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Use this guide to replace the disk drive in a Microsoft Xbox.
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Use a metal spudger to pry off the four rubber feet.
The screw is in the outside corner. If you pry up only the half of the foot on that side, you can easily remove the (very long) screw, and the foot will stay attached.
Ah I always used to damage the feet.
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You can either remove the labels or simply feel for the screw holes through the labels and then cut or punch a hole through them.
It is also easy to feel for the screw hole with your finger and then cut a hole, or punch it out with the tip of the Torx driver to reveal the screw.
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Remove the six T20 Torx screws securing the top cover to the bottom cover.
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Once the bottom and top shells are no longer attached, carefully turn the Xbox right-side-up, lift and remove the top cover.
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Remove the three 3 mm T10 screws securing the hard drive to the Xbox.
The other two are at the front right and left sides of the DVD DRIVE.
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Free the hard drive power cable from the carrier for sufficient slack to lift the hard drive out.
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Lift the plastic hard drive carrier out of the Xbox case.
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Remove the four 3.4 mm T15 Torx screws from the plastic hard drive carrier (two screws per side).
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Carefully remove the hard drive from the plastic carrier. Gentle rocking will see the hard drive come out quite easily.
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Pull both the hard drive data ribbon cable and the power cable straight up from the hard drive.
Remember that the new drive will only work if it has been properly prepared, and the Xbox has been modified.
there is NO way to legally replace the xbox hard drive. it is LOCKED to the motherboard and the xbox will not boot to the OS or make it past the BIOS if the HDD is not the one that came with it from the factory. you MUST use a mod chip and “home brew” to do a HDD swap and expect it to work
Could you point me to a good tutorial on using a modding an original Xbox? All I want to do is swap an HDD in original Xbox with another original Xbox HDD because I want my saved game data. Any way to figure this out? Seems like modding is a !&&* of a burden.
Can i replace the original hard drive with new one
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Remove the disk drive. It should come right out.
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Unplug the ribbon cable and yellow cables from back of disk drive.
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Pry back the black plastic tabs around the disk drive in order to remove it from its housing. Once removed, set the drive aside.
It is ok to remove the drive if it isn't dead. If repairs are required to the drive it needs to be removed from the drive's housing.
Surely this needs to be removed to access the motherboard?
Yes, it does.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-To-Determine...
Utilize the information on this website to determine what Xbox version you have so you know what replacement parts to look for.
The final comment mentions “only remove if dead.” What about a disc drive that closes and opens immediately….in other words, won’t stay closed. Is this a sign of a defective disc drive too?
I am having the same issue, Miguel.
Did you buy a new drive or figure out a better fix?
Thanks
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I learned that you need to change out the drive belt in the disc drive. Over time it wears out and either won't open, stays open, or will open/close continuously. I changed my drive belt and it started working fine.
Can anyone help..My Xbox can't read games..I took it apart and cleaned it, still can't read games
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if your having the same problems as me this laser inside could be done for and need a replacement. you could also figure out how to use a multi-meter and read the ohms to see if the laser is getting enough power. but i don't know how todo that and nothing on youtube help. there are so many different drive and most people choose the easier drives/better drives to repair. I would suggest finding what drive you have then after that looking up the drives model and see is there's anything about replacing or adjusting the laser. another solution is you can either buy a whole new xbox that isn't working and take the drive out and see if that works but it or you could just buy a new drive of ebay or any site that may have it. a nice thing about the og xbox is that that disc drive and the motherboard aren't married so you don't need to take that key out and match it with the motherboard.
I have the Xbox original..
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I’m having the same problems too ??♂️
