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2010 Telstra t-box Teardown

Written By: Bryn Trainor (and one other contributor)
Published: August 25, 2019
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2010 Telstra t-box Teardown

Written By: Bryn Trainor (and one other contributor)
Published: August 25, 2019
  • Comments: 5
  • Favorites: 0
  • Views: 2.1k

Teardown

Introduction

Hey guys, instead of asking questions, im gonna solve a question with this guide.

The Telstra t-box was released in 2010 and was discontinued in 2018.

This is the first ever guide made for this item on iFixit, i might make more if i want to.

Anyways, here’ s a complete teardown on the Telstra T-box:

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your 2010 Telstra t-box, use our service manual.

  1. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Preparation: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Place your system on a flat surface and make sure all cables are disconnected from the system before dissasembly

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  2. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Remove case from bottom: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Flip the device over and remove the hard drive cover (I dont have a hard drive cover on my t-box)

    • Peel off the warranty sticker and remove the 4 screws

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  3. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Opening it up: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Pull the casing off being careful of the cables connected to the case.

    • carefully disconnect those cables and proceed

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  5. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Getting inside: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • After disconnecting the cables, you can remove the top half of the outer case.

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  6. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Disconnecting the USB wifi adapter: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • remove the black tape holding the USB wifi adapter in place, then remove it the same way you would remove a USB stick

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  7. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Removing the IR sensor's board: step 6, image 1 of 3 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Removing the IR sensor's board: step 6, image 2 of 3 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Removing the IR sensor's board: step 6, image 3 of 3

    • remove the ribbon cable on both ends and then carefully remove the IR sensor's board from the device

    • Please note that there is a metal tab thing holding the board in place, pull it a little bit and remove the board

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  8. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Removing the Main Board and hard drive: step 7, image 1 of 3 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Removing the Main Board and hard drive: step 7, image 2 of 3 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, Removing the Main Board and hard drive: step 7, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the screws holding the circut board in place

    • There is a screw on the hard drive cover next to the board, remove it

    • remove the hard drive and you should be able to get the main board

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  9. 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, And you're done!: step 8, image 1 of 3 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, And you're done!: step 8, image 2 of 3 2010 Telstra t-box Teardown, And you're done!: step 8, image 3 of 3

    • Take some nice pics of the t-box

    • To put it back together, do all these steps in reverse

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5 Comments

once you’ve taken it apart, can it be repaired? we have lost picture … can’t play ANY recoded material (100 hours worth) … what to do?

omarty - Reply

It’s exactly the same as few other boxes, this is a Netgem N8200, comes with different model designations depending of hard drive, etc… N8200-320-2T, N8200-160-2T, N8500-…

BITS2 - Reply

I am no longer using this device with telstra-

Is there anything in there that could be used for anything else other than the t-box??

Or do I throw it in the bin!

Steve - Reply

@steve75385 Don't throw it it the bin! Send it to me. I would like to use the mechanical spinning thing that's encased in a silver aluminium box

ww w -

Is there a way to get recorded things off the hard drive? I have several movies on mine and the tbox won't power on any more.

Deanne Roberts - Reply

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