Xbox One Fan Replacement

To open your Xbox, you're going to have to cut or peel up this tamper-evident tape. But don't worry—Microsoft can't legally void your warranty, as long as you don't damage anything. Have fun!

Use a plastic opening tool to pry up and remove the plastic vent that surrounds the side USB port.

The vent is fairly flexible, and held in place with weak plastic clips—start prying from the back and peel it out.

Slide the tab straight back and remove it.

Insert the flat end of a spudger between the upper and lower case where they meet at the rear of the side vent opening.

Insert a plastic opening tool between the upper and lower case to separate the clip over the rear vent.

Keep moving along the rear of the Xbox, prying up clips.

Keep popping clips. It may help to slide the plastic opening tool across the clips.

Starting with the spudger you left in the crack, pry the upper case up to free the last few clips.

Lift the upper case slightly and shift it to give access to the front panel board.

Use tweezers to lift the blue plastic retaining loop over the white connector on the board.

Use the tip of a spudger to push the connector's locking tab toward the cable to unlatch it.

Use tweezers to pull the cable straight out of the connector on the board.

Remove the upper case.

Use the flat end of a spudger to free the clips securing the front panel to the upper case.

Remove the front panel from the rest of the upper case.

Replace the top part of the upper case.

Line up the clips and press firmly to re-seat them around the perimeter.

Support the front panel near the front of the Xbox.

Use tweezers to replace the front button cable in its ZIF socket.

Use the flat end of a spudger to push the ZIF lock to the left to secure the cable.

With the front panel at a 45 degree angle, interlock its plastic hooks with those in the lower case.

Push the top of the front panel into the Xbox, like closing a mailbox. Press firmly so that the clips securing the front panel to the upper case lock securely.

Gently pull up on the speaker cable connector to disconnect it from the front panel board.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable from the front panel board.

Remove the two 9.5 mm T8 Torx screws from the WI-Fi board.

Lift the Wi-Fi board straight up from its socket in the upper metal case.

Leaving the Wi-Fi board antenna cable in place, move the Wi-Fi board aside, exposing the screw labeled "C3" that was beneath it.

Remove the eight 65 mm Torx T10 screws from the top of the upper metal case.

Lift—but do not remove—the upper metal case.

Disconnect the Wi-Fi board interconnect cable from the motherboard.

Disconnect the hard drive SATA power and data cables from the motherboard.

Lift and remove the hard drive tray from the Xbox.

Disconnect the optical drive power and SATA data cables from the motherboard.

Remove the optical drive assembly from the Xbox.

Disconnect the fan cable from the motherboard.

Use a spudger and plastic opening tool to gently and evenly pry the right clip up out of its channel in the heat sink.

Repeat for the left clip. Again, using a combination of a spudger and plastic opening tool to evenly pull the plastic clip up out of its channel in the heat sink.

When there is enough of a gap between the fan and the heat sink, insert the spudger between the two, and pry up to remove the fan.

Use the inserted spudger to pry the fan up off the heat sink.

Remove the fan from the heat sink.