Takeing off the back of the XBOX

Hey, iv herd talk about taking the back off of your XBOX. How do you do it?

 

Where are the screws? are they behind the squishy things on the back?

 

There is no screws on the back of the xbox, the outside casing is just two pieces, top and bottom. when people take off the back they use a rotary tool.

 

I take that back, there are screws on the back but it is for the case fan. LOL

 

are the screws on the back behind the balck squishy things?

 

umm...the xbox case is three pieces (top, bottom, and front....you have to completely disassemble the xbox to get the front off) and NO the back does not come off. i took my front pannel off while painting my xbox with automotive paint so i could completely redo it (inside and out).

 

how do u take the front pannel off?

 

my bad, I forgot about the front panel.

you painted the inside too?

 

why do you want to take the front panel off anyway, it is only need if you are going to paint the box or your going to install an external switch.

anyways, to do it you need a butter knife and a little force. Man, there are a lot of tutotials out there you should do a search. All of the stuff you are asking are solved in tutorial section of http://www.xbox-scene.com go there, then if you are still confused come back for more questions

 

Well wat i really am trying to do is get into the XBOX and clean the fan an lends. How do you do that. I thought u had to take off the top or something like that.

 

you dont have to open to clean the fans, you can use compressed air and blow it from the outside. But if you already vioded your warrentee and openned the box, then I would definitly use some compressed air and blow the crap out of the inside, it is real dusty int there.

 

How about cleaning the lense, got any ideas? Sorry for all the questsins, its jsut that im about to dround my XBOX in the ocean,becuase it wont read any disks, lmao.

 

you can use a q-tip and alcohol, but the problem you will run into is that you are going to have to take apart the disk drive, which is easier with the ps2 than the xbox

 

how hard is it. do u htink i can do it? If so, wat do i do?

 

sorry, couldnt really help you there because that is one things I dont want to do cause they are at least $80 to replace. but try this link http://www.brahm2.com/faq/DVD1/ it is a tut on making a dvd window, but it will also tell you how to open the drive.


btw, [bold]what happenend to my sig![/bold]

 

alright illl look at the link, but i jsut tried blwoing air into the fan and it diddnt work....so got n-e more ideas?

 

go ahead and open the box then, but remember if your xbox is not modded, then dont do it because opening it would void the warranty.

 

Hey i jsut put more air in the XBOX and tunred it on and it started making clkicking noises and then started to smell like it was burning inside???? WHATS HAPPEING LOL

 

maybe some of the dust landed on top of the cpu, I wouldnt worry about it. now the clicking noise usually comes from the disk drive, but I don't think it has anything to do with blowing air into the fan area

 

but when i put air in it, it smells like burning plastic