Xbox 360 Custom Mod - Game console restoration

In this episode, I'm going to fix, restore and customize a Xbox 360. I found a listing on Facebook marketplace, somebody offering two xbox'es 360. One with serious overheating problems and another with cd/dvd hardware problem. Maybe I can make one fully working from two defectives, just using the working parts, I thought. Well, this was a fun modification, took me like 3 weeks to complete the job. Like every new project, I learned a lot with this one. Used in this restoration/fix/customization/modification two colors, pearl white and rose gold. Gold led light to pop up the internal and cut a custom window on the side. The colors are gorgeous under the light. Beating the infamous Red Ring of Death
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#Xbox360 #Modding #Customizing #Homebrew

[@DiyintheGhetto]

I don't know why But I'm finding it more pleasing to see others taking older systems even broken ones and bringing them back to life and giving them new meaning. Plus the awesome paint job helps a lot. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@woovs101]

I agree, I enjoyed it so much, I started doing it myself

[@danotorious12]

Brings back memories of how many times I opened a 360 to extract keys and flash drive’s

[@tafsir5780]

You should be providing a service, lots of people will be asking for a service like this. Looks superb

[@slayer1163]

If you are mechanically inclined you can do this its very common for car mechanics to do it

[@Ghostfanofurs]

Looks good, not too keen on the color choice though.

[@Ghostfanofurs]

@@slayer1163 hadn't thought of this but yeah, been taking thing apart since I was a kid so that'll be a whiz to do

[@sgt.autisticsoap7766]

@@Ghostfanofurs thats where you as the customer would be given colors to choose from and get to have a color combo you like

[@Ghostfanofurs]

@Allan Cameron I'm sure they wouldn't mind. As for the older systems it just depends on how important they are to you. 👍

[@MisterReen]

Fantastic work! One of the best consoles ever made in my opinion. Had such a great time with it. Halo games, Red Dead Redemption 1, Gta5, Fight Night Champion, Arcade Titles and so many more.

[@tharegular]

cod titles

[@Nyonthecat]

This one looks really amazing, love it.

[@studiofr]

Thx man! 👍🏻👍🏻 Another Xbox 360 very soon

[@artwithspence]

✔💯🔥🙌

[@humantoldtruth272]

That’s cool and all until you realize the 360 is completely irrelevant nowadays

[@Nyonthecat]

@@humantoldtruth272 not for me, i still play with my old consoles.

[@biggiesmalls3083]

@@humantoldtruth272 Always that one person. Calm your tits.

[@gorz2013]

That disc window is too dope. Came out even cooler than I pictured it when I realized that's what he was doing.

[@randomgamer5783]

Ya, until you close the disc tray without a disc in it and realize you can look directly at a working laser....just saying

[@randomgamer5783]

Though I may be wrong, it could be covered, the camera angle doesn't really help, idk if its covered or not

[@ProwoodStuff]

This looks like a ULTRA special edition console. Love it!

[@jsdrags]

You have no idea how happy this video makes me, I feel like I'm in 5th grade watching videos on customizing controllers and xboxes, hard to believe I graduate this year. Thank you for taking me back.

[@sharodw454]

Forget pimp my ride it's pimp my console! 😃

[@irridesu]

It's not pimp my console if you don't got NFS

[@sharodw454]

@@irridesu everyone has preferences...🤷‍♂️

[@irridesu]

@@sharodw454 🤦

[@sharodw454]

@@irridesu I might have misunderstood your comment I'm sorry 😅🤦‍♂️ You're right! 😂 btw

[@studiofr]

**** Hey guys, I covered the disc tray with a Plexiglas when I customized the controller. Watch the video and tell me what you think. 👍🏻👍🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqG8qaWPmNulqac

[@samfrito]

This is a thing of beauty to an Xbox 360 lover like myself. You certainly did a massive feat here. Great job capturing all this.

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@samfrito]

@@studiofr let me know when you do the controller. I cant wait to see your design choices for paint mod. Oh BTW, excellent job showing the before and after, the steps in sequence and all the captioning. Engrossed as a mug. Im going thru your series seeing the threads of how you beautify objects close to their last leg and its mesmerizing.

[@sebastianbolt7886]

Nobody is doing it like you, the ps5 was also sensational. Kinda difficult to look at the original of any consol once you have customized them. Brilliant.

[@kalebpiper8107]

That color scheme and those mods look freaking gorgeous.

