Xbox 360 Fat
Opening Guide
Modiify.com – The Console Experts
Dismantling the Xbox 360 Fat Casing & Components
Make sure that the power is off and there is no disc in the drive.
Hook your finger inside the front facia USB port to pull the front facia off easily.
You now need to remove the top and bottom grills. Pull the front of the grill out away from
the console and it should come off with a little effort.
The grill is then held in place by the four remaining clips, which can be seen if you look
through the little holes on either side of the console. These can be unclipped with a small
screwdriver.
If you have trouble releasing the last clip, you may need to pull back the rubber foot next to
the grill, which will reveal a small hole. You can then push the screw driver through there.
The four case clips shown in the image below now need to be unclipped. This can be done
with a fingernail or screwdriver.
Once you have undone these clips you can now lift up the top half of the case. You need to
keep these apart now otherwise they will clip back into place.
You will need something flat and strong for the next part (a flathead screwdriver probably
won’t fit). There are tools around specifically for this but I just use an old pair of tweezers
because they are just thin enough.
You need to push your implement through each of the seven slits until you hear a ‘click’ that
means the clip is undone, and you can move onto the next one. Once they are all undone, the
bottom part of the case will completely come off.
The button is clipped onto the DVD drive. You should be able to get a small flathead
screwdriver round the back, and prise it off.
You don’t actually need any tools to remove the bezel, a fingernail will do. I have turned the
console upside down to get a better angle, but this is not necessary.
The bezel needs to be pulled away from the DVD drive at the bottom to release two clips.
Once the clips are released, the bezel will slide off.
Once you have the bottom of the case of, you will see the following:
Red Torx 10 Motherboard screws Green Torx 10 Case screws Blue Torx 9 Heat sink screws
You need to undo the six green case screws. The top part of the case will now completely
come off. You will now be able to see inside the console:
Unplug the power and SATA cables from the back of the DVD. They should come out with a
bit of a tug.
You need to peel back the silver tag just below the bezel, and then you will be able to
remove the drive.
The piece of metal above the fan needs to be bent up slightly as shown in the picture. With a
bit of ‘wiggling’ the cream fan guard will come off, and the fan can be unplugged and
removed.
The cream plastic cover is clipped into the circuit board at the top and bottom. You can
unclip this and remove.
There are then 3x Torx 9 screws on the circuit board which can be undone, and the ring of
light can then be removed.
At this point if you are only doing an RF LED mod you can stop here.
You can now turn the console upside down. Whilst making sure the motherboard does not
fall out once free – unscrew the remaining Torx 9 & 10 screws from the bottom of the
console.
Once you turn the turn it up the right way, the motherboard can be gently removed from the
casing.
And there you have it! You have now successfully taken the whole Xbox 360 apart.
Reassembly in reverse order.