I got into modding consoles by fixing old broken ones too - my childhood gameboy suffered from pretty bad battery corrosion, but I was able to fix it after watching some YT videos, which then led me to seeing how relatively easy modding was, and here I am, thousands of dollars later lol. Great video as always, Tito!
wow this is perfect, ive been finding these discarded 360 Slims at a local record shop for less than $10, and they are all very similar to this one. just needs a bit of love and most of them will work!
There exists insulation foam tape for insulating doors and whatnot at any home improvement store. Should work fine for this. Just measure your width and foam depth and buy a roll of it.
4:14 an easy way to access this tab is removing the sticker. It has a hole near the Dolby Digital logo, just put something like a paper clip and it releases the latch. Doing as shown works too but it can scratch the plastic
Man I did this like two months ago and I really struggled with those tabs on the back lol I wish I had waited for this. Great video as always, I'd love to see a RGH vid in the future or a PS3 Slim restoration.
It was really satisfying to watch you clean and patch up this 360, and was a good reminder for me to give some love to my older consoles as well. Thanks for another great video, even if I was a little sad that you didn't say T 10 Torx screw another fifteen times during reassembly! 😂
Great video Tito. Brings back memories of the 3 xbox 360s i went through with RRoD. Sadly they are deep in my family garage 9000km away. I am trying to gift them to a friend who will do a restoration and repair. Long live the 360. Please do a 360 controller repair and upgrade in future videos.
I own a Japanese X360 launch model, and I bought a PAL version of the slim (looked exactly like this one) to play games that were locked to the PAL region. Many of the X360 games were region free so I survived on my Japanese console. But Gears of War 3 was locked so bought my slim to play that. Unfortunately I was burgled and they took the slim console, but left the older fat console which I still have to this day. Had to disassemble it a couple of years ago due to the same issue - the drive didn't eject. Turned out to be the rubber eject belt that needed boiling and the drive itself needed cleaning (especially where the belt touched; it gets dusty and oily over time). Enjoyed the video!
Good video, I do what you do and look for broken consoles, mainly when the disc drives don't work as that's the easiest fix for me at the moment as I learn more and more. Plus if something has a USB port or memory card slot, you can pretty much make anything work again one way or another.
Found the video and the channel out today, because TH-cam recommended this one to me. Great video, subscribed. Though I have to disagree when you say "a 360 without a disc tray may as well be a massive paperweight" lol
I've repaired a bunch of 360's myself - That drive belt is bad. They go bad very quickly as rubber likes to age poorly and stretch and weaken. You lubricating the drive basically just made it easier for the motor to drive it, allowing it to work again. Don't get me wrong, still a fix, but just a less permanent one. By the way, super bad jeebies for closing the case before testing it.
Great video! I have a 360 Slim that quit connecting to controllers. I also have one with a stuck disk tray. Looks like it’s time to tear them down and do a refurb. I can see you take your time and do it the right way. So I will be following this video to tear them down.
To fix the connection issue you could probably replace the Rf board. I’m sure you can buy one for cheap on eBay👍 and replace it while doing the refurb 😁
One of the things you can do with a finicky DVD is to remove the belt and boil it for a couple of minutes keeping it off the bottom of the pan, this restores some of the elasticity so that it doesn't slip, or you can simply find replacements as the belt is often time one of the biggest issues with these. I RGH'd 2 then converted to RGH 3 on mine. I put a 2 TB drive in it and no longer have to switch disks and since I don't play it online as I have a Series X for that it makes for a better experience.
Great video. One bummer with those 3rd party hard drives is they don’t support backwards compatibility. I learned that the hard way. If you’re looking for great 360 games, I’d suggest Prince of Persia and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Neither are available on new gen consoles and they’re really great.
@@MachoNachoProductions Sorry, what I mean is that you can’t play original Xbox games on the 360 unless you are using an official Microsoft hard drive. I don’t understand why, and there’s probably an exploit to fix that, but it’s annoying.
why not RGH3 your xbox 360? you can use hacked BC files that can play more OG xbox games than official ones from microsoft. loading them from the HDD is also better and faster as well.
@@ScottBaker38 I never knew about that? Glad I purchased a brand new 360 hard drive made by Microsoft before Target got rid of their last little Xbox 360 stuff a few years ago!
If you like shoot em ups, there are a couple NA releases for the 360. Akai Katana, Raiden IV, Raiden Fighters Aces, Deathsmiles, Otomedius Excellence and Wartech.
Just so you're aware. There's a pin sized hole under the sticker below the warranty seal. Unlocks the tab much easier than trying to pry it with a spludger 👍.
The honor was all mine. If anything I want to thank you for helping me clear out my garage. Sometimes I feel like I am drowning in broken consoles over here! 🤣
Watching this halfway through 2023 after I got ripped off buying a 360 slim... Doesn't even have a hard drive.. I could resell it for what I paid for but I'm not a pos. So I''m gunna try to refurbish it myself now thanks to this video.
