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How to easily fix a Xbox 360 drive that wont open.

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  1. How to easily fix a Xbox 360 drive that wont open., How to easily fix a Xbox 360 drive that wont open.: step 1, image 1 of 2 How to easily fix a Xbox 360 drive that wont open., How to easily fix a Xbox 360 drive that wont open.: step 1, image 2 of 2
    • First we need to take off the face plate.

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    • Use a paper clip or a long pick tool to manually open DVD Drive.

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    • Use tweezers to take a rubber belt of 2 pulleys in between the hole in the DVD Tray.

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    • Use a damp paper towel to thoroughly clean the rubber belt.

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    • Use the tweezers to put the rubber belt back on the 2 pulleys we took them off of.

    • I have found it is easier to start with the big pulley first then once around the big pulley get the belt around the small belt.

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    • Close the DVD Drive and put the face plate back on.

    • Plug the system in and test to see if the drive works.

Conclusion

These steps have helped me fix 2 original Xbox systems and 3 Xbox 360 systems. I hope it helps yall. If you need any clarification on any of the steps please message me.

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Matt Weatherly

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8 Comments

the picture of the exbox is not mine

dongwillows - Reply

the picture you show is not my console

dongwillows - Reply

My xbox 360 console looks like this but does not have a hole to manually open the tray.

Don - Reply

It had to use different tools to open and clean the rubber pulley with 70% Alcohol. Thank you for posting it i fixed my 2009 Black xbox 360 Console.

Gustavo Montes - Reply

How did you open your Xbox? Because mine also doesn’t have that hole

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