Deep-Cleaning this DIRTY Xbox 360 E! Part 1: Teardown, cleaning, and new thermal compound.

People who smoke inside tend to leave their electronics pretty filthy. I'll be cleaning out a Xbox 360 E that came to me from one of those homes. Just wait until you see what's inside!

Tools needed for this project will be:
Small flat head screwdriver
TR7, TR9, and TR10 sized torx security bits
A spudger or spludger are recommended but not required.

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[WilliamHollinger]

It's sad how technology advances and older tech get left in the dust. Thank you for helping us out I would have up.

[tsian]

Thanks for this video! My gf has this exact model and it keeps overheating and shutting down, even though the interior of the console is relatively clean and dust free, so I figured the paste needed replacing, but I've never used thermal paste before so had no idea how to do it!

[GoodVibeCollecting]

If a system has that much tar build up after a couple years, imagine what their lumgs looks like.

[ostry]

What was this console used as an ashtray

[leso]

if you pop the draw open then pop of the draw outter chrome edge dont lose the clip' the front then is easy to get to the clips i leave the ribbon intact just carefully remove the ribbon stuck to the chassie

[mannyhernandez]

what did you wipe the plastic frames with? I’ve been dying to know

[shahsahanasjaavama]

My console looking red light in on xbox 360 but my xbox 360 fan is dirty dust he work slow 🐌 and console show red light right or not plese help mee

[goldenfusiongd]

What type of screw holds the wifi card?

[ConstantBit]

Hey, my Xbox 360 recently stopped powering up. Could use some help.

[MementoTurtle]

Recently found my old 360, its dirty as hell but still works, now i just have to clean it

[mehmetcoskun]

How we buyed 2015 we opened low dirt and i played very much

[xxechoesxx]

Really enjoyed what I could watch. Youtube seems to not want to buffer smaller channels and I could barely get halfway through. Great video though!

[deans-rewind]

There is no screw for the wifi card in mine. Even worse accessibility

[pacobatracio]

Hello. I was looking to see if you are interested in repairing some n64 consoles. I have a few that are beyond my experience

[usergent]

Still doesnt seems very clean but fine

[rob.]

Man, that was gross...🤢Good video, but... now i have the urge to get up and wash my hands.😅

I did a restoration of a 20xx PS3 Slim 2 or 3 months ago which i bought from a smoker and it was in similar state (greasy brownish dust balls all over the place and even inside the PSU). Iirc, there had to be even some liquid spilled all over the place (the metal housing and drive were partially corroded).

BTW, i'm a smoker myself, but don't smoke indoors or in vicinity of other people. I really despise those selfish f*cks who do.