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Replacing an XBOX One S Hard Drive

Dec 2023

Failing hard drive
Failing hard drive
Error E106 after hard drive swap
Error E106 after hard drive swap
Back in working condition after an offline update
Back in working condition after an offline update

I purchased a broken XBOX One S that was believed to have an issue with the retimer chip. This is a common issue that causes the XBOX to not output any display. However, upon my own troubleshooting, I quickly realized this was not the case. In addition to the XBOX not showing up on my monitor, it also automatically shut itself off a minute and 8 seconds after being turned on. It consistently did this even after swapping out the power supply and power cord. I learned that this issue is frequently caused by a failing hard drive, and after swapping out the hard drive, both issues were resolved. However, I still could not use the XBOX because of an E106 error. Furthermore, it would not let me reset the XBOX, because every time I tried it would loop back to the error message. I was able to download an offline update onto a flash drive and update the system that way. After a TON of troubleshooting & trial and error, this XBOX One S in back in perfect working condition.