced my HDD on my Xbox one x After getting an e106 error repeatedly, until offline updating no longer worked. I’ve never swapped my optical drive, however now I’m receiving this e100 error. Mine is slightly different I think given the system is an x (e100 00000706 80070002) however I believe it’s the same issue. Any advice or is this system now junk??

[@robertrodgers1840]

@@mpdavig you have

[@jaydonslmani6561]

@@mpdavig is there any chance you could help fix my xbox one s not only does it have a e100 error but the disc drive is constantly making the retracting noise i alr talked to microsoft they said they have no idea whats happening with that but i think they just dont want to help pls let me know if you can, my work email is [e-mail]

[@7414LC]

Just got to say thank you for this I pulled my HDD out stuck it in my old desktop and read the error logs mine said that it could not find the optical device I pulled one of the spare cables out my desktop and replace the one from the optical drive to the motherboard and like magic Xbox is back alive

[@jsacad2008]

I wish I had seen this two days ago. I spent hours fiddling with xbox and replacing the hard disk over and over and using the OSU1 boot file and didn't leave 58%. Watching the video, I realized that I did the whole procedure with the console open and the blue-ray disconnected, then reconnected and the process went smoothly. Thank you very much!!

[@mpdavig]

Glad I could help.

[@kibsxkibbles7443]

I had the exact same experience lol

[@craigmatthews4264]

#metoo

[@Equalizer74]

You really need to upload more videos. They always help me improve my knowledge and experience with the Xbox One every time.

[@mpdavig]

Thanks. I plan on doing a bunch of uploads pretty soon. I even have a pretty large backlog of footage which I just need to edit up.

[@mrbridger5]

Great to see another upload XFiX👍 don't leave us so long 😄

[@LilLou97]

Came here to see if I could fix my console. Left with a pointless “you’re fucked lol”

[@andymcmahon3632]

Hey XFIX, I was impressed with your expertise on the error. I went ahead and swapped the motherboards in the Bluray drives and now the drive is responsivewhich is fantastic. This actually solved my problem thanks a million man!!

[@lordeilluminati]

I think the reason to e100 errors are more common on one S models is not exactly the console itself, but, as being more accessible, there are more people to buy it as a 4K bluray movie player and entertainment center than people who buy One X models which are a more "enthusiast" focused model and when the laser fails, they exchange the laser incorrectly (and movie discs are more intensive to the laser than game ones which are checked once or twice to read licenses), other than people shutting off during system updates.

[@KabayanAR]

Thanks for the detailed information! I only watched the first 7 minutes of the video to fix my sons console! Thank you!

[@AmS-ok4uc]

did u changed the blue ray ?

[@landonmayberry1948]

Mine got fixed first min

[@DatBoi-xp7nf]

Damn so you saying it would be easier to just buy a new one?

[@ivancarrizales7795]

2020 i agree

[@rileystired5240]

@@ivancarrizales7795 same, its such bs

[@marsquiggle4778]

😂

[@xlthomaslx4956]

Well not unless you swap the daughter board it actually isn’t hard

[@zuckleyplays4120]

@siztix only issue with that is once people ain’t able to talk anymore on the consoles I feel like there might be a huge shift. I like both consoles so I got no actual opinion they’re both good consoles lmao

[@AngaarUriakhil]

E100 isn't necessarily due to the disc drive, or a faulty HDD! I had an Xbox One X with a faulty Seagate drive (caution on CrystalDiskInfo) and error code E101 I think. Replaced the hard drive with a Toshiba drive of the same size (1TB). After this I kept getting E100, at boot and after trying an offline system update (straight after verification stage) no matter what I did. Replaced sata cable on the disc drive. No dice. Disc drive still took a disc in and powered up though. I was ready to chalk it up to a faulty disc drive daughter board, but I decided to do more testing. I then replaced the HDD with an identical Toshiba 1TB; same result. Bear in mind both Toshiba hard drives were healthy (manufactured 2021, model MQ04ABF100 ). I checked the logs in the SystemSupport partition as shown in the video; mine just had 0.log and it was empty. It would fail just after verification so I'm assuming it didn't even try updating. Finally, I formatted the original Seagate HDD , on Windows using diskpart clean. Installed it back in, it went straight past verification and installed software no problem, if a little slow. No E100. In conclusion, I think the Xbox one doesn't like certain hard drives. So if you're getting E100, it may not be your disc drive.