[@seanlazaroo2774]

It looks good bro. Fantastic job. If this xbox consoles were alive, it would tell you "You're a life saver!!"

[@RonkeyRong]

Dope video. If you weren't doing the glass cut out I would say to go with the penny trick plus fresh paste. I did that and my 360 has been going for an additional decade now thankfully

[@studiofr]

Oh yes! The penny trick works great as well! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@cristiansatcau9171]

@@klaxcorenightcore5050 i belive you put a penny under the X bracket of the heatsink to squeeze the chip,or that`s the washer trick?

[@TheModAddict]

Never heard of the penny trick

[@MetalGreggNY75]

You did a really killer job on that original XBOX 360 console customization. I’m surprised that Microsoft didn’t think of making the console more designed to prevent overheating.

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@jackaofdp]

You gave her the care and the looks, she really deserves it gw.

[@keithpalmer4607]

I've watched your previous videos and I gotta say I'm impressed, that is an amazing job on the custom game systems including repairing and spray painting colors you did on these projects, very creative. It helps me learn to repair my own consoles. You're a winner.

[@Klemorius]

I tried to change a CD drive and I realize that I can't because the DVD key that is paired with the motherboard... so hummm what the hell did you just swap these drive and just start successfully a game ????????

[@andrescervantes624]

Yo intenté lo mismo con 3 lectoras distintas a la original, y solo reproducían el video de la intro (Gears of War 2) y nada más, supuestamente la lectora esta firmada con la consola, así que tengo duda de como lo hacen

[@Dracon08]

I could watch this guy restore and customize consoles every friggin day of my life, I'd love to see an original Xbox done and maaaaaybe a super nintendo

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@adamnapples8920]

Massive thank you to everyone of my subscribers so far, the channel would never be where it is today without you all. 1 million is amazing 👏 😍 🙌

[@johnmorin7244]

Immaculate. Definitely One of the cleanest I’ve ever seen

[@randominternetbro6562]

DVD drive problems and bolt mods are my favorite 360 problems to find. Usually, in my experience, with the DVD drive, it's either a drive belt replace, a cleaning, pot adjustment, or replacement (all very easy). Then, with bolt mod consoles, I find that 90 percent of the time, just taking the bolts off, replacing the heat sink and x clamps, and reflowing will fix it. Nice video!

[@studiofr]

Thanks for sharing!

[@johnyjoe2k]

Totally missed out on an opportunity to put an SSD instead.

[@badger1331]

Xbox 360 uses SATA II would not make a difference since the bus speed is a limitation on the xbox 360 motherboard design itself.

[@dvoen2702]

@@badger1331 yes

[@ghostnoise1711]

@@badger1331 but random access would still make the difference

[@den91034]

Xbox 360 was locked with some HDD firmwares. It is impossible to put in an SSD. I had to flash a new firmware in a 250GB Western Digital HDD to emulate a Hitachi.

[@alliwantedwasapepsi9728]

@@badger1331 The Xbox One still uses SATA II, as well. It's actually faster to buy a USB 3.0 SSD and connect that to an Xbox One, than to run games from the internal hard drive. I'm so glad the next consoles are launching with internal SSDs. Console players aren't going to know what to do with all their spare time when they load up their favorite games and the loading times are less than half of what they were.

[@nickseamus7340]

I'm the kind of guy that wastes my money on stuff like this, knowing I would never make a profit. I just love doing it... Great video man.

[@Spartan11117777]

Bro I love this video. So calm and exploring the inner workings of a Console is always nice. Especially cleaning it and making it worthy again is pretty awesome.

[@studiofr]

Thx man! 👍🏻

[@JGcali650]

Work of art, my son and I watch this video a lot. This is the best looking 360 we’ve seen. I would love to purchase one of these if it is available.

[@studiofr]

Wow, thanks!

[@alexxaldag3917]

I managed to get the console from you on ebay and It makes a good addition to my console collection.

[@studiofr]

Thx! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@iknowdawae893]

i cant unsee that it says "OOF" o the AV connector... good job!

[@shoopthewhoop8515]

Jesus Christ, that transition at 1:34 scared the crap out of me xD

[@zylm]

Insane restoration in a nutshell. At the same time it looks like an improvement and customization of xbox 360. It would fit if there's green led lights, but it looks good. Good job man. Greetings from Mexico.

[@GooseCheezy_official]

Lol turns on Xbox, “aye who’s running the vacuum?”

