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If your fan is noisy or nonfunctional, follow this guide to remove it for service or replace it.
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To open your Xbox, you're going to have to cut or peel up this tamper-evident tape. But don't worry—Microsoft can't legally void your warranty, as long as you don't damage anything. Have fun!
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Use a plastic opening tool to pry up and remove the plastic vent that surrounds the side USB port.
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The vent is fairly flexible, and held in place with weak plastic clips—start prying from the back and peel it out.
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Slide the tab straight back and remove it.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger between the upper and lower case where they meet at the rear of the side vent opening.
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Insert a plastic opening tool between the upper and lower case to separate the clip over the rear vent.
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Keep moving along the rear of the Xbox, prying up clips.
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Keep popping clips. It may help to slide the plastic opening tool across the clips.
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Starting with the spudger you left in the crack, pry the upper case up to free the last few clips.
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Lift the upper case slightly and shift it to give access to the front panel board.
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Use tweezers to lift the blue plastic retaining loop over the white connector on the board.
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Use the tip of a spudger to push the connector's locking tab toward the cable to unlatch it.
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Use tweezers to pull the cable straight out of the connector on the board.
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Remove the upper case.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to free the clips securing the front panel to the upper case.
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Remove the front panel from the rest of the upper case.
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Replace the top part of the upper case.
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Line up the clips and press firmly to re-seat them around the perimeter.
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Support the front panel near the front of the Xbox.
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Use tweezers to replace the front button cable in its ZIF socket.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to push the ZIF lock to the left to secure the cable.
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With the front panel at a 45 degree angle, interlock its plastic hooks with those in the lower case.
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Push the top of the front panel into the Xbox, like closing a mailbox. Press firmly so that the clips securing the front panel to the upper case lock securely.
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Gently pull up on the speaker cable connector to disconnect it from the front panel board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable from the front panel board.
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Remove the two 9.5 mm T8 Torx screws from the WI-Fi board.
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Lift the Wi-Fi board straight up from its socket in the upper metal case.
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Leaving the Wi-Fi board antenna cable in place, move the Wi-Fi board aside, exposing the screw labeled "C3" that was beneath it.
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Remove the eight 65 mm Torx T10 screws from the top of the upper metal case.
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Lift—but do not remove—the upper metal case.
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Disconnect the Wi-Fi board interconnect cable from the motherboard.
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Disconnect the hard drive SATA power and data cables from the motherboard.
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Lift and remove the hard drive tray from the Xbox.
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Disconnect the optical drive power and SATA data cables from the motherboard.
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Remove the optical drive assembly from the Xbox.
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Disconnect the fan cable from the motherboard.
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Use a spudger and plastic opening tool to gently and evenly pry the right clip up out of its channel in the heat sink.
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Repeat for the left clip. Again, using a combination of a spudger and plastic opening tool to evenly pull the plastic clip up out of its channel in the heat sink.
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When there is enough of a gap between the fan and the heat sink, insert the spudger between the two, and pry up to remove the fan.
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Use the inserted spudger to pry the fan up off the heat sink.
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Remove the fan from the heat sink.
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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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My fan is making a weird clicking noise everytime I turn on my Xbox One. Does anyone know how to fix this.
I have a quick question so after I remove the fan then what I do
So i dropped my xbox one ans now everytime i try to play a game my xbox will make a sound with the fan to say its loading then it will shut down .. what is it i can ro fix this problem
I have this same issue. It turns on for a second then powers down. Only thing is fan wants to start spinning after it powers down.
