Cleaning an xbox 360 Slim 

Helped me a lot. And don't skip any steps, the one with the fan and cooling is really important. And don't worry about possibly breaking some plastic pins, when everything is back in tact, it doesn't affect the console's work.

Definitely helped me today as my Xbox was severely clogged up.

Thank you for the guide, it was extremely helpful. For those of us that have never taken apart our 360 before I ran into a bit of a snafu when putting it back together that I think is helpful to mention for everyone... When reconnecting the cable that connects to the power button make sure to remove any little bit of dust before clipping it back in because I put it all back together and tried to turn it on and it wouldn't turn on so I opened it back up, cleaned that off and make sure it is all the way in... and it turned on no problem. I was concerned I caused an issue deeper in the machine so don't fret this may be what happened to you. Now its working like a charm!

Just a heads up for anyone watching this in the future, you'll need a T10 as a T8 is a touch too small. That said thank you for this tutorial, it's helped me clean my "new" 360 i picked up at a yard sale.

Man, this video helped me a lot, my Xbox had stopped recognizing the hard drive. I was so close to shitting myself since they are kind of rare and expensive but a good cleaning later and it is back to business as usual. Good thing the hard drive is easy to take off and clean without needing to gut out the whole console.

This is - by far - the best guide I've seen. Showing the sides before disassembly made all the difference.

Thanks for the video man! You really helped me out with cleaning it. I hadn’t cleaned it in a good 8 years so safe to say it was pretty dusty.

Wow! Thank you so much... Your tutorial helped me to completely overhaul a second hand system which was clunky, slow, and full of dust. Now runs really quiet and smooth

Bruh this is already super clean 😂

Thanks for this Tutorial. :) I bought one of these from Ebay, turns out the CD drive didn't read discs, some compressed air and time watching your video and I fixed it! You earned a Sub!

I also finaly cleaned my xbox after 9 years and this video really helped me. Thanks for your help man

Thank you so much. This video was more comprehensive than any other video I've view over the past few days. In doing my own tear down, I missed a few things that were shown in your video. The next time I need to open up my 360, I'll feel more confident. Two thumbs up!

OMG thank you so much i have had my xbox 360 for 15 years and it finally works i havent used it for 4 years thank you

You know it's about to be an engaging teardown video when it's actually full-length

This is very helpful, i have a problem connecting the controller to the console for almost a month. I tried to clean it to see of it will refresh the console. Found out that the power button connection is not plugged in properly. Finally, my xbox is now working properly. Thanks!

Thank you for the guide i haven’t cleaned mine in 10 years and this helped me a lot

THANK YOU. I just had the worst time trying to undo the clips holding the bottom plastic casing on, and this is the ONLY guide I could find that says anything about the pinhole under the sticker back there. You just saved my ass!

Thank you so much. Did my first console clean ever today on a console from the second hand store and cleaned up nicely!

THANK YOU so much, bother. my first XBox 360 was having read problems, just a light touch of a q-tip to the drive lens and now good as new. just needed help opening it, you saved me.

ive had my xbox slim since it came out and its been put through a lot, i havent used in a few years so i thought it was done for when it would start then shut back off but after a well needed cleaning of the console and ac adapter (which had a surprising amount of dead roaches in it) started like it was brand new. Thank you very much sir for helping me bring my consloe back from the dead

YAY!, now I can play Cammand & Conquer 3 without my Xbox feeling like its gonna melt 😃

Thank you mate! Cleaned my 360 right along with you and is sparkling clean now! (remarkable though, it actually wasn't all that dusty... ^^)

My anxiety when removing the front face plate with the electrical cable was THROUGH THE ROOF!

Great video! I got a used xbox 360 S at a second-hand bookstore, so I needed to clean it. I found I could also use a T10 Star (Hex) bit. T8 size doesn't come in standard drill bit sets, but T10 does. So if anyone is worried they won't have the right size bit, if you have a standard drill bit set, you'll be fine.

