The power supply of your Xbox should be of good quality. It should not be a cheap one because it is the one that provides power to Xbox to run heavy games through its system.
The power supply that comes out of the box from Microsoft is pretty tough. You might be here facing the issue of yellow light in the power supply of your Xbox 360.
What to do in that specific case? Will your power supply work again? or it is the issue inside the console? We will discuss why it happens and what steps we need to take in order to make our power supply work fine.
What could have possibly caused the problem?
The problem could have been caused by a number of causes. All of them are power-related. The disturbance of power could have caused the problem or lack of attention too.
Some of the common things that can supposedly cause this problem are as mentioned below:
- The power cord of the power supply might be damaged
- Something might have burnt out inside the power supply
- Overheating problems may have caused it
- The pins inside the power supply might be bended
- Other hardware issues
What to do and what to not?
There are many things that we can try on our own and also many others that we should not try and can be potentially harmful to us. These things are mentioned further in the article.
Unplug the cable from the Xbox and the other cable from the wall and Xbox and plug again
You need to make sure that whenever you face the problem of a yellow light that lights up on the power supply of the Xbox, you turn your Xbox off and cut off all the supplies from the wall socket.
After some time, plugin again into the wall socket and hope your problem will be solved. It may be caused due to excessive usage which possibly could have caused the system to heat.
Power cord issue
Your power cord might also be damaged due to which your Xbox is not receiving the required power that it needs in order to run efficiently. Change the power cord and try again to try to connect the other power cord.
It would solve the case sometimes because a bad quality power cord usually does not keep the power supply running for a long time.
Check pins inside the Power Supply
After you unplug the wall socket, what you need to do is to check whether the pins of the power supply are placed correctly or a bend has appeared in them.
If you see that they have got a bend, simply use any plastic pen to mold them to the correct position. Try to connect the cables again. Hopefully, it will work for you as it did for most people.
Overheating problem
While playing on Xbox for a long time, your power supply sometimes gets too much heat that it does not supply the required power to the Xbox due to which the yellow light blinks up.
After you turn off the supply for some time so restart it and check again.
If this is not the problem, then something inside the power supply might have been damaged. There is a possibility that you will face the need to change your power supply.
Repairing the power supply
Repairing the power supply by yourself is not recommended by anyone because the current passes are enough to give you a very trembling shock or it can also be fatal for you.
So you need to make sure that you get it checked your power supply checked by an expert or you send it to Microsoft for replacement. They will take the required charges and do the job for you.
Also read: Use USB Microphone on Xbox One Fixed
Conclusion
Hence, the issue of the Xbox 360 Power Supply Yellow Light is very sensitive. You should always keep in mind the option of changing your power supply if you are using it for a long time. You get your power supply changed from the Microsoft Store.
Do not try to open or repair the power supply by yourself because it can be considered to be harmful.