[@biox420]

Its ridiculously loud. I had like 5 360s and never had 1 this loud

[@biggiesmalls3083]

@@biox420 Here comes the experts...

[@zachevans9590]

Beautiful, professional mod. I sure don't remember these bad boys humming so loudly.

[@sparkster7744]

I wonder how many of the early consoles would still be around if M$ had just decided not to use cheeto dust as thermal paste...

[@hx8457]

Thermal paste wasn't the issue. The cause of the red ring of death was the solder that connected the GPU to the main board. Microscopic cracks developed over time eventually leading to bad contacts and ultimately failure.

[@MacijPolishFighter]

Cooling was quite poor for the cpu and gpu, fans were weak and the heatsinks weren't that great either. The slim model has combined cpu and gpu with much bigger copper/ aluminium heatsink and a big ass fan compared to the "Original" 360's.

[@SPEEDFREAK6988]

@@hx8457 That and poor airflow.

[@danielbadger4985]

Lmao

[@amorfika5526]

Я сегодня очень устала на работе и просто улеглась в кресле. Мне попалось Ваше видео в рекомендациях и я решила взглянуть. Смотрела от начала до самого конца и знаете, меня это так расслабило. Очень приятно смотреть, как Вы занимаетесь такой кропотливой работой. Дизайн впечатляет, в конце получились такие благородные и теплые цвета, что я растаяла)) Очень хорошая работа, Вы такой молодец. Это однозначно лайк и подписка. p.s. sorry for my Russian language. My English is bad.

[@studiofr]

большое спасибо за ваши слова, они мотивируют меня продолжать делать все возможное 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TomasHernandez-gn6tp]

I remember when game consoles actually looked like game consoles things were good back then Now they look like a mini fridge or WiFi router

[@jacktyler8092]

What's a console ment to look like?

[@Revenge2114]

Theres always that guy that cant stop bitching

[@Z31HoodMoments]

Big Floppa for real

[@Cheddarrl]

Shut the fuck up dude 😂 you the type that gets pleasure from complaining.

[@tharegular]

lol i didn’t know consoles were meant to look a certain way

[@EisiBerlin]

Wow, amazing. The colors are really beautiful. Looks like the 360 should look like.

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻

[@philipford6183]

Probably the best 360 renovation I've seen on YT, by a country mile. An outstanding job, done with skill and talent. Any point in asking whether you accept commissions?

[@studiofr]

Thanks for your words! 👍🏻

[@antoniolemus1117]

What is the penny trick

[@martinsleis3852]

@@antoniolemus1117 you stack bunch of pennies on the gpu so when you close the xbox the case pushes the gpu down and makes better contact. Pretty temporary fix.

[@carnavs]

All that soldering and no mod chip... still looks cool af.

[@kappobiancokappobianco9438]

Que trabalho perfeito vc fez nesse xbox 360, parabéns pelo capricho

[@isaacgonzalez9295]

Sweet bro! Made the cooling wayyyy better than before

[@Alexander-fc3nt]

*Now i know who has created "Limited Edition" 😂*

[@paulosilverio2789]

Its definitely the most beautiful xbox 360 i've ever seen

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻

[@diegovalentim4687]

Incredible ... congratulations, this is a work of art.

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻

[@Hwi1son]

I was getting some strong mass effect vibes from the lighting. Awesome job

[@Sal_Rom7733]

Simplesmente lindo.❤ Um trabalho excelente. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@koalabrother8415]

this man made a xbox 360 look like the xbox 720 we all wanted

[@RazoE]

This dude is on a whole other level 😳😮

[@studiofr]

Thanks man! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@williammememan6002]

honestly kinda loved the vibe of the one with the hard drive taped to the side

[@CaveyMoth]

[Notices missing screws] DankPods: "Someone's been in here!"

[@studiofr]

In what part? I don’t think so. 👍🏻

[@CaveyMoth]

@@studiofr When you were first opening it up, lol. Someone was really hoping to get that thing working, but they didn't do a good job.

[@studiofr]

hahah! oh yes! 😂 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ДавайЛаовай]

Wow, that's the best modding of Xbox360 that I've ever seen!

