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Xbox Teardown

Device	Xbox
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	No estimate
Steps	7

This guide is by Tyler Worwa on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

Tools: iFixit Opening Tool; Spudger; Mako Driver Kit - 64 Precision Bits

Step 1

• First you need to remove 6 screws using a T 20 screwdriver. Two are hidden in 2 stickers.

Step 2

• Lift the top part of the Xbox. It can be hard.

Step 3

• Now you need to remove 2 cords. The power cord can be tricky. Remove 1 screw using a T 10 screwdriver.

Step 4

• You should lift the hard drive. Remove 2 cords and remove 2 screws. After removing the disk drive, you've made it to the motherboard.

Step 5

• Now remove this cord and remove the 2 screws holding the power supply. Yup that's the power supply.

Step 6

• Take out 2 remaining cords and 4 cords shown in this picture. Look at how many screws you need to remove (there's eleven, in case you're wondering).

Step 7

• And finally take out the big green motherboard.

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