[@getyerspn]

great video very informative , my son unplugged his xbox 0ne s during an update (I don't know why) and on next boot it got stuck at 58% E100 error .... I suspect from you're description he'd interrupted the optical drive portion of the update... thanks fully the OSU1 offline update sorted it...HUGE THANKS from a relieved dad in the UK for sharing you're insights ....lots of information on your vid's that will no doubt come in handy..

[@marsglare]

Predator 2280 bro shut the fuck up stop talking about other people’s sons like that

[@Pandainapandasuit]

@@marsglare lol what anime girl is that?

[@marsglare]

Shane Martin look up hentai you’ll find it

[@Pandainapandasuit]

@@marsglare lol:)

[@marsglare]

Shane Martin I mean I watch it

[@jayc5413]

Having this exact problem, and this is the very best video to inform and educate on what needs to be done and what the actual problem is. I did a HDD replacement and now I am getting this error, so I am going to check out the bluray situation and see what I can find. Thank you very much for isolating this issue and making a bullseye video that hits all of the information properly.

[@blakemcpherson-smith6741]

Same thing with me. I replaced my hard drive with a new one and now I’m receiving this issue on Xbox one x.

[@jayc5413]

@@blakemcpherson-smith6741 I had a massive struggle until I took my one x apart one last time, and then carefully inspected the blu ray cables.... and I found that I had it UPSIDE DOWN!! once I flipped it right side up, my problem disappeared. I don't know if this will help you, but I hope it does. it was such an awesome thing to see it working with a new SSD and thermal paste upgrade. Cheers man, and let me know if it works!

[@jayc5413]

HOLY SHIT GUYS READ THIS IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS!!! I I literally think I had the BLU RAY CABLE upside down or something, because it actually worked when I decided to flip the blu ray drive cable upside down!!! I must have had it on the wrong way, because as soon as I plugged it in the update continued without issue! Previously I had plugged / unplugged everything multiple times, but the only thing that fixed it was this! hope this helps anyone out there with this issue. cheers!

[@tylercurtis789]

Which cable?

[@kalhamm3r]

@@tylercurtis789 The data cable that goes into the blu ray drive. The system will not update properly if it does not properly recognize the drive and will stay stuck. As soon as you have it on properly, it will continue (at least in my case). I couldn't figure out what was wrong but I flipped it upside right and it went on with no issues.

[@tylercurtis789]

@@kalhamm3r thank you I will give it a try. The only thing I haven’t tried yet is the clearing the hard drive itself or moving the IC from a donor PCB to my original board like Andrew Paul suggested.

[@f3rns]

This video is very informative. I”ll watch it again. My Xbox one fat hdd died on me. It was making clicking sounds. I haven’t taken out the hdd and do some testing. Thank you XFIX for the video.

[@barrysauce]

Upgrade it with an ssd or the sshd. All mine have them even PS4. Totally worth it. They are much more affordable now.

[@cesaralvarez3768]

Tbh i just came here to thank you ifix you are a god and idk why its been already 2 years and you haven't uploaded more informative content thanks again and i hope you do more of this content thanks

[@SirSethery]

Ah, so Microsoft has just cost me a couple hundred bucks for literally no reason. Good to know.

[@justth4tdope813]

Funny how everyones been getting this in the past year hmmm

[@curtish5925]

Microsoft can easily send out another patch to buy pass this , but will they?

[@Broc.M4]

i know i just got it and the new event just came out in Apex😭😭😭i don’t even know what the hard drive is…i’m so lost.btw they are doing this so that we have to get a new xbox.Iphone does that too and it’s working

[@varietygaming357]

This guy has no idea what he's talking about look at my comment there's videos all over KZbin and the net on how to marry a new disc drive or hdd

[@alonsonatividad9620]

E100 is not necessarily bluray drive related. It might arise from a file/folder error in the hard drive. I've just fixed one system which prompted E100 after replacing the hard drive. Aware of the possibility of this situation, the first thing I did after diagnosing the hard drive as failing, I took an old 500GB disk I had and the installation proceeded flawlessly. So, I ordered the new disk and when I installed it, bam!, E100. After several unsuccessful attempts, I took the old disk I previously had used and copied the System Update contents to the new disk and, surprisingly, it completed the software installation and worked just fine.