[@blues05]

That fan noise tho! And I though my PS4 Pro is loud (It still is)

[@robertbath3611]

You need clean your fan out on ps4 if its loud

[@blues05]

@@robertbath3611 You mean changing the thermal paste, thermal pads, wipeout the fan/heat-sink dust? *Done* all that sh!t and the noise cameback after just a couple of weeks! LOL

[@jedpalmer3863]

My first games console was a Super Nintendo and from time to time I like to go retro and revisit the good old days of cartridge gaming. My next console was a PlayStation and I've stayed with Sony PlayStation ever since. My nephew on the other hand prefers Xbox, he would give up his Apprenticeship in Motor Mechanics to own an Xbox like that! I will of course advise him against such a fool hardy move and share this video with him in the hope that the skills involved will transfer both ways. Brilliant Work, Many Thanks, I'm now a subscriber.

[@studiofr]

Beautiful words! I'm glad you like my work! Thanks again! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@xgang_bach7877]

Your works are amazing I'm from Iran and im very love the USA people

[@TomSir79]

Never! Not once did i treat my Consoles like that! This is just a Shame how People treat them. Thank God there are People like you who are restoring such bad Cases.

[@dragonsxshadow]

I think that would of popped more if it had been gold and black instead of the Pearl but job well done 👍

[@chaosmike84]

Ok, at first that pearl white wasn't working for me, but seeing it with the rose red, it's nice

[@iseespots6014]

love the rose gold. You sir are a artisit.

[@studiofr]

Thanks!

[@theylovetwo4726]

Brings me back to the old days of Xbox customizations. Love it.

[@gr33n357]

how did he switch the dvd drives they are coded to work with one motherboard(1dvd drive with 1motherboard)

[@pontustraas95]

Krishjanis Kronbergs I am curious about that too

[@kirachouinard3490]

pontus traas maybe he swapped the boards

[@pontustraas95]

@@kirachouinard3490 But can you just do that with two different types of drives? they're not the same brand

[@danielbadger4985]

I was wondering that too 🤔

[@scout413]

When i replaced my drives I took the original drive board out and installed it into the new drive.

[@pxndxleo77]

Looks amazing the only thing I think you could've done is to make the hard drive rose gold as well and maybe the silver part that says HDD pearl white

[@badger1331]

I never done an aperture mod to improve the ventilation for xbox 360 case mods that was pretty neat to include. What size bolts and nuts did you use to hold them together? Lexan polycarbonate seem to be a lot more durable versus plexiglass which is easier to break.

[@caspersmith7112]

i do like the side panel mod with the 2 layers of acrylic gapped nice!

[@bloodmoonangel8925]

Extra points for using Halo: Reach to test it

[@sanchezjames82]

Wow dude nice job I recently got my old Xbox 360 elite out of the closet it worked when I put it in there but having open tray issues and tray opening issue ordering parts for it...it's nice to bring an old friend back to life.

[@decendup8521]

Sometimes I forget how loud they can get

[@maestrohun]

Looks nice! Good job! But close dust tight the optical drive, if you want to use it for long time.

[@92juanreus]

This brings back so many memories of my 360 which I had to fix a bunch of times! Now its a memory piece on my room but man did I play the s#it out of my Xbox. Also the finished product looks AMAZING (and airflow practical lol), just awesome great work.

[@studiofr]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hrjdjddjefhurjfhid8032]

This dude is ARTIST! Very nice peace of ART!

[@rayman4x4]

I think there will be dust on optical lens inside drive after this mod. It's showily but not practical.

[@kirachouinard3490]

thats what i was thinking he needs lexan over the hole

[@killiter1997]

If he goes on to do some software modding, he might not need the disc drive.

[@ashflame6888]

@@killiter1997 It amazes me how many people think dust doesnt get all over the lens 10 years ago...... Like seriously you people think shit is soooooooooo touchy. Its not.

[@tamber5977]

@@ashflame6888 you never had to deal with finnicky drives that wil refuse to work with even the smallest amount of dust on the lens and it shows

[@UltimatelyEverything]

This turned out really nice i'm not a lover of the Xbox consoles, but this one i'd buy just purely because it looks good.

[@deathm0100]

This is art.

[@JonnyRowan]

First time to see any of your videos. Really enjoyed it. No stupid music. Great work. Subscribed 👍👍

[@studiofr]

Awesome, thank you!

[@gearsofdead120696]

OMG this xbox its so beatiful great job man is FANTASTIC WORK :D

[@studiofr]

Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Geion]

Man this thing looks amazing. You coulda made so much money modding them like this during their product cycle.

