How To Install The XCM Whisper Fan
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Guide Provided By: Gaming Generations
Estimated Time: 30min - 1hour
Experience Level: Beginner
Items Needed: T10 torx screwdriver, Xbox 360 Opening Tool (Optional but recommended), Small knife (optional).
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1) Grab your necessary tools. The large over sized knife is not really needed, but I've grown attached to it for some reason when doing repairs/upgrades.
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2) Get your Xbox 360 ready.
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3) Start by taking off the hard drive if necessary. There is a small button, just push it down and pull up on the sides of the hard drive to remove.
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4) Put your fingers in the tab and pull back w/ a bit of force. The faceplate should snap off. Be careful not to pull to hard as you do not want to break the face plate.
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5) Now on to the most difficult part. There are hidden tabs inside of the case underneath the "Heat Panels". You can easily get at them with your opening tool. Look inside the case where the red marks are located below and you can see the tabs you need to press.
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6) In this picture you can see exactly where the tabs are located and how to effectively use the opening tool. The picture below is from XCM's official guide. Now let's move on to the hard drive side.
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7) This side is more difficult because you really cannot get to the 2 tabs on the front part of the heat panel. The easiest way I have found is to pull up with force on the front. A quick hard pull and both tabs should snap right up and wallah.
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8) Now finish up taking off the piece by pushing in the last 4 tabs. Again that this picture below is from XCM's official guide. Also, note that one of the tabs is hidden under a rubber pad, you may need to remove the pad to get to the tab.
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9) You should now have both sides off.
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10) Now we are going to work on taking the top case off. There are 4 buckles that need to come unlatched. Using a small sharp object like a knife makes it easy to unlatch the buckles.
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11) All 4 buckles should now be unlatched.
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12) Now it's time to put your opening tool to the test. On one side there are 5 tabs on the back of the Xbox 360 that all need to be pressed at once in order to release this side of the case. Put in the opening tool like below, then push and gently pull up at the same time. The case should come unlocked. Try to make sure the buckles in front do not re-latch again during this process.
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13) Now onto the other side. There are only 2 tabs to push in on this side. Sometimes it is difficult to hit the tabs, usually this is because the top case is pulled up to high on the other side or in front. Push it back down as low as you can w/out putting the tabs and buckles back in place and then try getting at the tabs again. If you cannot get it, you can yank the case off but it will most likely break.
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14) Now that the tabs and buckles are done you should be able to pull off the top of the case.
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15) There are screws you need to take out with your Torx 10 screwdriver. They are indicated below.
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16) Having fun yet?
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17) After all 6 screws are removed, flip the Xbox 360 over. Pull up the case BUT make sure you pull back on the eject button before pulling it up like shown below. You can just completely take off the eject button as you will be replacing it most likely anyways.
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18) This is what the inside of your Xbox 360 will look like.
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19) Slowly pull up the drive.
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20) Gently pull out the 2 drive cables.
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21) Set your drive aside. Push in the tab like shown below and pull up the air flow shield.
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22) Unplug the fan.Notice I already have a whisper fan plugged in. I am changing it from a green whisper fan to a blue whisper.
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23) Pull the fan out. There are 2 tabs holding the fan in by the chassis, the arrows below show where they are.
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24) Grab your whisper fan.
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25) Put it back in like shown below. Try your best to get the tabs on the fan back in the chassis.
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26) Plug your new whisper fan in.
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27) Put the air flow shield back on.
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28) Plug the two cables back in your drive.
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29) Set your drive back in your system. What I normally do now is test the system to make sure everything works before putting it back together.
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30) Put your top cover back on. If you took off your eject button make sure to put it back on. Note this picture was taken from XCM's guide. Now flip over your Xbox 360.
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31) Put the 6 torx screws back in.
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32) Put the bottom cover back on. Make sure the tabs are all snapped together correctly and that the front buckles are latched back together properly.
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33) Put the hard drive heat panel back on.
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34) Put the opposite side heat panel back on.
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35) Snap on the front faceplate.
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36) Snap your hard drive back in (if you have one).
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37) You should be all set!
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