[@tevinthomas3730]

i had e100 101 102 106 and 105 and offlined update always fail at verifying andi had [1 old [Seagates] hdd and brand new [Seagate] hdd] AND FOR SOME REASON MY XBOX 1 X MODEL DONT LIKE SEAGATES HDD andi use myy old 500gb toshiba hdd my offline installation was successful only thing i cant use fully complete shutdown mode cause it takes a wile to come on back just use nrmal shutdown or press xbox X button

[@ptljose]

Kept getting this error code on my Xsx. tried everything then saw this video. I had removed my disc drive awhile back so all I simply had to do was reconnect my disc drive and system was able to update. Thank you!!

[@christopherprado6890]

Thanks for making this video, i didnt do enough research before replacing the blu ray drive and I got this e100 error.

[@MHobbs06]

This makes a lot of sense. My 2.5 year old son stuck a Valentine's Day card with a sticker on it in the disc drive of my One S. I opened the system up, since it's out of warranty, to get it out. Disc drive won't read discs now. Which I thought wasn't a huge deal, just get a stand alone Blu Ray player for movies. But now i'm getting the E100 error and stuck at 58%. So it appears that unless I actually replace the disc drive and swap the daughter board i'm kind of SOL. May just be a good time to upgrade to the Series S and sell the One S for parts.

[@AdmSkyWalker]

The blu-ray drive being linked to the system is nothing new. The PS3 & PS4 do the same thing. This is why many professional repairers will try and fix the drive itself before replacing it. In the event the do replace it, they try to transfer the board to the new drive. If the board on the drive is fried turning it into Microsoft (or Sony for PlayStation) probably your last option.

[@mpdavig]

This is true and the more people that are aware of this the better. Turns out the system in this video was the result of the owner having a bad HDMI port but instead of replacing the HDMI port he purchased a replacement motherboard and tossed the original motherboard. On 2 other occasions I've had multiple system sent to me that were completely Frankensteined together in similar fashion with the same result.

[@Hexauslion]

@@mpdavig im going to check the hdmi port. there are two and one works but i thought the other was an output. if iether one goes bad are you saying it can cause a e100? interesting. glad i know how to solder.

[@Burbankk]

thank you for the concise info. I just got the E100-xxxxxxxxxx error (it ended with a 9) - fortunately though, no hardware repair was needed. I'll explain what happened in case anyone has had a similar issue. btw this is the OG xbox one. I've always had a faulty blu ray reader on my xbox. it works but acts buggy and I've had to manually eject the discs (with a paperclip through the hole on the side) many times in the past. anyways, I got the E100 error today, and after trying multiple troubleshooting tips, I simply hit the eject button a few times and what do you know -- it works! it finally finished the update. just an FYI to any OG xbox one users having this problem.

[@Rumble600]

Thank you. I was getting E100 after putting my console back together after another repair. Turned out I just didn't reconnect the optical drive after positioning it during reassembly. Whoops! This helped me identify where the problem was.

[@khalilt6508]

I broke my drive trying to fix the drive so I am royally screwed time to take my hard drive and buy a new console

[@barbieboobie7827]

Same!

[@beardybeardit3833]

Thanks for another great video. The error logs are really useful - they showed in my case that the ODD wasn't detected and I was able to get it back up and running by replacing the SATA data cable. Doesn't appear to be very easy to find an exact replacement cable in Europe. The size and plug orientation is a bit different and it's quite a tight squeeze when everything goes back in. A 13mm clearance is required below the hard drive.

[@beardybeardit3833]

I used this cable instead: 0K322N Dell Poweredge. Was a bit tight but it worked and everything screwed back together nicely.

[@iijumperi8711]

Had to do the same. Replacing the SATA cable fixd it

[@moshumusable]

Ive searched online for 3 days no one knows what u know if u hadnt told me what error e100 was id have given up thank u so much !!!!

[@josem4]

Hi! Excelent explanation. I have a question. It's possible to "convert" an X-Box One S to an X-Box One S All Digital to avoid this problem with the BDD?

[@mojo888x]

I just had the E100 this today. Opened up my xbox and the 2 blu-ray cables connected to the motherboard were completely disconnected WTF how did that happen must have been some kind of chip creep situation with heat or something.. XB is working again. THANKS DUDE FOR THIS VIDEO.

[@JesusRFernandez2012]

so many XBOX One dead on ebay with this error.. be careful, sellers will mess up with one of the mosfets and sell it as "not power" without returns and once you fixed the mosfet then you find this bummer..

[@mpdavig]

Yeah, I made this video because I had an influx of systems people were buying off eBay without Blu-ray drives, swapped Blu-ray drives, or dead drives and wanting me to fix them.