[@vicenteneto742]

a zephyr working in 2020 shit that´s incredible

[@rodrigoalbizo6895]

Xenón or Opus , is not Zephyr

AMAZING.. I just miss one thing that bothers me... That green light should also be modded to the colors of the console. Congratz

[@biggiesmalls3083]

Coolest one I’ve seen. Please do a Series X

[@Serso70]

man that is absolutely beautiful. envious of your skills

[@studiofr]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jasongooden917]

kinda weird to see a restoration when i still have mine in perfect condition

[@SPEEDFREAK6988]

Count yourself lucky.Alot of us went through multiple consoles because MS rushed the console and it always suffered from thermal degradation.

[@Accreal]

@@SPEEDFREAK6988 yeah i had that happen to me, I bought the day 1 360. it lasted until last year, i bought another one and it broke within a month. thankfully the one i have now has lasted great

[@smokegames1179]

@@Accreal that's dedication I now have a ps3 slim good thing this thing is reliable I also had a rrod 360 ylod ps3 fat. I will take care good of this beast it's an amazing console and so is the 36

[@HaziqOrton]

if only we were near, i would send all my console for you to modify, your work is nothing but beauty😍😍

[@doomplayer-f91w96]

ssd + 360 = halo reach is back again

[@carnavs]

Unfortunately the 360's hardware wouldn't benefit from an SSD.

[@mrhappy8966]

pro tip if u want your acrylic edges to look like glass very carefully heat the edges with a torch at least it worked well for my plexi glass mod on my cousins pc case but anyway looks fantastic i used to do these type of mods to 360s back in the takes me back to the good ol days

[@studiofr]

Excellent! Thanks for the tip! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mrhappy8966]

@@studiofr you u are very welcome

[@mrhappy8966]

and actually i forgot u will want a map type gas which u can get just as easily as propane just keep in mind once u flame polish do not try and glue the edge to anything the material will craze its called

[@bealvesoficial]

The last owner of this xbox, have no idea what cleaning is

[@yokedmonster]

I can't get over how much thermal paste he used. Its not like it was too much.

[@MrBbop04]

Amazing job ! It's looking great !

[@studiofr]

Thank you so much 😀

[@NeoJunkie]

Rip that was a launch model 360. Pretty rare find in working order. But its a pretty nice custom

[@kummer45]

That thing will eat a lot of dirt. Exterior dirt is unforgiving.

[@maszkalman3676]

if you clean the room frequently where the xbox is in no problem at all i had a modded xbox 360 with tons of holes in the shell design no problem with it whatsoever but late ri traded in for an abused gears of war edition and even that still works to this day.

[@Anonymouthful]

Imagine going trough all this only for Red Ring of Death to show up few days later.

[@alfredocastillo4426]

Please!! Do a PlayStation 3 customization

[@elmascholo13]

This is pristine work right here.......I love it

[@GiveUpSebastian]

That's how Microsoft should have done it!

[@UncleBob247]

Fantastic job by the way, considering that console was on its way to landfill aye, I am surprised the disc drive worked when you swapped them over because you usually they are serial coded to the board (which is why we would of needed to swap drive main boards around, however this may of only been applicable to ps3). FYI if you come across xbox 360 drive that does not eject, 99% of the time, there is a small motor with a rubber band, if you remove the band and wash it with soapy water, then dry it, clean around the pulleys, then fit the rubber band back, it should fix that problem. Great job, I love it.

[@Malabus73]

Very clever, enjoyed that.Thumbs up!

[@Anonymous-uu6qr]

Шикарно сделал. Респект, единственное я бы ещё и заглушки хромом покрыл. Well done. The only thing I would chrome cover the plugs.

[@mikestanley9176]

This would also improve cooling.

[@3AMREVIEWS]

What a project. Amazing! Especially love the raised plexiglass. That console in general (with its overheating problems) seemed like it needs more ventilation.

[@studiofr]

Thanks! ✌🏻

[@claudiocarnevale4991]

Hermosa como te quedo esa restauración !!!

[@studiofr]

Gracias amigo! 👍🏻

[@MrVitalic85]

The side vent is a really neat idea ! 👍

[@MGOFor3ver]

I still want to see a modded fattie PS3 backwards compatibility. How great would be that? Just a tip: To date, the most beautiful is the 20Gb version, full black, with black chromium.

[@getlow5191]

There is are PS3 backwards compatibil. Its the CHECHC04 with 60GB.😉

[@murraykriner9425]

An amazing custom rebuild. Nice touch with all the many mods you made to this console.

[@studiofr]

Glad you like it!

[@murraykriner9425]

@@studiofr did it contribute much to keeping the unit any cooler running as you suggested it might?