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[* black] This friendly frisbee from Seattle welcomes us to the bottom of the device.
-[* black] At first glance it doesn't look like we got much out of removing this, which is disappointing—it took some tedious internal unclipping.
-[* black] At second glance, there are some more screws here. Interesting... maybe we'll pay these another visit later on.
-[* black] Next the optical drive comes out. Here's something that's been present in some form through every Xbox iteration—except for that [guide|123437|one time|new_window=true].
- [* icon_note] Preliminary testing suggests that Microsoft [https://www.ifixit.com/News/45921/is-this-the-end-of-the-repairable-iphone|pulled an Apple|new_window=true] here and paired the drive to the motherboard. That means no optical drive swaps or replacements for us.
+ [* black] At first glance it doesn't look like we got much out of removing this, which is disappointing—it took some tedious internal unclipping.
+ [* black] At second glance, there are some more screws here. Interesting... maybe we'll pay these another visit later on.
+[* black] The optical drive comes out next. Here's something that's been present in some form through every Xbox iteration—except for that [guide|123437|one time|new_window=true].
+ [* icon_note] Preliminary testing suggests what we were kind of expecting: the optical drive is paired to the motherboard, which means no easy replacements if it goes kaput.
[* black] Or does it? We pulled the drive apart and found this suspicious-looking board inside. Perhaps with a quick bit of soldering, all is not lost. Stand by for more tests.
[* black] [Also, chip ID?]