Was away for few months, my 2 boys damaged the disc tray of our xbox 360 console as the tray was not moving. I simply used this video to strip the machine and then adjusted the disc tray. Everything now works perfectly. The boys were so happy and I felt like a super hero. Thanks a million for putting up this video.👍
when ur trying to do this at 2 in the morning and ur parents are in the room next to you sleeping and ur trying to snap the welded plastic and its super fucking loud
I've ripped part of my thumb nail off doing this, I don't have the correct tools and I have to be aggressive and just pull the plastic off. The result is injury.
2024, February. I finally got the guts to take apart the old xbox after 14 years of use and being passed from stepfather to child, then to step child after years of being forgotten. It even sat in a closet after the red ring of death reared its ugly head. I got it working, barely. She struggled. But after buying tools and having too much free time, I decided to take it apart, and this video was my savior. Thank you so much for making this. You gave me back my childhood❤ Edit: Just wanna add it feels SO WEIRD seeing it open like this
I really want to thank this dude,you just saved me over two hundred dollars,it took me all afternoon but thanks to your guidance,I was able to take apart and resemble my console after retrieving the cd that was stuck inside,God bless you man.
He screws up and tells you to "break the plastic". You dont break any plastic. The side trim and the the flat plastic sheets on the side come off as ONE piece and there are giant plastic clips holding it all on.
I work on electronics for a living, and you will occasionally break plastic when your not supposed. But yes.. Telling people to break anything is bad for business for sure.
Thanks for this tutorial, I did it step by step , pausing the video between section, I actually fixed the power issue from another tutorial. Thanks again.
Sure thing, here is the link : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GSDQhHk4C4U.html I am also going to reply without the link so this will be in your spam box ok. let me know if you get the link
This tutorial is by far the best one I have seen so far because ..... - View is clear. - Camera focus is right where it needs to be. - Simple and easy to follow instructions. Thank you :)
You have a step backwards. You don't have to break the plastic removing the side. Pull upward on the inner plastic near where the second smaller hole is. As you rock it and apply pressure from closer to the center and not the sides, the clips will buckle. That curvature is enough to ride over the clips and the side bezel and matte inlay come together out as one piece. Other than that, thanks
@@danmac0 you're talking about when you take it apart on the sides he's talking about the top and bottom one thing where the hard drive is and the other being the other side opposite of the hard drive location
Had to deep clean my Xbox (it's been ok the shelf for almost four years without being cleaned) so this really helped me get inside it to remove all the dust and gross that had started collecting. I actually managed to cheat and not remove those special screws and didn't use any tools besides a butter knife and a can of pressurized air. Anyways, this works fabulously and I was really able to understand what was going on (videos are WAY better than written instructions lol) Thanks for the help dude :D
My Xbox needed a clean, the fans were really dusty, and it hasn’t been cleaned in around 5 years. Thanks man, this made my Xbox a little less like a jet engine.
To save ur Warrenty its simple just use a hair dryer to heat it up till your sticker is soft/sticky on the bottom then peel it off slowly then once your done place it back and it looks as if it was never even touched. Just make sure not to over do it.
Thanks. You helped me get much closer to opening my disc tray box. Tore apart the xbox, unscrewed the disc box completely, found the yellow circled hole to poke a paper clip into and to my surprise there actually was a game left in it. Splinter Cell double agent. I'm gonna be so glad to play this again. Worth the hour of work.
Thank you!!! You're the only person who actually says/tells/shows that there is a hidden clip for the top shell on the back behind the Xbox360 sticker, as well as how tf to get it to pop open.
Why do these videos tell people to break the plates loose? thats what the holes in the plates are for to stick a dental pick or small screw driver into release the snaps. The holes are right over the snaps just pop them and release the whole plate no need to break anything off.
"But you're actually breaking a bit of plastic"... Why do you think the little apertures line up exactly over the tabs you need to pull aside? The holes are there for one and one reason only: to give you access to those tabs. And yet, you remove the entire plate instead of just sticking your screwdriver through the holes and pull aside the tabs? If plastic is welded shut on a device that the manufacturer needs to be able to open up for repairs, it's a pretty good sign that breaking the welds is not necessary to access the inside. If that's the way you do it, fine, it's your xbox. But don't go on RU-vid advising others to break their consoles too when it's completely unnecessary.
