How do you take apart your Xbox?

[ehh]

My Xbox basically does not work anymore, it hardly ever reads a disc, etc.

I tried blowing condensed air into it, etc and it didn't help. So I want to take it apart to try and clean it, but this thing is like friggen Fort Knox. I unscrewed a buncha stuff which seamed to loosen the outer case a little bit, but I can't pop it off.

I know there's gotta be a way, hopefully an easy one, to get this thing apart.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

if you can't fix it. eb games just gave me 65 for my broken xbox. i didnt even have a controller or the power chord. i just had the broken system and the A/V cable.

[ehh]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

if you can't fix it. eb games just gave me 65 for my broken xbox. i didnt even have a controller or the power chord. i just had the broken system and the A/V cable.

Don't they have refurbished Xbox's for $99 now? So that means I could trade in and get a "new" Xbox for $45?

[XboxRocks1991]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Don't they have refurbished Xbox's for $99 now? So that means I could trade in and get a "new" Xbox for $45?

Thats 35 dollars.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

i was just thrilled. i mean the broken thing was just sitting in my garage. wierd thing was, i got 65 for my working system as well as 65 for my broken one? oh well.

[ehh]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

i was just thrilled. i mean the broken thing was just sitting in my garage. wierd thing was, i got 65 for my working system as well as 65 for my broken one? oh well.

LOL, did you tell them it was broken?

[burnwood]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

My Xbox basically does not work anymore, it hardly ever reads a disc, etc.

I tried blowing condensed air into it, etc and it didn't help. So I want to take it apart to try and clean it, but this thing is like friggen Fort Knox. I unscrewed a buncha stuff which seamed to loosen the outer case a little bit, but I can't pop it off.

I know there's gotta be a way, hopefully an easy one, to get this thing apart.

Here you go click here...

I performed this once on my nephew's XBox and it worked like a charm.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

LOL, did you tell them it was broken?

yea man. EB takes in broken systems.

[ehh]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Here you go click here...

I performed this once on my nephew's XBox and it worked like a charm.

I tried following those directions but I can't get the DVD drive out on Step 4. I have all the screws out but it's still sturdy as hell in there, I can't wiggle, pry or rip that sucker out.

[ehh]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Eh, forget about it, it's not worth the hassle. I'll just get Xbox 360 in a month and a half anyway.

[Vince]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Blowing air into it makes it worse.

[burnwood]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Eh, forget about it, it's not worth the hassle. I'll just get Xbox 360 in a month and a half anyway.

ehh, don't give up yet. I think you are having trouble right here...




Give it a better tug on the flaps and you should be able to get it to this point...

[ehh]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

ehh, don't give up yet. I think you are having trouble right here...




Give it a better tug on the flaps and you should be able to get it to this point...

Actually I can get the top silver piece off, but I can't get the bottom black part (the drive) out of the casing of my Xbox. I don't know if I'm missing a screw or what.

[burnwood]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Actually I can get the top silver piece off, but I can't get the bottom black part (the drive) out of the casing of my Xbox. I don't know if I'm missing a screw or what.

Well if you can get the silver top off then the lens and mirror should be exposed at this point. Is it not? All I did was follow the directions to cleaning the lens and mirror and my problems went away.

[ehh]

Re: How do you take apart your Xbox?

Well if you can get the silver top off then the lens and mirror should be exposed at this point. Is it not? All I did was follow the directions to cleaning the lens and mirror and my problems went away.

I think I'll be alright, I'm gonna open it back up in a few minutes and try it again. I definately misunderstood some of the directions on there last night. We'll see how it goes.

My only confusion now is getting at the mirror. Is it on the flip side of the DVD drive, opposite from the lense? I find the pics/directions a little confusing still around that.