Xbox 360 s red light blinking 20 times then shuts off

[covert violet]

A family member handed me an xbox 360 s today, its got all the cords it need to work but when i power it on a red light in the middle flashes 10 times or so and shuts off, the fan runs while its flashing but cuts off aswell. I opened a thing on the side and saw that there was no hard disc drive either and dont know if thats required, i know nothing about xbox's or their codes so i dont know whats wrong with it or what to do

[plain quarry]

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[covert violet]

Sorry, 10 times not 20.

[gritty cosmos]

Whether it needs a hard drive or not depends on the model. Models that were marketed as “arcade” sometimes had flash storage to hold system software without a hard drive but models that came with hard drives included often did not have the flash storage. On those models, if the hard drive was removed it would not be able to function.

[covert violet]

The model on mine is 1439, i think im going to look at the resistors as it might be the issue

[gritty cosmos]

Please keep in mind that whatever you do, if it involves self-repair of the console you can’t discuss it further here.