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How To Install XCM Halo Edition Xbox 360 Case

View Original _____________________________________________________ Guide Provided By: XCM Estimated Time: 15min - 45min Experience Level: Beginner Items Needed: T10 torx screwdriver, Xbox 360 Opening Tool (Optional but recommended), Small knife (optional). _____________________________________________________ 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. View Original 2) As you can see this Xbox 360 already has a custom case on it. We will take this case off and re-apply it. View Original 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. View Original 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. View Original 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. View Original 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. View Original 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. View Original 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. View Original 9) You should now have both sides off. View Original 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. View Original 11) All 4 buckles should now be unlatched. View Original 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. View Original 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. View Original 14) Now that the tabs and buckles are done you should be able to pull off the top of the case. View Original 15) There are screws you need to take out with your Torx 10 screwdriver. They are indicated below. View Original 16) Having fun yet? View Original 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. View Original 18) This is what the inside of your Xbox 360 will look like. View Original 19) Get your case ready to install. View Original 20) Take off the power cable. View Original 21) Completed. View Original 22) Unplug the DVD ROM cable. View Original 23) Plug the DVD ROM cable to the connecting adapter. View Original 24) Plug the other side of connecting adapter to the DVD ROM. View Original 25) Install the DVD ROM drive cover. View Original 26) Plug in the power cable to the adapter piece like shown below. You may stick this piece anywhere you like w/ the sticky adhesive. View Original 27) Put the eject piece back on. View Original 28) Screw back in the 6 long torx screws. View Original 29) Put the bottom case back on. View Original 30) Put the side pieces back on. View Original 31) Put your new faceplate on. View Original 32) That's it, we're done! View Original 33) You can easily turn on and off the LED lights by pushing the switch inside the case indicated below. View Original