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To open your Xbox, you're going to have to cut or peel up this tamper-evident tape. But don't worry—Microsoft can't legally void your warranty, as long as you don't damage anything. Have fun!
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Use a plastic opening tool to pry up and remove the plastic vent that surrounds the side USB port.
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The vent is fairly flexible, and held in place with weak plastic clips—start prying from the back and peel it out.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger between the upper and lower case where they meet at the rear of the side vent opening.
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Insert a plastic opening tool between the upper and lower case to separate the clip over the rear vent.
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Starting with the spudger you left in the crack, pry the upper case up to free the last few clips.
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Lift the upper case slightly and shift it to give access to the front panel board.
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Use tweezers to pull the cable straight out of the connector on the board.
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Remove the upper case.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to free the clips securing the front panel to the upper case.
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Remove the front panel from the rest of the upper case.
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Replace the top part of the upper case.
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Line up the clips and press firmly to re-seat them around the perimeter.
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Support the front panel near the front of the Xbox.
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Use tweezers to replace the front button cable in its ZIF socket.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to push the ZIF lock to the left to secure the cable.
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With the front panel at a 45 degree angle, interlock its plastic hooks with those in the lower case.
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Push the top of the front panel into the Xbox, like closing a mailbox. Press firmly so that the clips securing the front panel to the upper case lock securely.
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Gently pull up on the speaker cable connector to disconnect it from the front panel board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable from the front panel board.
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Remove the two 9.5 mm T8 Torx screws from the WI-Fi board.
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Lift the Wi-Fi board straight up from its socket in the upper metal case.
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Leaving the Wi-Fi board antenna cable in place, move the Wi-Fi board aside, exposing the screw labeled "C3" that was beneath it.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
45 comments
I torn down my one to attempt to see why it stopped reading disc, i discovered that it wasn't a spinning issue but that the disc popped back out just a bit leading to why it will not spin. Any way of fixing that?
there is a black bar that rolls the disc into the tray try cleaning that (you will have to fully open the disc drive)
What kind of optical drive should I use?
DZ -
Once replacing the optical drive does one need to flashit/swap pcb boards. Has Microsoft stopped hard coding these.
I would like to know the answer to this as well. My xbox has a terrible time loading discs. If I use the hold method to install the disc it will eventually read it.
Yes, you will still need the swap over the PCB. I have no idea why they didn't cover this in the repair tutorial here...
Yes you would need to swap the PCB board from the new one with the old one. This requires you to open both new and old disk drives and unsolder the old and new PCBs and resolder the old one into the new disc drive. The dont tell you that or show that probably for the same reason the dont sell the drive separate from the paired mother board (40 from Ebay for the drive vs 99 + S&H for the drive and board here).
In the United States the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 is a Federal Law that states that stickers and clauses are illegal. It says you can open your electronics without voiding the warranty, regardless of what language of that warranty says.
Dustin D'Amour -
Stickers are illegal!?
Brandon -
For anyone concerned, if you apply heat with a blow dryer or heat gun you can carefully remove the sticker without damaging it, making it impossible to know that the sticker was ever removed.
Kelton Stewart -
All the immature comments aside, thank you Dustin for sharing the information.
Wade -
xbox를 열기 위해서 이러한 위조방지 테이프를 자르거나 떼어내야 합니다. 하지만 걱정 마세요. 여러분이 무언가 직접적으로 망가트리지 않는한 ms는 보증을 취소하지 않습니다.
승대/SeungDae 정/Jeong -