[@nicksmith8166]

I did a HDD -> SSD swap on my Xbox One X and got an E100 error. Turns out when I unplugged the Blu-ray drive from the system the plastic clip pulled out of the drive a little bit so the pins in the drive weren’t contacting the contacts in the plug. I went through the startup error log and found that the system wasn’t detecting the drive. I took a fine tip Philips head and pushed the plastic clip back in the drive so the pins were exposed again. Plugged her in and it started right up.

[@ricklohr909]

Finally! Thank you so much! You are the only one that makes a lot of sense. Please continue making videos like these. I will defined sub!

[@rajah_7775]

Bro no way dude thank you so much only guy online that has helps me fix my Xbox dude 10/10 ❤

[@djzbra]

in a different world, you would be a Jedi Master. Thanks to you i just fixed my OG Xbox. Good memories in that ol bastard. I did a board swap cause the thing kept turning off by itself for no particular reason. Turns out the bluray drive was also giving me the error cause i kept the original one. Thankfully the guy who sold me the xboxone was a complete unit and i could easily swap the drive.

[@aaronkelley7835]

Great. Dont have a pc. Don't have the money for a new xbox. Got it in the first place as a gift. Made my day

[@ansokol]

Many thanks! Your job is very important!

[@mpdavig]

I appreciate the kind words. Thank you!

[@narewatt08]

You sir, are doing the Lord's work. My xbox one x had a hard drive failure and I followed a combination of your videos and links and was able to not only replace but upgrade my hard drive. The unit is now working better than ever. I did run into an e100 error in the process where it would get stuck during the update, but that is because I had removed the blu ray drive to get to the hard drive but once I plugged it back in I was able to finish the update and the process. Can't thank you enough!

[@conan-1902]

I‘ve had the same problem, my x-box stuck at 59% while doing the offline-update. afterwards I couldn‘t use another option, no matter what I did wheter I had the USB-stick still in or not, my upload-screen appeared with still 59% and then failing. the only option that worked was re-starting the update but it still failed at the same percentage over and over again. I decided to open my x-box one up (what you really should only do if there‘s no other way because there are cables, small things and stuff you can damage) and pulled the cables out of my hard drive and plugged them in again, same with everything I‘ve found there. after I built my xbox up again, it still showed 59% when trying the update. but I did it over and over again and at some point my screen crushed and was in really bad quality but it managed so load 60% until 100% and I could restart my xbox etc. games were deleted but after login into my microsoft account my last saving point load again and I could keep playing were I finished the last time. idk if it even had something to do with opening the xbox up, but I would suggest to try the offline-update over and over again.

[@mpdavig]

Hopefully this inspires hope for some people. I know it does for me. I had a system that seemed a lost cause but tried again a few months later. As long as you are sure no-one has tampered with your system there is hope. It's the eBay salvage you need to watch out for.

[@aftonyoung8203]

Mine always gets stick at 59 too it happens every update and I've fixed it before but rn it's not working

[@macdaddyenterprises7466]

conan - mine wouldn’t even do the offline update

[@conan-1902]

No No even with the USB-stick?

[@macdaddyenterprises7466]

conan - yeah I just sent it too microsoft

[@garidmongolsugar840]

You've just earned another sub bro keep goin🔥🔥

[@rextangler4141]

Bro... this was so awesome for me. I had replaced my blu ray drive in my xbox one and I watched a video that left out the swapping of the daughter board. So when I turned the xbox on with the new drive there was this new E100 error and I was thinking, great what did I screw up now?? When i started your video, you explained how the problem is related to the swapping of the boards in the blu ray drive. So, I swapped the boards and viola! Thanks so much for making this important video!

[@taariq4561]

thank you so much!!!! i tried an update and had this error, forgetting ive unplugged the dvd drive lol.. you've saved me so much time and effort! thank you so much

[@TheRichDoubleT]

I don't have a E100, I have E105 error occasionally. I say occasionally because the error comes up, I then turn my xbox off for a couple hours then turn it back on and it's fine for a few days. It then becomes incredibly slow and everything take long to start (if at all) and then it comes back.

