In another win for repairability, the Blu-ray/DVD drive is connected to the motherboard via a SATA data connector.

While we are tempted to re-watch the entire LOTR trilogy on Blu-ray, our own quest to destroy the One Xbox in the fires of the teardown table is more dire.

We take a look at the underside of the optical drive, finding a few ICs and a large ribbon cable:

Microsoft MS0DDDSPB1 1326-BTSL ATNGS501

Texas Instruments 37T AVY7