Lowes sells garage door foam. It’s the same style of foam but sold in rolls. Make sure to get the correct height when purchasing. I’m certain there’s a way to get that foam in sheet form as well for the other gaskets.
I just picked up a 360 slim off of eBay. I think it's in a good spot, price wise, for somebody looking to buy. I saw a bunch of examples that people weren't even bidding on and was able to grab a 256gb Holiday Bundle model with 12 games and 2 controllers for $39 + shipping. Yeah I couldn't believe it either especially as it was verified working. I would like to clean and re-paste it, though since it is getting on for a decade old. I think I need to get myself one of those metal spudgers first though.
I used to mod my old 360s with electrical tape to make matte black disc drives, I enjoyed the video by the way, I’m now going to watch all of your videos since this one was so entertaining lol
Yo! I'm pretty sure whoever donated this xbox got it from my eBay store in February. If so, great job! Just found your channel a week ago and love the Gamboy mods. Cheers!
Its like a brand new xbox 360! Only things I've taken apart is Xbox controllers. When i have time ill try this. My Xbox 360 is fine but i did get it second hand and i bet it would love some thermal paste. Thank you for this video! TH-cam and people like you are amazingly helpful!
That’s awesome Scruffy! Glad you had a similar start to me getting into retro games! I absolutely love making old beat up console look new 😁. Cheers buddy!
Hey Tito, Really enjoying your videos. Some great exclusives are Fable (Anniversary for 360), Fable 2, and Fable 3. Those 3 games have been some of my favorite games of all time and to this day am disappointed that they have mostly been forgotten about. If you end up trying them too, I really hope you like them.
Pro tip for the foam gasket around the disc drive. Just cut it where the 2 halves of the drive meet. I've seen them be so crusty and dusty that they won't stick back on properly.
It's always a cool thing to see a console in sore shape getting a good refurbishing 👍I've been hoping to do something similar for an original model GBA, though the only ones I've come across are in too good of a condition for it to be necessary. That, and it would leave me with a lot of spare parts I'd feel guilty about throwing away lol 😆
Awesome work, congratulations! 👍 I'll recommend you to play panzer dragoon orta from the original Xbox through backward compatibility :) Recently I also recovered an Xbox 360 with the no power issue. I found later the laser is also bad and I'm still waiting for the replacement to arrive. Hope that brings my console back to reading disks again. Keep up the good work and thank you for the great content.
When you put the heatsink block back onto the CPU and I saw the copper bit, I had thought you put it back on upside down. WAs very confused until I went back and realized that it was suppose to be that way. So used to the copper being placed on top of the CPU, lol
You don't actually need foam to completely surround the fan. Some revisions only use three rectangular pieces of foam (about 1/2 inch long) to dampen the vibration of the shroud.
Great video! Just learned about 303 Aerospace Protectant. I've restored a couple of the fat model Xbox 360's and will be restoring one of this same model slim one soon. The disc tray issue could have been the rubber band is slipping. Easy fix by cleaning it or reducing resistance of the tray (like you did). Check out the 360 game Ninja Blade.
Great vid Tito, as always. I'd love to see one on a PS3 restore, and some tips on fixing YLoD and replacing those NEC Tokin capacitors. I can use some guidance saving my PS3 😉😉😉
I found my 360 in a recycling center. It was dusty, missing the face plate and was smelling cat pee. It was dusgusting, but after a good cleaning, working absolutely fine! And i love playing Forza motorsport 4 on it! Mutch better than Gran Turismo imo...
I love this type of video from you, you always have a great presentation when doing your videos you go slow and explain everything. 360 we can mark as check, I'd say do everything you want to do, I personally like PS3 videos like this, but skies the limit if I had to suggest directly maybe N64 so there you go good luck and keep up the great work!
are you planning on revisiting the original 360 versions? i'd love to know about replacing the stock fans with something quieter, or maybe even if it's possible to upgrade the disc drive to something that is better and quieter, stuff like that. great video!
Hi Macho Nacho. I've been a follower on your channel for a while now. I love your tutorials and videos. Can you do the new RGH 3 mod on this console? I would love to see this.
this video got me wanting to take apart my brothers Xbox One Slim to clean it and give it new thermal paste. it runs HOT and it’s probably nasty on the inside
I hate that hidden tab. Apparently you can stick a pin through a part of the sticker to get it open. For my personal consoles I just bend the tab back so it doesn't latch when I close it up cause it's such a pain. Btw, one of the long black T10 screws holding the metal cage on may or may not be under a sticker. Most of the time it is. Also there's an X Clamp removal tool available on Weekend Modder that makes the process much safer and easier. It also puts all of the pressure on the heatsink and X Clamp instead of the board when reattaching the clamp. I strongly recommend it because it's easy for the screwdrover to slip out of place and gouge the PCB when removing or to bend the PCB when reattaching. 360's have pretty thin and flexible PCB's so you do not want to bend it. Also, when screwing the two screws by the power plug, make very sure not to overtighten them as that can flex the board. Some people have fixed E82 just by loosening those screws. That foam gasket is annoying but when finding a replacement you don't need one that goes all the way around. "Trinity" consoles have one that goes all the way around and Corona ones have just 4 foam points. It's more for vibration than it is for sealing. You can probably get away with cutting some standard form to make a few foam squares and then supergluing them into the fan shroud. Wow that 303 Aerosol really does the trick. Damn I'm gonna pick some up myself
Great job with the repair. My personal favorite Xbox 360 game, was Lost Odyssey. One of if not the first game by Mistwalker studios. Honestly, if you love JRPG's, I'm not sure if it would be possible for you to dislike it. Give it a go!