Yeah, I was confused as to why he was doing it like that on video when I was able to do it without breaking the parts. Unfortunately it seems this is also in the guide ifixit posted on their website.
Yeah like they welded the plastic after putting box together. 😂😂😂😂 If you would use your brain you would realize that those plates are part of the side rims and as you pull the rim off it comes of with it 😂
***** xbox gets taken down by lizards just as often as sony. These bastards think they are clever with their ddos "attacks". I use both consoles. They both have their strengths and weaknesses but I'm a gamer. I don't care very much about what system or company makes the hardware and how much megadrives and floppy ram they have. I just care about whether or not my games are fun at the end of the day.
took my 2nd hand xbox apart using your video to clean the fan and everything worked after putting it back together. thanks, clear and easy instructions
OMG.. thank you so much for this very informative and detailed video. Apparently, at a family party, my mother spilled wine on the top of my xbox. Nothing appeared wrong at first, but over time it appears (now) that the DVD drive had become 'sealed' by rotting/drying residue wine. Other videos talked about the regular 360 and your video shows the slim model (I have the Halo Reach edition). Long story short, I fixed mine.. thanks to this video!!!
Nice Video, helped me too. One thing I noticed, the flat head holes that are part of the inner plastic piece that is plastic riveted to the outer shell, if you put a small flat head down into those holes, you can release the clips that hold the inner and outer shell out at once. This way I didn't have to break any plastic rivets.
I found this VERY useful and used it as a walk-along guide as I tore mine down. I really just wanted to drill wall mount holes into the backside to mount it vertically against my wall, but wasn't looking forward to take it apart on my own. This made it easy and was well worth the time, THANK YOU!!!
Very useful video! This morning I was putting the hdd and pushed it so hard that the the plugs into the Xbox went loose. I managed to open, fix and close the 360 without breaking anything thanks to this video and a lot of patience. Thanks man, great vid!
Great tutorial. By the way, it's called a Torx screw. T-10 = Torx bit. And the little sticker on the back side is not the security sticker - breaking the warranty. It's the round sticker on the inside covering one of the long Torx screws - unsecuring the metal box from the bottom plastic frame. Thanks for the help!
Thank you to this video. No one wanted to fix my daughter's XBox Disc drive door. This video taught me how to take apart the unit to get at the drive. Now my daughters XBox is alive and kicking, and no spare parts. LOL
I just found my brother old Xbox 360 like the one on the video and when I connect to the power the power brick have no light on it it won't start up do I need to buy new one or I can fix it I just want to play old games like Halo
sigh 2020 and im afraid i have a bunch of crap in mine...power isuues i think...wish me luck...or its 100 bucks on a second hand with a bunch of games i probably already have lol
My brother got grounded about 3 years ago and was on the Xbox illegally. He happened to be either putting in or taking out a disc and long story short he jammed the disc tray. Thank you so much.
this is the first time an instruction video made accurate predictions, yes, my console is suffering from the red dot of death, yes, like the male technophile I am, I tried to rush in blind and backwards, after taking a few plastic chunks out of the cover, I swallowed my pride and looked for an instruction video, you deserve my like
I know the xbox elite was easy as fuck to open. I put the ghost case on it with blue LEDs and a wisperer fan with blue LEDs, IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!! they have it for slim but not worth it in my opinion. microsft should have just made as easy to open as the elite. and with slim being hard to open, I don't want to talk about opening an xbox one 0-o
Just came across this video and wanted to point out that you don't break those side frame clips that are 'melted' together, you just need a long skinny flathead screwdriver to release the six tabs.
Obviously it'll be out of warranty 👍 The hardest tab to unlock is the one that's below the warranty sticker. The sticker sits in like a groove. From the right hand side of the groove measure 6mm from right to left & from the top of the groove measure 22mm down. At that point drill a very small hole with a fine drill bit. I didn't use a drill I just used the drill bit. You don't need to drill a full hole just deep enough to then carefully push a drawing pin through the case which will then push the tab. Once you've opened the case you could measure for all tabs and drill small holes for future disassemble 🤝
thank you for the video! This method worked out well! Whoever can not figure this out either went to fast, or was not gentle enough. Yeah you have to improvise a bit, I used the same screw driver to take the whole thing apart. I didnt break anything! Usefull video, just go slow
7:08 - Hint - If you dont have a security bit, use a tiny screw driver and put a paper towel (i folded it to make it a little thicker) on top of the screw. Then put the screw driver in and the paper towel will help it "grip" the top of the screw.
