Xbox

The original Xbox is Microsoft's first widely popular video gaming system. It has an easily identifiable black case with 'XBOX' emblazoned on the top and front. Repair is easy with common tools.

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Xbox Teardown

Teardown

Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.

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This is the teardown for the original Microsoft Xbox, not the Xbox 360.

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Edit Step 1 — Xbox Teardown ¶

Start with your Xbox unplugged and sitting on a flat, stable surface.

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Flip the Xbox over and pry off the rubber feet with a metal spudger.

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Peel back both the silver sticker and the white barcode sticker to reveal two additional screws.

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Use a T20 Torx screwdriver to remove the four screws located under the rubber feet you just removed as well as the two screws from beneath the stickers removed in the previous step.

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Use a metal spudger to pry the side of the top shell away from the bottom of the Xbox.
Use your fingers to lift the bottom shell of the Xbox away from the top shell.
It may be helpful to have a second person lift the bottom shell off while you pry the edges of the top shell away from the bottom shell.

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Once the bottom shell is no longer attached, carefully turn the Xbox right-side-up and lift off the top shell.

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Move the grey ribbon cable out of the way in order to remove the three 3 mm screws using T10 Torx screwdriver. They are located on the upper right corner, lower right, and lower left corners of disk drive.
The screw on the lower left corner of the disk drive is not in the hole that it appears to be in, but rather just closer to the corner.

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Lift the hard drive storage unit out of the Xbox. It should come right out.
Take the power cable out of the track around the hard drive so that the unit will come out easier.

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