@Macho Nacho Productions There's Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero, two launch titles for the 360 made by Rare, the creators of Battletoads and Banjo-Kazooie. I would recommend them to you, along with Gears of War by Epic Games.
I got into the hobby of refurbing consoles by fixing old gameboys. I highly recommend anyone looking to get into this to start with them since they’re fairy straightforward and have a lot of room for error. My most recent refurb was an original Xbox.
Here are my X360 recommendations. Note that some of these may no longer be exclusive, but it's what I enjoyed on the system. Deathsmiles - really fun horizontal shmup by Cave Culdcept Saga - it's basically Monopoly fused with Magic: the Gathering Infinite Undiscovery - JRPG, pretty sure it's not exclusive The Last Remnant - same as above Ninety-Nine Nights - same again Tales of Vesperia - yet again, JRPG. FANTASTIC story, and fun combat. I know for sure this one is no longer exclusive, though.
I scored a 360 working but in horrible shape at a garage sale for $10 and restored it. I put the fan, all plastic parts in the diswasher and they came our perfect. Except of course the front panel which has the touch sensitive switch in it.
this is nice for the purposes of the video and all but curious what would you do had it not worked? eat the cost and buy another for the disc drive and swap those parts? if so, what then with the 360 leftover, sell it? can you talk about that?
Since the system was working expect for the drive, I probably would have purchased a replacement optical drive. I was actually looking online while making the video incase I couldn’t repair it.
Ironically my experience with console repair started with the original 360. After having my day one get the red rings I wanted to save money so I’d look up common issues then I’d look up how to fix. Most of the time it just needed all dust removed new capacitor then It’d work again. I also would inspect the power brick.
I bought most of my Japanese consoles broken/untested. My Twin Famicom I bought with a broken disk drive and managed to fix it myself. Repairing consoles is more fun than playing them a lot of the time. lol
It also helps you experience consoles you missed when they were out. That is how I found out I love the Sega Saturn and recently I've been getting into the Turbo Grafx/PC Engine stuff.
Tenchu Z is a great game to check out. Like a last gen Sekiro. Also if you like your anime stuff, Naruto had 2 Xbox 360 exclusives, Rise of a Ninja, and its sequel Broken Bonds, which still aren't backwards compatible with the One or Series S/X as of yet.
Xbox 360 is more than just a paperweight without a drive. Many games available digitally. Not all, but many. Still, glad you got it working. Since you mentioned Blue Dragon, you should check out Last Odyssey, which is another amazing JRPG on 360. Microsoft gave it away for free a few years back, but can still be purchased digitally (was originally released on 2 DVDs).
The only issue with those third party hard drives is that you can't use OG Xbox backward compatibility with them. Like I think the ones sold on the store work, but you can't use your discs. It has something to do with the partitioning. But if you don't care about that, then they're a great option. Far better on a cost:storage ratio stand point than the official drives.
I knew the ppl that worked at an ebgames (gamestop in canada) and a kid was trading in his ps3 slim with a bunch of games and told the guys at the counter the ps3 is busted. EB told him they can't take it for trade credit so but the kid said he's just gunna toss it so if they wont take, so they asked me if i wanted it. To make a long story slightly shorter i ended up fixing it by replacing the BD drive for only 40$ and it worked like new... And this was just before the ps4! Good deal!
Thanks again for yet another great video! We see a lot of the older generations get love in regards to mods. But what about this gen? Are there optical emulators, video output mods etc like we see for older consoles?
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I think because these console are very modern by todays standards we don’t see too many mods, but there are definitely some! I’m planning on doing videos on them hopefully in the near future. Stay tuned 😁
McMaster carr sells various types of foam tape for industrial use. If you need a very specific thickness, you might have some luck browsing their catalog!
i delid the IHS on the XCGPU to replace the dried crusty thermal paste under it too. It is not as hard as a PS3. Replaced the polymer caps with higher quality ones for longer service time. The low quality polymer caps are pink in color. Blue, dark Red color are better quality ones and hopefully don't require replacement. faulty caps do cause RLOD. finally RGH3 is installed for unlock the xbox's potential especially using hacked backwards compatibility files for OG xbox games and using bigger HDDs.