[@mpdavig]

Early model Xbox One X I'm guessing. There are temperature issues at play here. I strongly recommend upgrading to an SSD. I discuss this and possible solutions at the end of my tutorial here: gbatemp.net/threads/xbox-one-internal-hard-drive-upgrade-or-repair-build-any-size-drive-that-works-on-any-console.496212/

[@ericyoung3480]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@KBailey57]

I have actually had E100 errors where it was the hard drive. I replaced a hard drive in an Xbox with an e200 error with a 1tb MDD and got the e100. I tried several times to get it to work and finally just popped in a WD 500gig I had laying here preformatted and viola it loaded right up. Tried the MDD which is brand new, tested 100% health and formatted and got the e100 again. Point is it really means there is a drive issue. Most of the time it's the BD but don't discount the fact it can be the hard drive as well. I've had the same thing happen using a Toshiba as well as a Seagate. For some reason sometimes the Xbox (firmware) just doesn't like the hard drive. Other people have discovered the same thing. You can Google it. I've been working on consoles and PCs since 95 and it's the strangest thing I've ever seen. Great video though.

[@christianfonoti]

Thank you for giving this advice and tips and to looking closer to errors. By watching what was wrong I was able to fix my Xbox one.

[@veltix5540]

My Xbox keeps on like freezing or not listen, and when I load a game it crashes and I start the game up again and random error keep on coming when I try to load the game ect

[@goated0nthekeys662]

2023 thanks for the dvd drive tip helped alot dawg

[@TMRu22311]

I remember the 360 being similar to this. The daughter board in the DVD drive had to match the MB. Can the XB1 be fixed in the same fashion? I recently discovered your channel and I can't get enough! Thanks you for all the info.

[@mpdavig]

Thank you for the question. Unfortunately no. The Xbox One locks/encrypts the Blu-ray drive firmware to the specific motherboard. Since there are no public Xbox One exploits there is no way to unlock/copy/rebuild Blu-ray drive firmware between drives. This was also true of the later model 360 systems which you could only obtain the DVD drive key by RGH-ing the system.

[@s7473]

came across e100 error today, turns out xbox had been dropped, when I opened it up, sata cable connecting to blueray drive had popped out, re connected it and it's all good.

[@pedrosolis8646]

s7473 man I think mine got dropped and idk it doesn’t upload fast anymore it takes about four hours now you think I should open it up

[@sethschiele3218]

***about the motherboard in the blueray*** If whats wrong with your disk drive is *NOT* the motherboard but the reading mechanism, you can buy whatever disk drive is sold as a replacement and just put the new reader parts in the old disk drive case. That was the case with mine, switched the whole thing, got the E100 error. I saw this video, opened both disk drives and if you’re careful you can move the old mobo out of the way to put the reader chassis from the new drive in it. now mine works like a charm.

[@alekseiham7947]

Bout to do that and confirm if it worked or not I got 2 different disc drives so lets see

[@alekseiham7947]

I updated it using my old disk drive and then just ended up doing what you doing to have a fully functional disk drive and it worked

[@jean000]

@@alekseiham7947 Was your error E100 00000706 80070002?

[@alekseiham7947]

@@jean000 it was e100 something lmao 100 for sure tho

[@shakirvillarroel3465]

Bro this video saved me so much headache thanks bro👊🏾

[@wirelescastle3968]

you really fix my problem i love u man, thanks so much i realle apreciate this video so happy

[@trashmandraws]

I fix mine but I think I lost all my save data in the process

[@dahamby9590]

ok, looks like you have not been here in a while BUT I am about to drag my old X-Box One out and put a new 2TB SSD in it and reload the games I have so it's usable on my TV. I was wondering if there was a better SSD for internal use and maybe even an upgrade to the DVD and wireless while I have it apart. I've used your hard drive "formatted" a few times and found it to work well, plan to use it again now. Thanks for all you offered to the community.

[@danhilge9423]

I wish I would have seen this a week ago. I have spent hours messing with the xbox and replacing the hard drive over and over and using the OSU1 boot up file. Stops at 58% each time. Now I am going to search for your blue ray repair video, I hope you have one.

[@expert8997]

I know this is an older video now, but I figured it's worth a shot. I am having the same issue you have described, but when I open the logs in the support partition, I see a different error. I see "GetOddPhysicalDevice Failed, COddDevice::_Open Failed! Odd Open failed, retry in one second" over and over. Updates hang around 58ish percent as stated. I checked connections, it all looks good. This was a refurb unit, but I've had no issues with it for a few years until now. Why???

[@leeashleyanthony]

Is it likely security put in place so that people don't replace the Blu-Ray drive with a device that uses an SSD/HDD with a device that emulates the Xbox One Blu-Ray Drive?

[@mpdavig]

Yes, you hit the nail on the head here. It’s unfortunate that these extra security measures also affect legitimate customers, particularly in their wallets.

