Sony Xbox Setup guide

Index

OPEN AN XBOX

Open a Controller

Cleaning your Xbox DVD drive

Xbox DVD repair

USB POR INS ALLA ION

USING PC DVD DRIVE

HARD DRIVE UPGRADES

F P MAS ERCLASS

Linux on your XBOX

Open an Xbox

Step 1 - Start with the necessary tools and a clear work area.

Helpful tools:

Insulated screw grabber (comes with many PC repair kits)

X- cto Knife useful for removing stickers and feet.

Wax paper, good for keeping those stickers in shape.

Required tools:

Torx 20

Torx 10

Step 2 - peel back the stickers. If you’re not too worried about looks a Torx

#20 punches right through the stickers with ease. If you want to keep it

looking tidy cut a piece of wax paper to size to help preserve the stickers.

Step 3 - The other case screws, a total of 6.

Getting at the screws under the feet. Just peel back the outer edge of the

rubber foot. Leave the other half of the adhesive rubber foot to hold it in

place. This is a good time to get out the X- cto knife to help peel back the

adhesive. (Update, I find I just cut the feet when I try to use the X-acto knife,

try wedging the #20 Torx in there and twist it using the "fins" on the driver to

pull up the pad just enough to get to the screw) Once you are able to get the

feet up just enough to get at the screw start un screwing, let the screw push

the foot out of the way rather than trying to peel it back further this way the

pad is only removed as much is absolutely necessary.

Once all six screws are removed, flip the box upright and grab the sides and

shake it a little bit and the bottom should drop away from the cover. I find this

is done most easily by putting the Xbox in my lap.

Step 4 - Drive removal, there are 3 screws total holding in both drives. First

remove the one for the hard drive; it is located under the IDE cable.

Two others are on either side of the front of the DVD drive. Once the screws

are removed unplug the IDE cable to the Hard Drive and loosen the power

cord from the track it sits in on the drive tray if you miss this step you wont be

able to remove the drive. The power cord can be left plugged in on the hard

drive, the cord is long enough to allow you to position as desired. The hard

drive needs to be lifted straight up for removal and there is no really good way

to grab it, I find sticking a finger in the hole in the front right of the carrier and

grasping the rear of the carrier with the other hand works to get it loose,

moved up about an inch or so and then lifting it with both hands from the sides

to remove it.

Step 5 - With the Hard drive out of the way we get a good shot of the

mounting screws for the power supply and DVD drive. Get those two screws

at the front of the DVD drive after removing the IDE cable and Yellow cord

from the motherboard. You may have a little difficulty removing the DVD

drive, it does not slip out easily but as long as you have the two screws in the

front and the two cables in the rear removed it can come out, again the trick is

to go straight up.

Now with the drives gone it is starting to look like a normal PC.

Removing the power cord from the motherboard. Most sites tell you to use

pliers to remove the power plug; it is in there pretty good. I personally pull on

the wires themselves, I risk yanking a wire out of the crimp in the socket, and

if I screw one up I am willing to repair it. Use your best judgment, the key is to

grab half of the wires and pull evenly on all of them at a 45 degree angle, to

raise one side of the plug first and then the other, it will not come out straight

up.

Once the power cord is removed from the motherboard and the two mounting

screws are off the power supply, grasp the heat sink on the power supply or

use the cord that was going to the motherboard to move it about a quarter

inch forward, this releases the power supply from the plastic tabs that hold it

down on the side opposite the screws. Now the front of the power supply can

be raised to allow the leading edge to clear the front of the case and it can

safely be pulled forward and removed.

Step 6 - Eleven screws on the motherboard

Remove them all and be careful not to scratch the surface of the board with

the driver.

Step 7 - Board removal

You will need to disconnect the yellow wires coming from the fan, power and

reset switches and also the connections to the USB game controller ports, the

USB daughter board itself can be left in place or removed. To remove the

motherboard lift the front to a 25-degree angle as shown in the picture it can

then be pulled forward and removed.

You should now have a pile of parts like this

To get to the power and reset buttons you will need to remove the front

faceplate. I have only done this by completely disassembling the case

including the fan and inner tray. By doing this bottom of the case becomes

flexible and you will have an easier time popping off the front. You will find

three tabs inside the case that are holding it, careful these are fragile. To get

the plate off you will need to loosen the three and both sides of the front plate

where it clips to the sides of the case (the side clips are the most difficult), all

three inside tabs need to be loosened simultaneously while popping off one

side or the other of the front plate. I think there is a possibility of doing this

without removing everything but for now complete disassembly is my best

advice. (Update, check out Removing Front Face Plate for directions)

Open a Controller

This should not even require a tutorial. By far the easiest fix. Quit being

annoyed and spend the 30 minutes it takes to clean them up. Nothing sucks

more than dieing because of a missed shot, jump, weapon switch, whatever

that you have to blame on the controller. So for those of you that need a little

encouragement here we go.

Start with a controller with sticky buttons.

Get the necessary tools, a Philips #1

Find the screw holes

Unscrew and remove them, flip the controller back so the screw holes are

down. Lift off the top cover.

The buttons will be falling all over the place, don't worry about that it goes

together easy.

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