Xbox 360 Repair: Opening the Console

It’s probably either clogged with dust, has a worn out/slow/broken internal fan, or has bad thermal paste. If you don’t mind taking it apart, I’d clean it out first. Dust can get on the fan blades and make them slow. Also you can clean the heatsinks as they get filled with dust and don’t work as well. You can also replace the thermal paste with better quality paste like Arctic Silver 5.

thanks for replying bak if i opened it up what would you recommend i do? is there somthing wrong with the interface,would i hav to replace the current fan system?

i got 3 year warrenty…….. dont think itl run out on me since i v only had the xbox 360 for about 5 moths now

thats your av cable and try syncing your controller again with your xbox.

a week ago all the circles lit up red. then it was fine now no lights turn on, and the controler wont connect. reply by saying luckipro

wtf pls show how to fix it … not just how to undo everything dude …

can you make another video how to put all the things back on

i tried to pop off the back end of the xbox 360. but it never came came loose or undone. it’s really hard to open it from the back side.

well i live in london and ive send mine off 2 xbox they picked it up the next day and rite now there repairing it so u can get it repaired in uk

thinks!

thxs for the instructions

Can someone help my xbox 360 got the 3 red rings again but i sent it off before for the same problem will i hav to pay for it to be fixed i am now playing the ps3 which isnt as fun i miss my 360 help !!!!!

On the bottom pannels i didnt have to use the screw driver you wiggle it back and forth slowly till it pops out

How do you tell if it’s a t10 screwdriver??

Buy one that says T10 on it…or get a set, they are fairly cheap and have everything from like T4 to T12 which should be all you need for electronics repair.

those 6 screws looks like 50 caliber bullets

what size of screws do i need and rubber washers?

How do you pop out the back side of it? mine keeps getting stuck on a part of the side with the AV and USB port…

you’ve got to be kidding me…

5mm machine screws. These are often called M5 (at least in USA, meaning Metric-5mm). I got them at Lowes. The washers are also 5mm (hole diameter) and may also be called M5. You need nylon ones (8 of them) and steel ones (at least 16, I think I used 20 because I had an extra 4 on the CPU).

I always do the side with the power first since it’s only 2. Hold that side open with your right hand and get the sections apart over the fans by pulling. Then stick your hand between the two halves to keep them apart while you pop the other 5 latches starting at the fan side and going to the end. Move your hand down as you pop each latch to keep them from closing.

u could send it in.they extended the warranty!

If you have E74, I had RRoD (which was already under warranty), problem is I got the box from a friend (warranty non-transferrable) and he had already opened it anyways so the warranty was void.

Thanks alot man. There was ALOT of dust inside my Xbox, it could just barely read my CDs, so I took a vacuum cleaner and sucked it all out! It seems to be working better now, thanks for your help :>

my xbox 360 is 2 years out of warenty i rang microsoft and in the uk the red rings of death are coverd for free repair as its classed as a known problem and is coverd for the lifetime of the xbox. just thought anyone in the uk with this problem might like to no, call microsoft and they will help you, repairs are currently taking about 2 weeks and at the moment goto Germany for repair.