[@lordeilluminati]

This happens with the Wii U too, the drive has to match the motherboard or it doesnt work. The best way to fix is to replace just the laser lens.

[@leeashleyanthony]

I'm wondering if the GUID of the Blu-Ray drive is tied to the motherboard, as in the Motherboard checks for a matching GUID. So in order for Drive emulation to work, one must have the GUID of the Blu-Ray drive for the Drive emulator to pass on to the Motherboard. You'd need some sort of 'Middle Man' attack a SATA Sniffer if you will. I doubt Microsoft will employ a 'Security Chip' in their Blu-Ray drives, as this would be more costly to manufacture. I assume they'd be following Sony's Reference Spec. I assume it is the BIOS on the Motherboard that does this check. I've seen the files of the installed games, they appear to have a Hash of some description in their File Names. When a Blu-Ray disk is inserted, an authentication check must occur allowing you to run the game. I am assuming that a game and all it's files are placed within a container file. When the game has passed authentication it Mounts the associated file. I wonder if it is worth mounting one of those files within Linux with known Filesystems to see if this is true. NTFS I assume. All this is out of scope for a typical User. I in 'No Way' condone Piracy, by the way.

[@leeashleyanthony]

Scratch that Did manage to find an application that makes Xbox One formatted drives readable on Windows. There are .xvi .xct files 4kB each and a file with no extension that seems to contain the Game data due to it's larger file size. I am reading forum posts and the jist I got, was that DRM/Encyrption is involved. So not as simple as mounting the file under a specific file system. There is nothing to stop you from backing up the installation files (I assume), then retrieving the installation files later should failure occur.

[@moji3812]

Thanks so much! A while ago i took out the disc drive because it wasnt working and then all of a sudden i got this error.. so today i did what others did and bought a ssd.. which didnt work but then i found your video and took out the old daughter board fron the drive and plugged it into the xbox and now it works! Thank you

[@Epicmango7]

I tried taking apart my xbox one x but thought I had all the right tools but didn't. I think changing the hard drive would resolve my issues. You mentioned you had an ebay service. Does that mean people send consoles to you and you fix them? If yes I'd like to do that. I would go to a local shop but I don't know how familiar they are with installing your scripts.

[@VvJKvV-mv4tg]

I doged a built my wires were lose check the wires between the Xbox one and power bank make sure to firmly push it in without breaking or roping the wires

[@PaulLFC]

Thanks for this - I've been searching for E100 info for the last couple of days since my Xbox One X failed part-way through applying a Preview update and is now displaying this error. Your video saved me some expense as I was likely going to try and replace the HDD, which it seems isn't necessary and likely wouldn't have fixed things anyway. I'd have been disappointed if the HDD had failed to be honest as the system was only bought in January 2018. I'm not sure which of the symptoms you describe applies to my console, but since it's not been opened, I'd guess likely corrupt Blu-Ray firmware? The situation right now is that the console boots immediately to error E100 0000070D 80070003, I can't even get it to display an update screen. I noticed in your video the error for mismatched Blu-Ray drive ended with 80910008, which is different from the error I'm seeing, so that's making me lean towards the issue must be one of the other options. Reset (either keep files or erase everything) reboots straight back to E100 without showing an update screen. Offline Update doesn't yet work as OSU1 is behind my preview software version (27/08/19), so I'm hoping once that is ahead I'll be able to use that to try and restore the system. Failing that, Microsoft want £210 to replace it since it's out of warranty, so I'm reluctant to do that since the update was what seems to have prompted the error.

[@herbert1010]

I'm having this issue currently after initiating a failed system update. Did you get to fix the problem and how please?

[@kbellet5863]

Cheers for this bro I actually used this info to fix my brothers Xbox cause he took the disk drive out for some reason but the Xbox is all workin good now, too bad it broke 2 years ago and he already has a new one

[@jaydenbeaver3379]

I love you sir. You helped me out more then the actual xbox site did

[@TheGameComplainers]

Speak of the Devil, my cousin just asked me last night if you were still making videos!

[@mpdavig]

At the very least I’m always thinking about making another video. Unfortunately the last few months I’ve been flooded with E100 systems where people are just swapping parts without any thought of the repercussions. There are rules and they need to be followed.

[@TheGameComplainers]

@@mpdavig Happens to me all the time at work dude. I have people trying to trade in modded Wii Systems, but they remove the hacked SD Cards before they come in and the systems don't boot LOL.

[@mpdavig]

That's not good. What's your policy on taking modded systems? Too risky I suppose.