@@MachoNachoProductions you have to be careful when you do the delid. there are smd capacitors near the edge on 1 side. xbox 360 S and E doesn't really need a delid as they run cool and quiet compared to phat ps3s especially with increased fan speeds through dashlaunch or freestyle dash. I bought 2 kronos (jasper v2) xbox 360 for cheap and sent them to get the 1500uF and 820uF capacitors replaced with polymer caps too. i can't melt the solder with my hakko soldering gun. the person who did it said he had to use 700C. these 2 kronos xb360s are set to be reliable for years to come. with RGH3 and aurora dashboard, games converted to GOD format on the internal HDD runs like a dream. no noise from the dvd drive. I haven't tried a SSD but i'm sure with it, it would be the ultimate XB360
I got into modding consoles by fixing old broken ones too - my childhood gameboy suffered from pretty bad battery corrosion, but I was able to fix it after watching some YT videos, which then led me to seeing how relatively easy modding was, and here I am, thousands of dollars later lol. Great video as always, Tito!
Thanks buddy! We gotta stretch that dollar as much as we can. This hobby can get expensive if we don’t 😅 cheers buddy!!
wow this is perfect, ive been finding these discarded 360 Slims at a local record shop for less than $10, and they are all very similar to this one. just needs a bit of love and most of them will work!
Nice dude! Yeah they’re pretty robust machines, I’m sure you could fix them up nice
I'm about to try this in a couple weeks saw one for around $5 where it only doesn't read disks
There exists insulation foam tape for insulating doors and whatnot at any home improvement store. Should work fine for this. Just measure your width and foam depth and buy a roll of it.
Yeah, I thought about doing that. I’ll need to get some thing foam
4:14 an easy way to access this tab is removing the sticker. It has a hole near the Dolby Digital logo, just put something like a paper clip and it releases the latch. Doing as shown works too but it can scratch the plastic
You don't even need to take the sticker off. The pin hole is small enough that you can poke through it without it being very noticable.
Man I did this like two months ago and I really struggled with those tabs on the back lol I wish I had waited for this. Great video as always, I'd love to see a RGH vid in the future or a PS3 Slim restoration.
Thank you! Ill have to go an rgb for sure 👍
Very timely, I just acquired one of these slim consoles. Very nice that I don't have to go searching for a good tear down video.
I hope it helps you 👍
It was really satisfying to watch you clean and patch up this 360, and was a good reminder for me to give some love to my older consoles as well.
Thanks for another great video, even if I was a little sad that you didn't say T 10 Torx screw another fifteen times during reassembly! 😂
Thank you Nathan! Haha, yeah there are certainly a lot of t10 torx screws on the console 😅
Hey. Just be glad he didn't say Torx SECURITY screws. The PS3 Slim has those and they're a right pain in the tuchus.
Thank you so much for the shout out! Lots of love from our channel to yours!
Absolutely brother! I should be thanking you though 🙏😁! Cheers buddy!!
Great video Tito. Brings back memories of the 3 xbox 360s i went through with RRoD. Sadly they are deep in my family garage 9000km away. I am trying to gift them to a friend who will do a restoration and repair. Long live the 360. Please do a 360 controller repair and upgrade in future videos.
I’ll definitely have to look into doing some controller repair videos for sure since those tend to fail often 👍
There is something therapeutic about watching you disassemble, clean, and reassemble the 360 back to working condition.
Disassembling, cleaning and repairing consoles is super satisfying. Totally agree!
I own a Japanese X360 launch model, and I bought a PAL version of the slim (looked exactly like this one) to play games that were locked to the PAL region.
Many of the X360 games were region free so I survived on my Japanese console. But Gears of War 3 was locked so bought my slim to play that.
Unfortunately I was burgled and they took the slim console, but left the older fat console which I still have to this day. Had to disassemble it a couple of years ago due to the same issue - the drive didn't eject. Turned out to be the rubber eject belt that needed boiling and the drive itself needed cleaning (especially where the belt touched; it gets dusty and oily over time).
Enjoyed the video!
Dude, sorry to hear about your slim, but glad you were able to fix your other one. Happy you enjoyed the video buddy 🙏
@@MachoNachoProductions Cheers fella!
Good video, I do what you do and look for broken consoles, mainly when the disc drives don't work as that's the easiest fix for me at the moment as I learn more and more. Plus if something has a USB port or memory card slot, you can pretty much make anything work again one way or another.
i've taken everything apart and thermal paste it comes sometimes today i can't wait to play online mw3 mw2 and bo1 again super happy
Found the video and the channel out today, because TH-cam recommended this one to me.
Great video, subscribed.
Though I have to disagree when you say "a 360 without a disc tray may as well be a massive paperweight" lol
Thank you so much 🙏 I hope you enjoy some of my other videos 😁
I begin to watch your vídeos just a few days and I'm loving the quality and how patient you are.
Thank you Ednaldo! I’m glad that you found my channel and that you’re enjoying the videos! Cheers!
I've repaired a bunch of 360's myself - That drive belt is bad. They go bad very quickly as rubber likes to age poorly and stretch and weaken. You lubricating the drive basically just made it easier for the motor to drive it, allowing it to work again. Don't get me wrong, still a fix, but just a less permanent one.
By the way, super bad jeebies for closing the case before testing it.
