Xbox 360 Repair: Opening the Console
March 31st, 2010
Author: admin
Well, I had to fix my 360 again last night, so I chose to film a video about repairing it. The first step is obviously getting it open, and the Xbox 360 isn’t just held together with screws, so you’ll probably need some kind of guide to get it open (I know I did). You’ll need some screwdrivers, mainly a small flat one and a Torx T10 (for other parts you’ll also need a T8, such as to remove the ring of light/power button board or the X clamps). As for those asking for step 2, I don’t reckon I can make one. Sorry. For one, I’m now in college so I have a lot of work to do and 2, my last fix attempt was 4 months ago, and luckily for me (sadly for you) my 360 has been running fantastic ever since. I reckon I finally got it 100% fixed, so that means I won’t be opening it up to film part 2. Doesn’t matter, as there are plenty of RROD fix videos out there already, just look for them.
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ok everytime i place a game in my xbox keeps generating power but then stopping and it jst wont load up any cd how do i fix it
go to my video to learn how to get free microsoft points and other free stuff.
my dad threw my xbox out mah window ^_^
@boredout420 got the pliers on it
lmao
i got a t10, it dont f****** fit :@
omfg… I cannot split the case… idk why but it just never works
my xbox got the ring of death but i fixed it, a year later (now) it doesnt work. when i place a game in it says “play dvd” then just changes the screen 2 the 360 sign. when i place a dvd in it says “play game” and changes the screen 2 the 360 sign. how do i fix it? and wats rong with it?
NO ITS NOT LOL its such a pain in the ass
goood ass job
he opened up the xbox so damn simple.. its not that fk’n simple
It’s pretty hard to re-insert a disc tray after ripping it out. We had a PC in our robotics lab that the disc drive kept going in and out, the tray was out of alignment and I couldn’t get it to go in straight because the gears shifted, so I finished up wiring into the “tray closed” switch so I could manually force the drive to reckon it was closed (the tray never detected when it closed). I would say replace the drive mechanism with one from a replacement drive.
Is it possible to fix the disc tray? When i press “open” , the disc tray always jams up. So i “accidently” (slight rage) pulled the disc tray a *small* to hard and it came out my xbox.. then i procceded to place the disc tray back into the xbox, it didn’t go in smoothly , I kinda had to force it in. Ok the disc tray is still jamming up.. But Now it seems I hurt my xbox even further. Now it has distress loading my games..and i get Errors..fml ..please help.(just got battlefieldBC2)FUC!
I don’t have the ring of death but the xbox is making noise because the disk slipped out of the tray while it was in the xbox. Could I open the component where the disk goes in.
Your fucked
@cjice5959
The black screws hold the X-clamps and motherboard in. You can remove them (as well as the other Torx screws holding the motherboard) to clean underneath the board. But, if you remove the X-clamps you ruin the thermal paste and will have to clean the chips+heatsinks and re-apply new paste. If you have it apart this really isn’t a terrible thought, the stock thermal paste isn’t very excellent and switching to something like Arctic Silver 5 increases cooling.
i riped out the door on mistak hellppppp plz plz
Yeh not until you do all that crap…
Yeh it will, you need to open up the disc tray once you get it out, then buff the laser with a q-tip or something.
all this only to find it work on fuckijn trox scewdriver
PLZ Answer!!!!!!
do i need to unscrew the black screws to get to the CPU&GPU to vacuum it out to fix my 2red rings every 5min problem
thank u so much. it helped for the first time ever takeing apart the 360. i cant beleve mine never been opened before. made in aug. 2007 just got it in the end of 2009. once again i thank u so much I will keep the video 4 the next time i take it apart again. THANK U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is there anything else after 9:08? cuz i dont know what else to do.
Thanks a lot for posting this! Our xbox was a biggg dust machine. I do appreciate the typed out words verses actual talking, which makes it way simpler because you can pause, read your instructions, and work on your xbox! Fantastic video quality as well. Thanks again!!
RROD has unli8mited warrenty