The plastic welded rivets don't have to come off, you can pry off the locks in the frame through the assigned holes with a small screwdriver. And the lock behind the sticker: there is a small hole in the cover (covered by the sticker) right left to "UL-NOM": Find it with a needle.
This was very helpful in getting inside our child's Xbox 360 to fix a small piece that had broken to hold the switch for opening and shutting the disc drawer. Thank you. I could not have fixed it without this video.
thanks for making this video, my cat thought it would be fun to play with my disk tray when it was open and messed it up. so I looked up "how to take apart an xbox 360 slim" then your video came up. was honestly very helpful so thank you again
My 3 year old shoved a pen into the fan, if it wasn't for this video I would've probably trashed the machine. Thank you for this, you've saved my xbox and sons life 😁
Thanks a bunch man. My son kicked into the CD tray while it was open and the runner was mismatched for the gears. I had to break down the drive after getting to your end point and reset the tray entirely. Couldn't have done it without your tutorial. It's up and running again now though, so thank you thank you thank you.
thank you for this simple and easy tutorial to follow through , I watched it while I was disassembling my own Xbox , and I gotta admit those melted things was a bit of annoying I gotta say too and now it's reassembled and good to go , I just wanted to clean it inside
I cut myself on the back of my index finger when taking off the melted plastic part. I just got out of the shower, sitting in my LEATHER office chair at the desk doing this in nothing but my undies and Spotify's shuffle function made my metal go to some sad fucking song I had saved in my favorites to use in a video. Opening up your xbox to clear it from dust like me? Expect blood, sweat and tears before you even have it opened.
For the center clip along the back, I just push a flathead screwdriver into the corner next to the warranty seal, just above the S/PDIF plug. wedge it between the plastic pieces, and it falls apart a lot easier. I also find wedging a screwdriver or something between the 2 clips helps while focusing on the center clip to avoid those latching back together. That was the only real spot that gave me too much trouble. Beyond that, this video will tell you the rest.
not sure if its here but you can remove the sides without breaking the plastic! take a long thin wedge made out of a sturdy material such as metal and you can release the tabs below the cover without breaking the plastic bits. Learned this while working on a brand new system that had some crub fall inside with rattling so I'm doing my best professionally to disasemble this for the first time while leaving it in the newest condition possible
after taking the grills off you DO NOT have to break any welds if you you use the right tool (a long very skinny screwdriver ) you can release the tabs and using a strong safety pin on the back to release the hidden tab is the right way and much easier (there is a hidden hole in the label right above the first letter in the black area )
Yep this is why if you are sure you can do it do it but if you don't have a clue of the outcome then why do you do it also I have the red ring of death wish me luck to fix it
Time to finally clean it out after 11 years, it survived countless spills, drops, the three red lights of doom. Wouldn’t be doing it any respect if I didn’t give it a little service
Video helped, mine was just dirty and needed a good preventative maintenance cleaning to ensure longer life of the console. ISSUE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS: There is NO NEED to break ANYTHING!!! The same tabs he loosened to take apart casing can be done WITHOUT breaking welds on plastic through the slots that are molded into the top and bottom plates. He refers to the holes to "pop and break the welds" which are there to facilitate the tabs being lifted from their seat. I also agree that the hard drive should be removed before any maintenance is done to ensure there is no damage done to it.
THANK YOU SO MUCH this video has been really helpful. My xbox 360 slim recently got the red ring of death a year ago and I've been meaning to take out the dvd rom drive to swap it out with the broken dvd drive one in my fat xbox 360. Your video helped me a LOT with the disassembly. thank you once again, warm regards from Jakarta, June 01, 2024.
this was very helpful for my family and I. Needed to fix the drive, your video saved time, money, and a trip to repair shop. Thanks...The Buford Family