I’m a gambling man 😅
Great video! I have a 360 Slim that quit connecting to controllers. I also have one with a stuck disk tray. Looks like it’s time to tear them down and do a refurb. I can see you take your time and do it the right way. So I will be following this video to tear them down.
To fix the connection issue you could probably replace the Rf board. I’m sure you can buy one for cheap on eBay👍 and replace it while doing the refurb 😁
@@MachoNachoProductions thanks for the tip.
Kameo is also a really neat 360 exclusive.
Awesome, thank you for the recommendation!
One of the things you can do with a finicky DVD is to remove the belt and boil it for a couple of minutes keeping it off the bottom of the pan, this restores some of the elasticity so that it doesn't slip, or you can simply find replacements as the belt is often time one of the biggest issues with these. I RGH'd 2 then converted to RGH 3 on mine. I put a 2 TB drive in it and no longer have to switch disks and since I don't play it online as I have a Series X for that it makes for a better experience.
Yes! Thank you for mentioning that. It can be a great solution if you can’t get a replacement
RGH mod next? You don't need a glitch chip anymore, just a raspberry pi pico to overwrite de nand (some models) and a postfix (some models)
We’ll have to see 😉
I’d love to see a tear down and clean of a 360 E. Been thinking about getting me one.
@Tronicsfix should review your perfect amount of thermal paste.
I’d be interested in his evaluation 😅
Great video. One bummer with those 3rd party hard drives is they don’t support backwards compatibility. I learned that the hard way. If you’re looking for great 360 games, I’d suggest Prince of Persia and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Neither are available on new gen consoles and they’re really great.
Oh man that stinks. Is it not backwards compatible with older 360 models? Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll definitely have to look into them!
@@MachoNachoProductions Sorry, what I mean is that you can’t play original Xbox games on the 360 unless you are using an official Microsoft hard drive. I don’t understand why, and there’s probably an exploit to fix that, but it’s annoying.
@@ScottBaker38 it's as easy as connecting it to a computer, running FATXplorer, and rebuilding the compatibility partition.
why not RGH3 your xbox 360? you can use hacked BC files that can play more OG xbox games than official ones from microsoft. loading them from the HDD is also better and faster as well.
@@ScottBaker38 I never knew about that? Glad I purchased a brand new 360 hard drive made by Microsoft before Target got rid of their last little Xbox 360 stuff a few years ago!
If you like shoot em ups, there are a couple NA releases for the 360. Akai Katana, Raiden IV, Raiden Fighters Aces, Deathsmiles, Otomedius Excellence and Wartech.
Nice! These sounds awesome! Will be sure to check ‘em out!
You call it a metal spudger, I call it a dab tool 🌿💨🤣
Just so you're aware. There's a pin sized hole under the sticker below the warranty seal. Unlocks the tab much easier than trying to pry it with a spludger 👍.
Oh nice! I didn’t even notice that. Thanks for the tip!
The honor was all mine. If anything I want to thank you for helping me clear out my garage. Sometimes I feel like I am drowning in broken consoles over here! 🤣
That sounds like a good problem to have 😁👍
I have a similar interest in fixing things like you. have you ever done any video tutorials on fixing broken PS Vitas?
I haven’t made any vita videos yet, but it is definitely on my to do 👍
@@MachoNachoProductions Good to know. Thanks. I've Subscribed.
I can't believe how good it looks after cleaning! Good job Tito!
Thanks Ricky! I really love the results too 🙏☺️
Watching this halfway through 2023 after I got ripped off buying a 360 slim... Doesn't even have a hard drive.. I could resell it for what I paid for but I'm not a pos. So I''m gunna try to refurbish it myself now thanks to this video.
11:13 No one but TronicsFix can apply the Perfect Amount of Thermal Paste™
This is true!
Lowes sells garage door foam. It’s the same style of foam but sold in rolls. Make sure to get the correct height when purchasing. I’m certain there’s a way to get that foam in sheet form as well for the other gaskets.
I just picked up a 360 slim off of eBay. I think it's in a good spot, price wise, for somebody looking to buy. I saw a bunch of examples that people weren't even bidding on and was able to grab a 256gb Holiday Bundle model with 12 games and 2 controllers for $39 + shipping. Yeah I couldn't believe it either especially as it was verified working. I would like to clean and re-paste it, though since it is getting on for a decade old. I think I need to get myself one of those metal spudgers first though.
I used to mod my old 360s with electrical tape to make matte black disc drives, I enjoyed the video by the way, I’m now going to watch all of your videos since this one was so entertaining lol
Thank you! Hope you enjoy the other videos in the channel
@@MachoNachoProductions thanks man have a great day/night
Would love to see more refurbishing videos like this from you…great video Tito
I am definitely planning on doing more 😁😉 I really enjoy cleaning up and repairing these consoles! Stay tuned Ethan!
Yo! I'm pretty sure whoever donated this xbox got it from my eBay store in February. If so, great job! Just found your channel a week ago and love the Gamboy mods. Cheers!
