How To Easily Fix A Xbox 360 Drive That Wont Open Repair Guide

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes            

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Step 1

              How to easily fix a Xbox 360 drive that wont open.               

• First we need to take off the face plate.

First we need to take off the face plate.

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Step 2

• Use a paper clip or a long pick tool to manually open DVD Drive.

Use a paper clip or a long pick tool to manually open DVD Drive.

Step 3

• Use tweezers to take a rubber belt of 2 pulleys in between the hole in the DVD Tray.

Use tweezers to take a rubber belt of 2 pulleys in between the hole in the DVD Tray.

Step 4

• Use a damp paper towel to thoroughly clean the rubber belt.

Use a damp paper towel to thoroughly clean the rubber belt.

Step 5

• Use the tweezers to put the rubber belt back on the 2 pulleys we took them off of.
• I have found it is easier to start with the big pulley first then once around the big pulley get the belt around the small belt.

Use the tweezers to put the rubber belt back on the 2 pulleys we took them off of.

I have found it is easier to start with the big pulley first then once around the big pulley get the belt around the small belt.

Step 6

• Close the DVD Drive and put the face plate back on.
• Plug the system in and test to see if the drive works.

Close the DVD Drive and put the face plate back on.

Plug the system in and test to see if the drive works.

These steps have helped me fix 2 original Xbox systems and 3 Xbox 360 systems. I hope it helps yall. If you need any clarification on any of the steps please message me.

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dongwillows - Jun 12, 2019

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the picture of the exbox is not mine

the picture you show is not my console

Don - Dec 21, 2019

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My xbox 360 console looks like this but does not have a hole to manually open the tray.

Dr. Mario - Aug 14, 2021

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It had to use different tools to open and clean the rubber pulley with 70% Alcohol. Thank you for posting it i fixed my 2009 Black xbox 360 Console.

Astr0 - Oct 17, 2021

How did you open your Xbox? Because mine also doesn’t have that hole