Xbox Series S Teardown - A Repairability Perspective

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Xbox Series S Teardown - A Repairability Perspective - Yes, now I'm tearing down the new Xbox Series S to see how it looks inside. I'll also be checking how easy it is to take apart and how difficult it looks like it will be to make repairs on.
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About This Video:

[@Tronicsfix]

Clearly, I misspoke about the eject button. That's the pair button. Anyone want to venture a guess as to how many comments will say "why is there an eject button if there's no disc drive" or something similar. I'm guessing at least a hundred! The Xbox Series S and X controller teardown is coming soon!

[@Kelashnikov800]

U said micro stuffed too 😁 just wanted u to know how much focus i have when i watch u r videos 👍

[@Deniss-cp2fo]

i see that alot of people wrote it in the comments

[@xRayIsBeastx]

why is there an eject button if there's no disc drive

[@ilyasg2108]

@@xRayIsBeastx it’s the button to sync the controller

[@MrKlong707]

I was just about to ask that

[@ZACHATTACK9696]

"For when your girlfriend throws it on the ground" hahaha like we have girlfriends

[@Justtaakin]

Haha...Totally🤣🤣😃

[@Alexander5R]

preach it brother!

[@piraat070]

Team beta 🤣✌

[@martinkingdon6699]

Lol i i have a wife but still made me smile

[@killernp1317]

Hahaha! I have one but this is great

[@stuartleckie]

Hey Steve, just wanted to say thanks on this one specifically. We had a major drama with my sons’ brand new Series S, where he accidentally bumped a full glass of water right onto the machine while it was on! The machine shut off instantly, so I assumed that was terminal. I followed your video anyway, mopped up a lot of water, although I think most fortunately there were no signs of water in the power supply. So, lots of hair dryer use, re-applying of the thermal paste, and cleaning any and everything with isopropyl alcohol, and letting everything stand to be as dry as possible before then re-assembling, when I tried it out it appears that it still works just fine ! Yay ! Xbox (Canada) want $275 cdn to repair/replace, so we likely owe you at least a nice cup of coffee 😃 So, thanks from us, a Dad who has limited experience taking stuff apart, and a 13 year boy who could has been able to keep in touch with his friends due to having his Xbox 😃

[@Tronicsfix]

So glad you saved it! Nice work!

[@somethingfunnyyt]

Ah yes not even ten seconds in and we’re trying to break an Xbox lol

[@Tronicsfix]

Lol!

[@zankenzien]

But did he break it tho ?

[@juanpabloacosta2838]

Damm i wasn't ready for that drop

[@Tronicsfix]

Lol...don't worry, the floor was very padded!

[@grahambeech4634]

I thought maybe it didn’t work after you rebuilt it. The drop would be a great excuse as to why it was broken.

[@jamesmccoy151]

My gut was hurting when I saw that. Lol, I was like clenching things I didn’t know clenched.

[@kaaolin]

Time stamp please I didnt notice it

[@user-kl7qb9hx5s]

@@kaaolin 0:05

[@TheFiftyQuid]

The XBOX stuff is much more repair friendly. I love the modularity of it. I'm a Sony fanboy and still can appreciate MS.

[@Matisyahuwu]

It’s amazing how simple a console becomes when you take out the disk drive.

[@Deniss-cp2fo]

“ *This video is sponsored by..”* *iFix it* *Thank god not Raid Shadow Legends*

[@BarbadosBeerFestival]

Or Raycons

[@bgb_ca]

Just needs some explosions.

[@ItsDextrin]

Jayz 2 cents intensifies

[@Not_Aran8276]

And fake free express vpn wanted my credit card

Is it me or the Series S looks amazingly simple? I love simplicity

[@eXtectiX]

its just designed perfectly

[@RATsnak3]

Just a generic 2020 type design.

[@kaioT117]

@@RATsnak3 teu cu

[@JotaV2502]

@@RATsnak3 Perfect design*

[@RATsnak3]

@@JotaV2502 generic

[@theinfamousshakil1400]

1:50 did he just say eject button on a digital console 😂😂😂

[@CrisCheese_]

Yes, yes he did

[@Deniss-cp2fo]

yes

[@Deniss-cp2fo]

@Zippy Dastrange ok

[@JimDogg1799]

That must be the pairing button then, right?

[@theinfamousshakil1400]

@@JimDogg1799 im sure it is

[@fluoryte]

I love these teardowns, most in-depth on this platform, awesome work!

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you like them!

[@TheTojocat]

the holes on the right side are not exhaust vents as u say around 4:30, those would also be intake, the fan draws the air in from both sides and exhausts it through the large black circular grill.

[@MichaEGreen2401]

"This will help when your girlfriend drops it on the floor." Love it! 😂

[@ammo1841]

I don't have both 🤣

[@SuperTsogo]

nice of you to assume that I have one.

[@grefsteel3989]

It's accurate too, but my gf always apologizes.. one way or another.

[@MichaEGreen2401]

@@grefsteel3989 Hey, at least she apologized!

[@amandeep_5442]

😂😂😂

[@PenguinYayOne]

4:16 Not correct, air comes from both sides goes through the fins, and exhausted on the top. So the fan pulls the air up through the heatsink.

[@BrunoOliveira-vz1yf]

Precisely!

[@ellanelson3762]

2:58 - Master Chief Helmet

[@TheseBygones]

Yes

[@yeastori]

Can’t wait to see him do an episode about how he’ll tear down on my life and repair it

[@the_lion1545]

No one: Absolutely no one: TronicsFix: SERIES X GOES YEET

[@blackhawk5o5]

Looks like a straight forward build. I can appreciate that.