Haha! Nice!
The thought of disassembling things makes me so nervous but I'd love to be able to give some tlc to my older consoles like this 💖
Find the cheapest broken console you can and give it a try 😁
Love the content! Also I really appreciate all of the work you put into the production value of your videos, they’re a joy to watch.
Thank you so much Tyler! So glad you’re enjoying the videos
Its like a brand new xbox 360! Only things I've taken apart is Xbox controllers. When i have time ill try this. My Xbox 360 is fine but i did get it second hand and i bet it would love some thermal paste. Thank you for this video! TH-cam and people like you are amazingly helpful!
I feel exactly the same and got into retro games in the same way. Great work Tito!
That’s awesome Scruffy! Glad you had a similar start to me getting into retro games! I absolutely love making old beat up console look new 😁. Cheers buddy!
Hey Tito,
Really enjoying your videos.
Some great exclusives are Fable (Anniversary for 360), Fable 2, and Fable 3. Those 3 games have been some of my favorite games of all time and to this day am disappointed that they have mostly been forgotten about.
If you end up trying them too, I really hope you like them.
Thank you John! 🙏! I’ll definitely have to check them out! I’ve heard good things about fable
Always loved the look of the slim 360, simple and elegant
Agreed! It’s a very tastefully designed console. I also really like the beeps it makes when turning the console on and opening the dvd drive
It's alive! Great job. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you Kill-9 🙏☺️
Pro tip for the foam gasket around the disc drive. Just cut it where the 2 halves of the drive meet. I've seen them be so crusty and dusty that they won't stick back on properly.
That’s a great tip, thank you 👍
It's always a cool thing to see a console in sore shape getting a good refurbishing 👍I've been hoping to do something similar for an original model GBA, though the only ones I've come across are in too good of a condition for it to be necessary. That, and it would leave me with a lot of spare parts I'd feel guilty about throwing away lol 😆
Haha same! I have so many spare parts laying around. I need to organize them 😅
whether it needs it or not, i ALWAYS replace that rubberband for the disc drive
I thought about doing it. I’ll probably order one from console5. Always good to have some on hand
Awesome work, congratulations! 👍 I'll recommend you to play panzer dragoon orta from the original Xbox through backward compatibility :) Recently I also recovered an Xbox 360 with the no power issue. I found later the laser is also bad and I'm still waiting for the replacement to arrive. Hope that brings my console back to reading disks again. Keep up the good work and thank you for the great content.
Awesome dude! Thank you. Best of luck on the repair 👍😁
When you put the heatsink block back onto the CPU and I saw the copper bit, I had thought you put it back on upside down. WAs very confused until I went back and realized that it was suppose to be that way. So used to the copper being placed on top of the CPU, lol
You don't actually need foam to completely surround the fan. Some revisions only use three rectangular pieces of foam (about 1/2 inch long) to dampen the vibration of the shroud.
Great instructions on disassembling the system. This system definitely requires more patience and coaxing to open up.
Lost Odyssey was another 360-exclusive JRPG that was absolutely fantastic, and features Nobuo Uematsu's work as well.
Wow, nice! A lot of people have been recommending it. I will definitely be picking it up ☺️👍
Great video! Just learned about 303 Aerospace Protectant.
I've restored a couple of the fat model Xbox 360's and will be restoring one of this same model slim one soon. The disc tray issue could have been the rubber band is slipping. Easy fix by cleaning it or reducing resistance of the tray (like you did).
Check out the 360 game Ninja Blade.
Recommend Lost odyssey, same studio as blue dragon, art style from Takehiko Inoue, creator of slam dunk
Dude that sounds awesome! I’ll definitely have to check that out! Thank you 🙏
Great video and I hope we get to see a RGH3 mod done to it some day 😉
Perhaps 😉
I watch all of your videos. You just make high quality movies.
Great vid Tito, as always. I'd love to see one on a PS3 restore, and some tips on fixing YLoD and replacing those NEC Tokin capacitors. I can use some guidance saving my PS3 😉😉😉
I would definitely love to make a video about that. I’ll be in the lookout for a YLOD ps3 😁
Great video. Love to see any hardware open to give life back
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the videos. One thing that I’ve been trying to find is a noctua fan mod for the Xbox 360 slim.
That would be great! So far the slim is pretty quite. But noctuas are always great!
Great guide! One suggestion that I'm sure you did, but didn't mention on the video, is to check for leaky or bulged caps.
I found my 360 in a recycling center. It was dusty, missing the face plate and was smelling cat pee. It was dusgusting, but after a good cleaning, working absolutely fine! And i love playing Forza motorsport 4 on it! Mutch better than Gran Turismo imo...
Awesome! I’m glad you were able to save that 360! I’ll have to try out forza!
But the cat pee smell comes back whenever you play Samurai Shodown Sen or Sonic 2006.
I love this type of video from you, you always have a great presentation when doing your videos you go slow and explain everything. 360 we can mark as check, I'd say do everything you want to do, I personally like PS3 videos like this, but skies the limit if I had to suggest directly maybe N64 so there you go good luck and keep up the great work!