Just cleaned my xbox! Thanks man! Super easy tutorial to follow I appreciate you!

Best video I could ever find about this. Thank you so much, my Xbox 360 is clean as new again :)

Thank you. You're tutorial helped. More thorough and correct way of doing this.

thank you so much bro this video helped me so much. awesome tutorial because it's extremely easy to follow aside from a few times going off screen .

I’m watching this just to see if I can’t fix my HDMI slot.

Just what I needed 😌👏🏼 thank you 🙏🏼

This video was amazing and super easy to follow ❤❤

Thanks a lot, this video was really helped me a lot.. btw, I tried to take off chrome directly instead of taking black plastic off first and it worked.

This beast is still hearting comments three years later. Nice

Thank you so much man, definitely the best guide on youtube, liked and subscribed😆

I have a old xbox 360 slim that really needs cleaning and one side cover disappeared(meaning you can literally see the inside of the console btw the Chrome part is still there and I don't know what happened to it because I was not the only owner of the console their has been like 2 people before me who owned it so idk what happened to it but whatever) and the other side cover is half on and half off so it should be easy to take apart and it has a lot(and I mean a lot) of dust in it and probably needs a thermal paste change yet somehow the thing still works fine and has never had overheating issues(maybe because both side cover are mostly gone meaning more air flow)but it does get hot pretty fast like the moment you turn it on you can put you hand on top of the fan and the thing is as hot as a heater but like I said before somehow it still works fine but to be honest I'm probably never going to clean it because I'm lazy but I still loved the video(also this is one of my biggest comments ever so yeah. Also another thing is your probably never going read this Vigerp but if you did it would be surprising because of how old this video is).

Brother thanks to you I was able to fix up my xbox that I hadn't cleaned since I got it and that was when it 1st came out no ring of death and everything is still perfect you my friend are amazing!!!

thank you for this video, it helped me a lot. I managed to self clean my old xbox full of dust!!!

Thanks for the tutorial! I was able to clean a whole colony of dust bunnies out of my Xbox 360 while watching this video.

9 years, it’s been nine years since I’ve had this Xbox & I’m FINALLY cleaning it. Smh oh well, at least I’ve learned a lot from this video, I’ll take care much more better of my Xbox ;;;;; The only bad thing that I found inside is that the rubber sealant broke here and there & is withered. Do I buy a new one or just put a rubber bands around it?

Thank You, Very informative and got a real nice clean that was needed.

Just tore down the most nasty 360 with roaches everywhere inside and I kept wanting to give up but had your video and just pulled through after 2 hours got it back together and looks amazing thank you! First time doing a 360 only done 3d a lol

Nice and clean job

And by the way thank you for sharing this video it was very informative I was actually looking for a way to open up my Xbox 360 slim and you made that way easy for me

This video was a godsend thank you

Some parts were hard to understand but most of it helped a lot.

Taking apart a ps3 is a million times easier than an xbox

Great video helped me do my 360

Thanks I was cleaning mine with a toothbrush and just rubbing the dirt back in I've got two xbox slims one has got the red light of death on it but the other one works

Such a dope dope video!!! Thank you :)

You just saved my xbox's life

Just finally went ahead and did it the right way actually removing the annoying plastic things

Thank you! My unit sounded like a helicopter taking off, much better now. Only had to say "wheres that go?" once when reassembling.

Always the most detailed and useful :)

I just did this and there's an easier way than popping all that plastic apart! All you need is a small Flathead eyeglasses kit or just a small thin flathead. Press it through the big rectangle openings around the plastic as you will find when you pry in and outward you'll feel the tabs release, there's no need to pop off the middle plastic and break it.

Thanks you help me a lot Kids here are very happy!

This saved my nier gestaltXD had dead pests i had to clean out of my used xbox. Thank you so much!