[@TheGameComplainers]

@@mpdavig I don't take them at all, and guess what? Those people end up telling me to throw them away for them.....I am not a recycling center LOL!

[@brianstover2640]

Everybody listen to this guy my blue ray thing went broke I thought it was a tiny bug but now I have to wait until Black Friday to get a new Xbox

[@tacocat5068]

Thanks, I removed the blueray device since I did not use it and it actually made more noice than the fans since I modded my own xbox one x. Returned the drive and tried the methods in the xbox page and it worked. First minute of video watched and problem solved thx.

[@aidenbontempi8655]

Yes finally a video that fixed my problem I just relived my cord wasn’t hooked in I was scared I was about to loose the console I saved up for myself

[@cleandinosaur28]

what if it is the same exact disk drive as bafore but there was something stuck in it and that is why e100 error

[@miguelsanchez3463]

My neighbor moved out they left a xbox 1s at the entrance of the building. I took it home and it had the E100 I opened it and it had a dime in the blue ray and now is all good 👍👌😎 thanks bro

[@RIGIDGAMER]

I bought one with a failed harddrive. Installed everything i had to with a new harddrive on my computer then this error came up. Found out the my blueray drive wasnt plugged in. Thanks alot bro

[@CHUMSUBBY]

Dude this freaking worked I swapped the disk drive from a 2016 into my 2018 Xbox One S and it worked fine for a bit then today it gave me issues watched this and luckily I kept my 2018 DD and put it back in Error gone system is updating right now and working

[@Dleclaringveto9987]

Thank you!!! I was so confused and this helper me fix my xbox. Thanks man 👍

[@biggoza725]

Lowkey my 2018 model Xbox one X broke because the hdmi chip is fried so I bought a new one and was planning on returning the broken one disguised as the new one and keep the new one, I switched out the serial number and everything but kept getting this error because I switched the blue ray drive but I switched them back and now it’s running fine, returning the broken one today and getting a full cash refund, thanks for the video.

[@Brandon-to9vp]

Xfix where you at? We need to mod the new Xbox series x lol

[@KingCornWallis]

@XFix I am trying to find a definitive answer on upgrading the Xbox 360 drive. Most of the internet says you can only use a small number of WD hard drives, while I've seen some people shove an SSD in there but not explain how. People are claiming you need to jail break your system for anything other than WD drives. Then people are also claiming that Microsoft or the console itself (the answer changes) can tell if the drive is not official and will result in a console ban. Can you please offer some educated insight on this?

[@mpdavig]

Sure. A stock Xbox 360 can only use hard drives that contain a proper security signature firmware. This was done so that Microsoft could force you into buying drives that only they sold. Some talented people were able to extract the security signature firmware and created a tool called hddhackr to flash this firmware to Western Digital drives. Since each hard drive manufacturer uses a different method for managing drive firmware hddhackr was only designed to work with Western Digital drives. So unless you obtain an official Microsoft branded hard drive you can only use Western Digital drives to make your own on stock hardware. Additionally the largest official Xbox 360 hard drive was 500GB so this is as large as you can go. However, if you have a JTAG/RGH modded console these rules do not apply since the modded dashboard ignores the security signature firmware and can format any drive. For example, you want to use a 1TB Samsung SSD, the modded Xbox 360 dashboard will happily format it. Put that same formatted 1TB drive into a stock Xbox 360 system and the drive will not be recognized. Hope this clears it up.

[@smokemeowttt]

Thank you very much fixed two consoles just by disconnecting the disc drive and repluging it in

[@jmojackhammer7769]

My Xbox One Was hit by the E100 Error 4 times before it finally would not offline update from the USB. I tore my xbox down and found out that I had plastic shavings in my Blue ray drive. I replaced it with a use one and it works just fine. Quick fix if you watch this video.

[@juanjosepenaloza2844]

Is it possible to repair if I only unconnected the blue ray and the connected it again? Edit: Ive already repaired my one s, and sometimes when this happens after an hdd change, it's because of the new disk not being compatible, mainly because of the brand

[@cfmfreestyler9369]

Hello! My Xbox one S had problems with reading discs then after some weeks it wasn't working at all anymore not even starting to read. Now after that in a few weeks I also got E100 error while updating. Is it probably because my blu ray driver died? I mean probably.. do you think if I bring it to service and get the complete driver replaced will help? Thank you!!

[@Aidy390]

Big thank you dude watched this video pulled the blue ray apart rebuilt it and bam continued the update

[@theseeker2360]

Im so glad I didn't destroy anything when I removed my disk drive

[@EclipticElevate]

why dont u post anymore?

