Xbox Philips Dvd Drive Disassembly Repair Guide

Difficulty

Easy

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Time Required

                          15 - 30 minutes

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Hard Drive
9 steps
Disc Drive
2 steps
Xbox Philips DVD Drive Disassembly
6 steps

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Introduction

This was not my personal Xbox so please don’t ask what happened to the top cover. It is assumed the original owner got a game stuck inside and couldn’t figure out how to recover it without prying the top spindle off. They were kind enough to electrical tape it back down and this drive is now fully functional :)

What you need

Step 1

              Hard Drive

Make sure your Xbox is safely unplugged and is laying on a flat, stable surface.

Make sure your Xbox is safely unplugged and is laying on a flat, stable surface.

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Step 2

Turn the Xbox over to reveal the four rubber feet.
Use a metal spudger to pry off the four rubber feet.

Turn the Xbox over to reveal the four rubber feet.

Use a metal spudger to pry off the four rubber feet.

Step 3

There are 2 more screws hidden under the two labels on the bottom of the case.
You can either remove the labels or simply feel for the screw holes through the labels and then cut or punch a hole through them.

There are 2 more screws hidden under the two labels on the bottom of the case.

You can either remove the labels or simply feel for the screw holes through the labels and then cut or punch a hole through them.

Step 4

Remove the six T20 Torx screws securing the top cover to the bottom cover.

Remove the six T20 Torx screws securing the top cover to the bottom cover.

Step 5

Once the bottom and top shells are no longer attached, carefully turn the Xbox right-side-up, lift and remove the top cover.

Once the bottom and top shells are no longer attached, carefully turn the Xbox right-side-up, lift and remove the top cover.

Step 6

Remove the three 3 mm T10 screws securing the hard drive to the Xbox.
There is one screw on the rear left side of the hard drive that is only visible when the IDE ribbon cable is lifted up. The other two are at the front right and left sides of the hard drive.
The screw on the lower left corner of the disk drive is not in the hole that it appears to be in, but rather just closer to the corner.

Remove the three 3 mm T10 screws securing the hard drive to the Xbox.

There is one screw on the rear left side of the hard drive that is only visible when the IDE ribbon cable is lifted up. The other two are at the front right and left sides of the hard drive.

The screw on the lower left corner of the disk drive is not in the hole that it appears to be in, but rather just closer to the corner.

Step 7

Free the hard drive power cable from the carrier for sufficient slack to lift the hard drive out.
Lift the plastic hard drive carrier out of the Xbox case.

Free the hard drive power cable from the carrier for sufficient slack to lift the hard drive out.

Lift the plastic hard drive carrier out of the Xbox case.

Step 8

Remove the four 3.4 mm T15 Torx screws from the plastic hard drive carrier (two screws per side).
Carefully remove the hard drive from the plastic carrier. Gentle rocking will see the hard drive come out quite easily.

Remove the four 3.4 mm T15 Torx screws from the plastic hard drive carrier (two screws per side).

Carefully remove the hard drive from the plastic carrier. Gentle rocking will see the hard drive come out quite easily.

Step 9

Pull both the hard drive data ribbon cable and the power cable straight up from the hard drive.
They may be firmly seated, so be careful trying to remove them. DO NOT pull the wires as you may damage the cable assembly.

Pull both the hard drive data ribbon cable and the power cable straight up from the hard drive.

They may be firmly seated, so be careful trying to remove them. DO NOT pull the wires as you may damage the cable assembly.

Step 10

              Disc Drive

Remove the disk drive. It should come right out.
Unplug the ribbon cable and yellow cables from back of disk drive.

Remove the disk drive. It should come right out.

Unplug the ribbon cable and yellow cables from back of disk drive.

Step 11

Pry back the black plastic tabs around the disk drive in order to remove it from its housing. Once removed, set the drive aside.
ONLY REMOVE IF DEAD!

Pry back the black plastic tabs around the disk drive in order to remove it from its housing. Once removed, set the drive aside.

ONLY REMOVE IF DEAD!

Step 12

              Remove Top Shell

Remove 4 PH2 screws
Remove top cover

Remove 4 PH2 screws

Remove top cover

Step 13

              Manually Eject Drive

With the pointed end of a spudger slide this piece to the right
Laser assembly will drop about a quarter inch
Drive door will open about a quarter inch and can now be manually opened

With the pointed end of a spudger slide this piece to the right

Laser assembly will drop about a quarter inch

Drive door will open about a quarter inch and can now be manually opened

Step 14

              Manually Close Drive

Gently slide drive door closed.
Slide this piece to the left.
Laser assembly will raise about a quarter inch.
Drive door is now secured.

Gently slide drive door closed.

Slide this piece to the left.

Laser assembly will raise about a quarter inch.

Drive door is now secured.

Step 15

              Remove Lower Shell

After removing the lower shell DO NOT place the drive down as you typically would. You may damage the lower ribbon cable rendering the drive useless

After removing the lower shell DO NOT place the drive down as you typically would. You may damage the lower ribbon cable rendering the drive useless

Step 16

              Pull Cables From Brackets

Loop the wires out from their retaining brackets.

Loop the wires out from their retaining brackets.

Step 17

              Separate PCB

With the drive upside down, gently pull back on the ribbon cable retaining tabs and pull out the ribbon cable.
There are 2 plastic tabs and 1 post holding the board in place. Lift up on the post, slide PCB to the left and then forward.
Reverse process to reattach PCB
Rotate PCB right and place to the side
There’s just enough length in the cable to place the board in a PCB holder to replace capacitors.

With the drive upside down, gently pull back on the ribbon cable retaining tabs and pull out the ribbon cable.

There are 2 plastic tabs and 1 post holding the board in place. Lift up on the post, slide PCB to the left and then forward.

Reverse process to reattach PCB

Rotate PCB right and place to the side

There’s just enough length in the cable to place the board in a PCB holder to replace capacitors.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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