This guy is awesome. Definitely recommend subscribing to his channel helped me out a GREAT BIT Bc I haven’t cleaned my 360 since I bought it back in 2011. I appreciate you man 👑

Hey man thanks a lot!!! This help a lot!

Opened my console to clean it after 4 years of sitting on a shelf Open up the disc tray... and Skyrim pops out Go figure 😹😹

Thank you very much. Very helpful!

thanks alot i was stuck on that ribben cable eject nothing worked on that pannel no more thanks to you it now

In Soviet Russia you don't fix Xbox Xbox fix you

I used a leaf blower it worked pretty good

Ah cool Thanks bro.

Thank you I was able to follow & get the job done just wished you centered the camera on the technical hard to reach places instead of the angle getting cut off. Great tips in the video thanks again

My 360 sounds incredibly loud, I guess that’s what you get when you get it secondhand and then leave it in your basement for like 4 years lol

I slowly used a kitchen knife for the rubber for the tray it was fairly smooth

imagine trading a snes for a 360

If you have thermal paste, definitely do change it. It helps a lot. If your Xbox 360 makes fan noise it’s definitely time to

Thanks so much helped a ton

Thanks.. Greetings from Holland

Thank you for uploading this video, it was really helpful and easy to follow but after I put my xbox back together it has been turning off at random times, do you have any idea on what I could have done wrong?

I'm still looking to do this. To get the best clean for operational purposes would you take the disc drive out?

Thanks this helped alot!

great guide

You did NOT have to remove the panel that were attached by rivets...all you needed to do was to insert a flat head screwdriver in the panel slots (there are 6) at an angle to unhook the clips. It’s a shame that you broke the rivets. Here is the proper way to remove the end panels without breaking anything: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rSD7GPiV6yU.html

Thank you for this video!!!!!!

Alt title Kermit teaches you to clean a xbox

thank you.....great video

Very helpful thanks

before and after disassembly and reassembly, your console remained working, right? provided i don't break anything or any cables, the console should continue working right?

Thanks a Lot for sharing. O followed each step and also cleaned the optical with isop alcoohol . At next Power up the error of not Reading Disc still occurs :/ what else can It be?

thanks man huge help

Cleaned everything exactly the same except for the disc drive, was able to repeat the problem without the disc drive. I fired it up before trying to put it back together, I plugged it in and it’s still bringing up the red light saying it will shut down to avoid damage. Any suggestions?

It was satisfying when I was done

Hey when you are putting the xbox power ribbon on which way is the ribbon supossed to be facing when I plug it back in? Is it supposed to be twisted or is it just bent backwards?

Quick question if a blow dryer has fan setting could that be used as a duster?

Did this 2 day there was so much dust in it was like a carpet .no wonder it sounded like a jet engine. Put back together all ok much quieter than it was .

ive been at the pin part for two hours

good vid and v informative. Maybe an update on best way to remove the covers as in the comments there are easier ways :-)

I pulled off the blue plastic cable attached to the xbox to the front. Not the one attached to the button directly. Can i connect it again?

How do you get the t8 hex screws out without the screwdriver?

Nice, thanks for the video! Now my 360 isn't hot enough to cook an egg now.

Thanks man

WISH YOU SHOWED HOW TO DO THE CLIPS ON THE FRONT OF THE CONSOLE!

I tore the blue wire/ cable near the start button, the one which is attached from the front part to the console. Anyone know how should i fix it properly cause its really tiny to work on. I just taped around it to keep it whole but dont know if it need to touch the part behind it or the part it is plugged into. And its kind hard to tape it so i dont know if the two ends are still connected

Thanks Dude

working on the exact same model except on mine around the disc tray is not rubber it's foam. Made a mess and on further inspection it's actually foam glued to a very thin piece of plastic. i should have used an X-Acto knife to get under the plastic not a screwdriver to the foam.

I took the fan off. It had 2 screws Holding the fan down from the top. Would that be enough to break the hard drive seal?

29:00 i dont have any rubber bands for that, can i just use a normal one which is the same size?