[@mpdavig]

Good question. I have some videos planned in the near future and I’m working on a new version of the script written in PowerShell with both a command line and graphical interface. Probably still a couple weeks away from being ready for release. Aside from that I felt like I was just posting the same videos over and over without anything new to say so I took a break until I have something new worth posting.

[@alexanderhill6603]

Thanks for this saved me from having to get a new one

[@nomercyforthewicked1852]

That happen to my one x.i just went to the microsoft store and got it replaced

[@mpdavig]

By all means, under warranty or even not under warranty getting an E100 system fixed by Microsoft is a wise option. Particularly when this occurs due to natural causes.

[@Quince477]

There's no Microsoft stores in my state unfortunately

[@ocampoarnulfo602]

Thanks for the help. I just switched the blue ray drive it because it looked too old but now i know better 😅

[@Magmacracker]

Hi XFiX are you going to make videos about the series x and s? I really enjoyed your videos.

[@theepicgaminggod4275]

He’s right, I put the original Blu-ray drive into my Xbox and it’s updating normally, I think I’ll just switch out the components from the broken one with the new one

[@dannyt252012]

Thankyou great video mine had the error 100 i changed disc drives not knowing i needed the orignal in changed back worked perfect thanks

[@sonixthatsme]

Just like the old days with the ps3.

[@mpdavig]

Is this an issue with the PS3 and PS4 as well? From what I understand you can swap the Blu-ray drives completely on the newer PS4 systems but I don’t have any personal experience with this.

[@sonixthatsme]

@@mpdavig on the ps4 I have no experience. But with the ps3 b They are married and some can be re-married.

[@Meza.Customs]

For some reason every time I plug in my desktop to the monitor this seems to happen

[@pkarlsgodt]

Thanks for this video. I've been getting E100 00000706 80070002 error after replacing the HDD on an Xbox One X. Before the replacement, it was giving E101 and E102 errors. Now I consistently get the E100 error ending in 70002 during the OSU1 offline update. The ODD seems to work fine mechanically and there is no visible damage to the cables or motherboard. The box had never been opened before I swapped out the hard drive. I confirmed that the old HDD was bad (it wouldn't spin up most of the time). Based on the evidence, it seems unlikely that the E100 error I'm seeing has anything to do with the ODD hardware. Any other ideas?

[@imranarhomar]

I have this exact same error with new drive (old drive works fine) I think it's that the HDD is actually married to the system now or something

[@jeffreed8425]

thanks for all the info and help g unit

[@pilotpug]

Great vid. Re:speculation. My newer One S had a failed bluray drive and I replaced it with my 2 year older One S's bluray drive and I am getting an E100 now on the update so I don't think using an older one works.

[@juane.vargas5986]

This just happened to me and I wanna die. Should I just open it?

[@lortesen007]

Unplug and plug the bluray drive in in again to the morherboard. It works 80 % of the times people gets this e100 problem

[@jorgeguzman9592]

Owned an Xbox one s for a year and it gave me this issue I’m never buying an Xbox again time to start saving for that PS5

[@papia4675]

Can I get more information about your eBay service, I want to upgrade my XB1X to 2TB SSD

[@destroyermcw626]

Never had a Red ring but I get these weird errors and now it’s just E102 now

[@Welsper2012]

Greatings I've tried to fix the error torugh OSu 1 2 and 3 without getting any result. By the way, If I turn on my console and let it start on its normal way I get the error "E100" , but if I try to solve the from the throubleshoot the error changes to E101. Another issue is that my console is singed in on the insider program, reason I'm wondering: is this issue cause of the error E100?

[@sam-zf7xd]

My g! so a few weeks back I clean my Xbox and I didn't put the Blu-ray drive and place correctly and then my Xbox fell over a few times so it got loose after watching your video I was like fuck it let me open it up. save me $300

[@fatihokan]

IS THERE A WAY to partition a 5tb hard drive in an xbox one x to 2tb internal and 3tb external?

[@mpdavig]

Interesting idea. Unfortunately not though. Xbox One internal drives have a 2TB limit that you cannot get around. This is a bug or feature by Microsoft's design. The Xbox One cannot see anything beyond the first 2TB of any internal hard disk. The Xbox One lacks standard hardware as well as standard features such as large drive support: www.quora.com/Does-Xbox-One-uses-UEFI-for-its-firmware-to-boot-up