Thank you! I definitely want to do a ps3 video 👍
@@MachoNachoProductions I'll be waiting and watching 👀😎
are you planning on revisiting the original 360 versions? i'd love to know about replacing the stock fans with something quieter, or maybe even if it's possible to upgrade the disc drive to something that is better and quieter, stuff like that. great video!
OOOOH YEH that's the good stuff. More restorations please!!!
Thank you 🙏! I definitely think I will be doing that 👍
Hi Macho Nacho. I've been a follower on your channel for a while now. I love your tutorials and videos. Can you do the new RGH 3 mod on this console? I would love to see this.
I’m definitely planning on doing future mods to the 360 now that I have a working one 👍😁
Can wel all appreciate the moment this guy saved a console on wich we all started and played Call of Duty on. 🎉🎉❤
this video got me wanting to take apart my brothers Xbox One Slim to clean it and give it new thermal paste. it runs HOT and it’s probably nasty on the inside
I hate that hidden tab. Apparently you can stick a pin through a part of the sticker to get it open.
For my personal consoles I just bend the tab back so it doesn't latch when I close it up cause it's such a pain.
Btw, one of the long black T10 screws holding the metal cage on may or may not be under a sticker. Most of the time it is.
Also there's an X Clamp removal tool available on Weekend Modder that makes the process much safer and easier. It also puts all of the pressure on the heatsink and X Clamp instead of the board when reattaching the clamp.
I strongly recommend it because it's easy for the screwdrover to slip out of place and gouge the PCB when removing or to bend the PCB when reattaching. 360's have pretty thin and flexible PCB's so you do not want to bend it.
Also, when screwing the two screws by the power plug, make very sure not to overtighten them as that can flex the board. Some people have fixed E82 just by loosening those screws.
That foam gasket is annoying but when finding a replacement you don't need one that goes all the way around. "Trinity" consoles have one that goes all the way around and Corona ones have just 4 foam points. It's more for vibration than it is for sealing. You can probably get away with cutting some standard form to make a few foam squares and then supergluing them into the fan shroud.
Wow that 303 Aerosol really does the trick. Damn I'm gonna pick some up myself
That’s good to know. I may just get some foam tabs for the fan shroud. Also, thank you for all the other tips and tricks 👍 Cheers!
Your 360 refurbishment experience went much better than mine did; I had to clean roaches out of one!
Oh no! I hate roaches 😅
Great job with the repair. My personal favorite Xbox 360 game, was Lost Odyssey. One of if not the first game by Mistwalker studios. Honestly, if you love JRPG's, I'm not sure if it would be possible for you to dislike it. Give it a go!
I’ll definitely check it out! A few other folks recommended it too. Sounds like a winner 😁👍
@Macho Nacho Productions There's Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero, two launch titles for the 360 made by Rare, the creators of Battletoads and Banjo-Kazooie. I would recommend them to you, along with Gears of War by Epic Games.
this cleaned up really nice, well done!
Thanks JuicyJake 🙏
Amazing resto and editing. You earned a new sub. Cant wait for new content
Thank you for the sub Daimien 🙏 glad you enjoyed the video!
great work. akai katana looks great on the 360, marvel vs capcoms runs good , raiden iv, deathsmiles, otomedius are nice shmups!
this is the best disassembly video on the 360
I got into the hobby of refurbing consoles by fixing old gameboys. I highly recommend anyone looking to get into this to start with them since they’re fairy straightforward and have a lot of room for error. My most recent refurb was an original Xbox.
Nice!
i feel like I'm watching pbs. a certain kindness the narrator for this lump of tech is admirable. whomever, i'm sorry if you feel like the components.
Good job tito... you're great at helping others
Thank you! I really hope so 🙏☺️
Hey, just an FYI, there is a small hole behind the sticker near the power port. Sim card eject size hole. Makes it pop easily.
Would love to see a Vita 1000 restore. There’s not any screen replacement/body replacements that break it down like you do in your videos!
Will definitely look into that!
Here are my X360 recommendations. Note that some of these may no longer be exclusive, but it's what I enjoyed on the system.
Deathsmiles - really fun horizontal shmup by Cave
Culdcept Saga - it's basically Monopoly fused with Magic: the Gathering
Infinite Undiscovery - JRPG, pretty sure it's not exclusive
The Last Remnant - same as above
Ninety-Nine Nights - same again
Tales of Vesperia - yet again, JRPG. FANTASTIC story, and fun combat. I know for sure this one is no longer exclusive, though.
Dude, thank you so much for the list of games! I’ll definitely have to look into getting some of them! Cheers!
I scored a 360 working but in horrible shape at a garage sale for $10 and restored it. I put the fan, all plastic parts in the diswasher and they came our perfect. Except of course the front panel which has the touch sensitive switch in it.
really nice work on this one
this is nice for the purposes of the video and all but curious what would you do had it not worked? eat the cost and buy another for the disc drive and swap those parts? if so, what then with the 360 leftover, sell it? can you talk about that?
