Xbox One S Teardown - Detailed Disassembly Guide

We take a brand new Xbox One S from the shipping box and tear it down to the bare motherboard. We take a look inside the internal power supply as well and the disc drive.

You will see how to remove the two halves of the case by prying them open with pry tools, then we remove the green screws that hold the metal case inside the Xbox. The top case comes off easily with no ribbon cables attaching it to the rest of the console like with the Xbox One.
After that we can see the hard drive, fan & heat sink, disc drive, power supply and motherboard. We remove the rest of the screws from the bottom and remove each component one by one.
We open the power supply to have a look at the new, internal power supply. We also tear down the disc drive and compare it to the disc drive of the Xbox One.

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[mikewoodley]

I know it's been awhile and I've seen this before, but I love how he takes the packaging and just throws it aside.

[dannytripphenn]

By the way, you dont need the Security screw drivers for this model. All of them are between T8 & T10. 👌

[vladimirminovski]

Thought he was gonna throw the controller too....

[jeffcavaliereson]

Is anyone else here because your xbox stopped working and you want to take it apart cause i am

[lewimillionzYT]

Ok but why is it so hard to take the bottom off

[mikeboillard]

Me, stroking my beard, pretending I know what any of this means: mmmmyes, this is indeed an xbox.

[dannytripphenn]

Watching this helped me pinpoint a bad sector in my internal HDD that was causing the operating system to malfunction. Turning it on was a hit or miss; sometimes I'd get a green loading screen forever, or would have to boot it into safe mode before giving it a reset without deleting my games. Turns out, I just upgraded it with a SSD and haven't had any problems! Great disassembly walkthrough!

[RenatoFontes]

Hey guys, just remember: NEVER OPEN A POWER SUPPLY. SPECIALLY NOT WITH A METAL TOOL.
😂 I was scared while watching that

[Bordomfiixx]

just took my xbox s apart for the first time in 6 years of it running, needed a dusting and it is running great again, thanks for the video

[throttlebot]

Amazing video, Microsoft wanted to charge me a £170 to repair my faulty wireless card.... Saw your video and figured it was just a case of replacing the wireless card, purchased a wireless card from Ebay for £10, job done in 20 minutes. Fully functioning wireless again. You've just saved me a ton of cash sir 👋👋

[flashcobra]

I just want to say I absolutely love you... I just spent the last hour watching your video and tearing my Xbox apart because my 2 year old put a fake plastic toy credit card into the disc drive. Thanks to your video I was able to remove it successfully and my Xbox one still works! So thank you so so so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate this video!

[boah]

25:33 i can see the sadness in your eyes

[thearmchairspartan]

Thanks so much man, my Xbox has been having trouble reading disks for almost a year and I have never been good at doing a self repair. From your videos of the teardown and laser replacement I've managed to fix my Xbox s model. You are a legend sir.

[m.s]

I know it's an old Video, but thanks Mate! I bought my Xbox One S in August 2016. I know it's dated and old, but I still use it for gaming. I use a external ssd as storage.
My Xbox One S was dusty and in need of changing the original thermal paste. Thanks to you I managed to do it very easily and BIG bonus you have a detailed assembly video too. Thanks again. Love your videos. I discovered your channel a year ago and I am hooked. It's so satisfying watching you solve a issue and replacing a chip or hdmi port. Like the other comments state, You are a legend sir!

[zeldaisazombie]

Just got one of these for free from a pawn shop because they had no cords or controllers. I had some extras. It works. Just dirty and greasy. Looks like it was an autoshop Xbox. Now it looks MAJESTIC.

[BloodRedd]

"It looks good!"

*Drags it face down across table*

[geeknproud]

Thanks for the tutorial. I haven't had a console apart since I did the paste and pads on my early model Slim PS3. The Xbone S has a nice teardown and I like the way it's built.

[TurkishChubs]

A machine that's simple and clean to tear down always make me happy to see that.

[Unknown_Paramedic]

I'd like to think I'm really good at tech stuff but when it comes to taking things apart and putting them back together I'm horrible. After watching this video I was able to SUCCESSFULLY take my Xbox apart and clean it like it desperately needed. Your video was extremely helpful and very understanding.

[oldmanuncle]

Thanks dude, my apartment burned up and the Xbox made it, but it was covered in soot and Ash. Definitely wanted to take it apart and clean everything before I turned it on.