Microsoft xbox 360 teardown

That little thing that I am pointing at, with a screwdriver, is the "Microsoft Seal". It is a sticker that you must remove to continue. It is the warranty sticker. Mine has already been removed, and once you remove it, you will see why you can't put it back on. This is the point of no return, but if you heat it up a little, you can certainly reduce this. Once you break the Microsoft seal, we can continue. Start by taking multiple flathead screwdriver bits or 4 spudgers The most common spudger is a black or yellow nylon stick with a metal hook at one end.

After all 4 tabs are held open, pull up on the top half of the case. The bits should pop out don't lose them! Lift the case up and make sure the tabs don't reconnect. Lift the half up and then flip the console upright, and make sure that you don't let the tabs close. Using a small flathead screwdriver, pry these tabs apart. It's hard to show how to remove the clips, but you'll see soon enough. Using a flathead screwdriver, pop out all 7 tabs. It's hard to do this without causing some damage to the casing.

You can unlock the tabs without causing any damage by using a x-acto knife insted. Using a small flathead screwdriver, or a spudger, remove the eject button assembly. It should come off easily, but some models have adhesive, making the process slightly harder. Flip the console over and remove the 6 T10 Screws. They should each be 2. Remove both the power and SATA cables from the drive.

Be careful when doing this, the connectors are fragile. Pull the drive out of the console. There may be tape on the front of the drive holding it in, remove the tape.

Remove the 3-Pin power connector from the logic board. This is the same connector used in some PC fans. Remove these T10 Screws from the bottom metal casing, there may be more than the number circled, just remove them all. This is the true mothership of your Xbox HDMI Port, supporting version 1. Microsoft X See datasheet. Badges: The video RAM isn't just 10mb, lmao.

Best to use the little green one that comes with LCD tvs if not then a little cotton bud will suffice. Thanks Again for the guide bro, saved my xbox.. Thanks for the guide. My brothers 8 year old xbox was getting 2 red leds after minuets of playing. Further investigation showed that the CPU was overheating. I figured either the thing was clogged with dust, or the thermal paste was nonexistent, or both. Turned out it was both.

I cleaned it out, removed what was left of the old thermal paste, and reapplied. The fans had been running at full speed for the longest time, but now its as if it just came out of the box. Fix Your Stuff Community Store. The motherboard power connections for the fan, the nonexistent HDD, and the optical drive are also now visible, along with surrounding power circuitry:.

And with it out of the way and a few more screws loose removed … bad joke, I know , the motherboard lifts away from the remainder of the chassis:. Those four earlier mentioned screws attach to each of the heat sink posts, which pass through the motherboard to the back side. One of the other Xbox S consoles this one in the living room had a power supply whose integrated fan was getting increasingly noisy a common problem ; recently the din became too much to bear.

Time to dive in. A T10 Torx screwdriver is needed to remove the now-exposed screws I also included a 0. Remove the screws holding the fan assembly in place and look at all that accumulated dust and other cruft:. After cleaning out all the cruft with compressed air, followed by lubrication of the fan shaft with light oil, I carefully put everything back together in mostly reverse order:.

Having just crossed through 2,! As always, I look forward to your thoughts in the comments! This article was originally published on EDN. You must Register or Login to post a comment. Subscribe to Newsletter. Tags : Consumer Electronics. Leave a comment. Cancel reply You must Register or Login to post a comment.