How To Install XCM Black Knight/Light Pre-Cut Case Xbox 360
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Guide Provided By: Gaming Generations
Estimated Time: 15min - 45min
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) As you can see this Xbox 360 already has a custom case on it. We will take this case off and re-apply the new black knight case.
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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. Once you're done with this heat panel move on to the hard drive heat panel.
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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 heat panel by pushing in the last 4 tabs. Note that one of the tabs is hidden under a rubber pad, you may need to remove the pad to get to the tab. The picture below is again from XCM's official guide.
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9) You should now have both heat panels 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 slightly 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 unlatched 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. The drive may be different!
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19) Grab your black knight pre-cut case and all of the parts that go along with it.
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20) Unplug the 2 DVD cables.
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21) Remove the fan shroud.
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22) Put on the new XCM fan shroud.
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23) Plug in the cables.
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24) Plug the panel cable into the socket like shown below.
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25) Here is the switch that allows you to turn the lights on/off.
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26) Now remove the original white drive bezel and eject button. To take off the drive bezel, simply pull up on it and it will snap off. Then snap on the new one. Note this picture was taken from XCM's guide. The color of the bezel below does not relate to this guide.
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27) Put the top case on and put on the new eject button. Note this picture was taken from XCM's guide. The color of the eject button does not relate to this guide. Now flip over your Xbox 360.
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28) Put the 6 torx screws back in.
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29) 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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30) Put the hard drive heat panel back on.
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31) Put the opposite side heat panel back on.
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32) Snap on the front faceplate.
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33) Snap your hard drive back in (if you have one).
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34) Installation is now complete!
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