Xbox 360 cover removal tool

There are some good guides out there on how to open the Xbox However I have read a few places that people are a bit scared about opening the case from fear of damaging their console. This guide is supposed to be a really easy guide, with lots of pictures to show you how EASY it really is.

You would really have to try to break your Xbox! Please note — following this tutorial will break the warranty sticker located under the facia and therefore void your warranty with Microsoft. It will come off no problem. You now need to remove the top and bottom grills. Pull the front of the grill out away from the console, it should come off with a little effort.

The grill is then held in place by the four remaining clips, which can be seen if you look through the little holes on either side of the console. These can be unclipped with a small screwdriver. If you have trouble releasing the last clip, you may need to pull back the rubber foot next to the grill, which will reveal a small hole. You can then push the screw driver through there.

This is now your last chance to back out of opening the console before breaking the warranty sticker on the case! The four case clips shown in the image below now need to be unclipped. This can be done with a fingernail or screwdriver. Once you have undone this clips, you can now lift up the top half of the case.

You need to keep these apart now, otherwise they will clip back into place. There are tools around specifically for this check out ebay but I just use an old pair of tweezers because they are just thin enough. Once they are all undone, the bottom part of the case will completely come off. The button is clipped onto the DVD drive.

You should be able to get a small flathead screwdriver round the back, and prise it off. I have turned the console upside down to get a better angle, but this is not necessary. The bezel needs to be pulled away from the DVD drive at the bottom to release two clips.

Once the clips are released, the bezel will slide off. You need to undo the six green case screws. The top part of the case will now completely come off. You will not be able to see inside the console:. Unplug the power and SATA cables from the back of the dvd.

They should come out with a bit of a tug. You need to peel back the silver tag just below the bezel, and then you will be able to remove the drive.

The piece of metal above the fan needs to be bent up slightly as shown in the picture. The cream plastic cover is clipped into the circuit board at the top and bottom. You can unclip this and remove. There are seven rear locks, and with the Llamma opening tool line up the pins into their respective locks and press down. When you've used enough pressure you should hear a pop, now you can separate the rear section of the bottom and top shells.

Front Locks You can use either flathead screwdrivers or paper clips to hold open the locks. All four are popped at the same time, and the lower shell can be removed.

You must either cut or peel off the Microsoft warranty sticker on the front of the console, doing so will void your warranty. The stickers have a residue that keeps them from being put back on cleanly. If you have a metal sticker are care about the warranty, read below. If you have one of the new paper stickers, there is no effective way to remove it without Microsoft knowing. Metal Film Trick For a metal-film sticker a hair-dryer can be used on high for about seconds to make this adhesive melt, and peel off the sticker carefully and slowly with a razor blade to remove the sticker without leaving behind the metal residue.

This trick can be useful for having a system that has been opened repaired by Microsofts repair service. I've heard of many users who have attempted to fix a RRoD themselves and failed, if a DVD drive is modified with iXtreme a user can reflash it to stock, and as long as the sticker is intact the very rushed employees at Microsoft's repair centers aren't likely to check for other minor signs of tampering.

There are a large number of screws to be removed. I suggest cutting a long strand of duct tape to stick your pieces to, so during reassembly the console can go back together smoothly. View the pictures below to determine screw locations.

Firstly, remove the DVD eject button by inserting a small flat-head screwdriver in between the DVD drive and the eject buttons base. Casing Screws The top shell is attached to the chassis though the use of six T10 Torx screws. They are highlighted in red in the picture below. DVD Removal Once the six casing screws are removed, flip the console right side up and lift off the upper shell. You should be careful with the DVD drive power cable as the connector is fragile and wires can be torn out, so grab all the black wires as close to the connector as possible, and forcefully wiggle the connector out.

At the front of the DVD drive there are two friction clips, which prevent movement and rattling. Also lift up the metal tape that holds the drive to the chassis.

Lift out the drive and place the friction clips on the duct tape roll. Motherboard Screws These screws are highlighted in green in the picture below. These connect different pieces of the motherboard to the chassis. They are about 1" long, bronze colored, and have a round top.

Unscrew them all with your T10 Torx screwdriver and place them on the tape roll. Heatsink Screws For these final eight screws, highlighted in blue, tilt the console to a vertical position.

We do not want to remove the screws while the system is upside down, as the weight of the heatsinks on the final screws could have enough stress to crack some traces. With the console vertical, remove the final eight screws with your T8 and set the console right-side up. It is held in place by the fan housing itself. Insert a flat-head screwdriver into its lock point and pull off the shroud, it will take some wiggling to remove.

Remove the fan power cable from the motherboard. Finally, lift up on the metal tap above the fans, and pull the fan casing towards the front of the console. Lift it out and set it to the side. Wireless board The ring of light and wireless antenna is attached to this board on the front of the console. There are three T8 screws, with one underneath the white diffusion clip.

This clip disperses the light for players Pop off the bottom of the clip with a flat-head screwdriver, and the third screw will be revealed. Place these screws on the duct tape roll. You can now pull the wireless board off of the console. If anything ever happens to your wireless board, a replacement or spare wireless board is exchangeable between Xbox s Unlike DVD drives which are ID'd to the motherboard.

Motherboard It is time to remove the final piece. Grab the motherboard by the GPU heatsink short and wide and lift out the front first. Remove out the entire board and you have access to the entire system. Can any1 help, my xbox original arcade has Rrod, an I got it working but keeps messing up,, would I have to replace x clamps, or heatsinks or something? Hey, i have an xbox arcade and for some reason the tray doesn't open.

Reply 6 years ago. I don't know if you have already heard or tried this, but simply giving a light knock on the top of the unit solves the problem on my xbox every time. It doesn't take much force, just a quick easy knock. Good luck. Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. I do know that i have that problem with my tray too. I was told not to use a butter knife because it could knock the rails off.

Use a paper clip. It helps alot better and it doesnt have such brutal force where it could break it. Im not sure how to do it internally though. Im not really a console guru.

Okay so i just tried to turn on my xbox and it will load up only to the point of the start up screen. Sometimes it wont even get that far and the screen will just go black. My controller wont even connect enough for me to get to the guide settings. Ive tried multiple techniques from different forums and nothing has worked. Please help. It just freezes i guess. Hi My xbox has suddenly started to make a constant clicking noise when trying to load a disc, and now it's unable to read any discs.

Looking online people said that it is due to a dirty lens? I don't know how to clean it or how to disassemble it.. Hi QMD, I enjoyed the tutorial. Using the techniques described above, I'm trying to psyche myself into trying to sort out the problem. Can you point me in the right direction - I mean I still don't have a clear grasp of what the actual malfunction is? Reply 10 years ago on Step 5. Greetings, you're now facing one of the most challenging questions that has been discussed for years on Xbox forums.

The fix is to effectively re-melt the BGA so the balls flow back in to their normal spots. Now for the fix. The best solution, honestly, is to pay someone who owns a wave-reflow station to do it for you. These repairmen can be found on the Scenyx forums. Watch out for Craigslist repairmen, most of them have absolutely no idea what they are doing, except the ones who own a reflow station.

If you don't feel like shipping away the box or having someone else repair it which again, I recommend as the best option , you can always try the semi-effective Llamma fix, which involves removing the X-Clamps and replacing them with screws, and overheating the GPU so that the BGA slightly melts properly.