Since the system was working expect for the drive, I probably would have purchased a replacement optical drive. I was actually looking online while making the video incase I couldn’t repair it.
New idea for a new video… Electron Sheperd’s AVE-HDMI mod for the Wii perhaps?
Oooh I’ll definitely have to check that out. I love hdmi mods!
Ironically my experience with console repair started with the original 360. After having my day one get the red rings I wanted to save money so I’d look up common issues then I’d look up how to fix. Most of the time it just needed all dust removed new capacitor then It’d work again. I also would inspect the power brick.
I bought most of my Japanese consoles broken/untested. My Twin Famicom I bought with a broken disk drive and managed to fix it myself. Repairing consoles is more fun than playing them a lot of the time. lol
Haha, I have to agree! The thrill of making something work and look great again is addicting 😅
It also helps you experience consoles you missed when they were out. That is how I found out I love the Sega Saturn and recently I've been getting into the Turbo Grafx/PC Engine stuff.
Blue Dragon is so damn good sir! Enjoy sir!
Thank you 🙏
This legit took me all night to do but thanks man.
Tenchu Z is a great game to check out.
Like a last gen Sekiro.
Also if you like your anime stuff, Naruto had 2 Xbox 360 exclusives, Rise of a Ninja, and its sequel Broken Bonds, which still aren't backwards compatible with the One or Series S/X as of yet.
Nice! Thank you for the recommendations!
Xbox 360 is more than just a paperweight without a drive. Many games available digitally. Not all, but many. Still, glad you got it working.
Since you mentioned Blue Dragon, you should check out Last Odyssey, which is another amazing JRPG on 360. Microsoft gave it away for free a few years back, but can still be purchased digitally (was originally released on 2 DVDs).
It’s definitely a great machine! Will def have to check out lost odyssey!
Great video! Awesome restoration!
Thank you Ariel! 🙏
I think this is my favorite version of the 360
Same
i love the 360e model
I actually love the way it looks too! Very attractive styling. I also love the beeps it makes when you turn it on or eject the disc tray
The e looks pretty nice!
The only issue with those third party hard drives is that you can't use OG Xbox backward compatibility with them. Like I think the ones sold on the store work, but you can't use your discs. It has something to do with the partitioning. But if you don't care about that, then they're a great option. Far better on a cost:storage ratio stand point than the official drives.
Man, that’s kind of a bummer. I didn’t know that 😔
I knew the ppl that worked at an ebgames (gamestop in canada) and a kid was trading in his ps3 slim with a bunch of games and told the guys at the counter the ps3 is busted. EB told him they can't take it for trade credit so but the kid said he's just gunna toss it so if they wont take, so they asked me if i wanted it. To make a long story slightly shorter i ended up fixing it by replacing the BD drive for only 40$ and it worked like new... And this was just before the ps4! Good deal!
Awesome dude! I love stories like that!
Thanks again for yet another great video!
We see a lot of the older generations get love in regards to mods. But what about this gen? Are there optical emulators, video output mods etc like we see for older consoles?
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
I think because these console are very modern by todays standards we don’t see too many mods, but there are definitely some! I’m planning on doing videos on them hopefully in the near future. Stay tuned 😁
Need a video for the 1 gen 60GB PS3 backwards compatible console
I have some PS3 videos in the pipeline 👍
McMaster carr sells various types of foam tape for industrial use. If you need a very specific thickness, you might have some luck browsing their catalog!
i delid the IHS on the XCGPU to replace the dried crusty thermal paste under it too. It is not as hard as a PS3. Replaced the polymer caps with higher quality ones for longer service time. The low quality polymer caps are pink in color. Blue, dark Red color are better quality ones and hopefully don't require replacement. faulty caps do cause RLOD. finally RGH3 is installed for unlock the xbox's potential especially using hacked backwards compatibility files for OG xbox games and using bigger HDDs.
Nice dude! I’ll have to look into doing those preventative maintenance measures. Thanks for the heads up 👍
@@MachoNachoProductions you have to be careful when you do the delid. there are smd capacitors near the edge on 1 side. xbox 360 S and E doesn't really need a delid as they run cool and quiet compared to phat ps3s especially with increased fan speeds through dashlaunch or freestyle dash. I bought 2 kronos (jasper v2) xbox 360 for cheap and sent them to get the 1500uF and 820uF capacitors replaced with polymer caps too. i can't melt the solder with my hakko soldering gun. the person who did it said he had to use 700C. these 2 kronos xb360s are set to be reliable for years to come. with RGH3 and aurora dashboard, games converted to GOD format on the internal HDD runs like a dream. no noise from the dvd drive. I haven't tried a SSD but i'm sure with it, it would be the ultimate XB360
Awesome job, Tito! I'm on the prowl for an XBOX now, lol!
Haha nice! Thank you so much Todd! Fantastic talking to you the other day! Cheers buddy!
Love your videos, keep them coming
Those adhesive window foam seals should work as a fan gasket.