Xbox 360 Teardown

ID: 72725

Description: I am going to show you how to tear apart an...

Steps:

1. Here you would usually have a hard drive, my xbox does not. To remove it you push down the button and lift it out

2. You can put a flat head screw driver in between the plastic as shown and gently pry open the front
3. You can alternatively grab inside the USB port and pull the cover off

4. Use a small tool to stick in and push these pins
5. Be sure to keep pressure pulling outwards for this to come out easily
6. Make sure that you pop out the pins on both sides

7. Same as the bottom plate you want to push in the buttons holding this in
8. Note that there are six buttons holding this together in total so it is ok to accidentally break 1 or 2

9. You have to evenly disconnect all four of these connectors holding it together
10. I used flat head screw driver bits to hold the connectors open
11. You have to remove a warranty sticker to open the console. Be warned, this will void your warranty.

12. You must push in these buttons (7 in total)
13. It is nearly impossible to not mess up the plastic using a screwdriver, i would recommend using an x-acto knife
14. This was one of the harder steps, you must push the button in until it clicks and then go farther still
15. Make sure you keep pressure applied outwards so that the locks do not re-engage

16. To pop off this button, use the flat end of a spudger or flat-head screwdriver.

17. Remove the six silver screws
18. Flip over the whole Xbox holding both the plastic and the metal, then pull off the casing

19. Carefully remove the two connectors
20. The disc drive may have some tape in the front holding it in place, simply remove this.

21. To remove the fan covering, use a flat head screw driver as shown to gently pry it off

22. Use a small flat head screw driver to open this locking mechanism and then gently remove the fan connector
23. Use a screw driver or spludger to pry out the fan from the casing

24. To remove the "On" button simply disconnect the plastic clip
25. Remove the three black screws and pull the chip directly outwards so you do not damage the connector

26. Remove the 9 gold screws
27. Remove the 8 black screws
28. Carefully pull out the mother board and make sure that you do not damage any connectors

29. Memory card ports
30. Custom ATi Graphics Processor with 10Mb of Ram
31. 3 IBM PowerPC Cores Each Running At 3.2Ghz with 512Mb of System Ram
32. Hard drive port
33. Power port
34. HDMI and Video ports

35. This is it. Follow these steps in reverse to re-assemble your Xbox 360 system!