[@legores5939]

2:59 Halo easter egg on the psu top

[@metanevets91]

You said "eject button" and my brain was like "oh yes the new emergency escape feature"

[@spontaneouslord3756]

Wow... Quickest teardown of an console ever. What an great design...

[@jesusvillalobos7484]

RIP xbox x 0:05

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

"These will be helpful if your girlfriend smacks that to the ground" It sounds like personal experience.

[@KizaruB]

Even when it’s not an iFixit video, they’re present in like every tear down

[@CaptainSlow93]

My heart stopped when you did that

[@Tronicsfix]

Lol...sorry about that.

[@SirCuddlesWorth]

You don't have a heart you can't fool us humans Terminator LOL

[@ItsDextrin]

Are you still alive

[@lacucaracha111111]

Modding and painting the white series S is going to be fun

[@thegamerprofessor8416]

When you tipped the Xbox Series X over, I LITERALLY made an audible yell...

[@RayRayZ28]

I still can't understand how so many people just blast this console. The Series S is made for the budget gamer, don't buy many physical games and most likely don't have a high powered TV unit. Yes, the 512gb SSD is tiny but don't forget, you can still use your HDD to store games and just transfer them back and forth. You can play of that external HDD as long as it's not a new gen game. I have the X and PS5, but whenever I find an S, it will be in my bedroom ready to be used when the livingroom is in use by my family and to run all my apps on my TV.

[@Mr_Waffle.]

Yep, and it's perfect for people who pick PS5 as their 'main' as well; just need to buy Gamepass and then you have access to every Xbox-exclusive game there is. I've only got a Series X so far but I'll be waiting for a Series-S equivalent from Sony to play all the PS5 exclusives.

[@findantu]

I'm kinda worried about standing it up. I kinda feel the feet aren't enough for airflow and I think the power supply is passive cooled by the cpufan draw so in vertical I don't think its getting enough air.

[@ripp3rjak934]

Makes it even more worth it. The easy repairability.

[@pepapu7112]

Xbox series X/S's design is way better than PS5's design imo.

[@Chinmay2727]

only and only this. man can show everything inside any gadgets like deep profound teardown 🥰🥰🤩🤩

[@antonioramirez4671]

Stve buys a xbox series s and takes it apart and put it back together

[@yusufiftikhar4423]

Your comment says 4 days ago

[@Deniss-cp2fo]

4 days ago?

[@gtasamidly]

@@yusufiftikhar4423 channel members can watch videos before anyone else

[@luap3000]

how can this comment be posted 4 Days ago???

[@yusufiftikhar4423]

@@gtasamidly what’s a channel member

[@sushix2100]

Omg my jaw dropped seeing that series x drop 😫

[@jamesbrazeau2543]

Is it just me or does it sound like he is saying "Microstoft" ?

[@theautisticgamer1860]

ha jokes on you it won't be thrown on the floor because I don't have a girlfriend.

[@khitrikarim6052]

Or an Xbox.

[@ItsDextrin]

Or floor

[@ShovelShovel]

The thermal paste on the SoC is probably the correct amount when there is overflow you get additional thermal conductivity on the side of the chips. Gaming nexus has said this for memory modules

[@MasonSchmidgall]

That's the sync button, not the eject button. This console doesn't have a disk drive

[@ilyasg2108]

lmfaooo yeah

[@Tronicsfix]

Clearly I misspoke. That's the pair button.

[@ilyasg2108]

@@Tronicsfix well you said eject.

[@alanalot]

I like how he calls it a eject button despite it being diskless and how he completely glossed over the Wi-Fi card

[@giulianamartinez1226]

I never knew I love watching your vids 👍

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks for watching!

[@sawyermack7739]

I love it how you just dropped the series x on the floor 😂

[@Tronicsfix]

Lol!

[@MaxIronsThird]

it wasn't on the floor though, and it's probably empty.

[@user-lm5wr7bt6u]

@@MaxIronsThird that's right it is empty

[@beartackle]

At 5:00, I'm like... "Aww, that console is so small and cute!"

[@jrmop0965]

Series S is an engineering masterpiece

[@JorgieTV01]

Agreed.

[@armorking481]

And a 720p-900p gaming beast

[@johnd499]

When I put so many hours into trying to get a series x for my son which iv promised him for being so good in this hard time and I saw you push that one off the side of your bench, i died a little inside! Lol

[@yuliangeorgiev]

Very neat. So far I like that design best of the three new consoles.

[@WhiteWolfTech]

Correction: once the air reaches the heatsink, it's then exhausted from the fan, not pushed on the right

[@kalith]

omg i had been waiting what felt like for ever for this video to arrive. i had been really looking forward to it.

[@jar768jake]

That drop at the beginning splits my soul every time I watch.

[@vane5736]

Thank you for doing these! its so cool seeing the inside and seeing how it all works.

[@Witchlord]

Another awesome video! Thanks again for the knowledge and entertainment!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks for watching!

[@12345.......]

I highly recommend that tool kit. Quality bits and tweezers

[@Tronicsfix]

Agreed!

[@davehumphries]

Are you able to try swapping the SSD for the series s and X to see if it turns on?

[@gugubope21]

a lot of people have opened the consoles, and the ssd's are common pc ssd's. so upgrades are definetly possible. i don't know if there is a difference in the OS tho

[@goldend-pad5257]

@@gugubope21 knowing microsoft the ssd is likely tied to the mother board with some sort of locking feature or firmware i believe they have been doing this since the very first Xbox original which is annoying but not impossible to overcome.

[@al01martinez88]

@@goldend-pad5257 one X's are so easy to swap like just plug in the new hdd and run a system update through pen drive

[@goldend-pad5257]

@@al01martinez88 if so then that's a welcome surprise i wouldn't have thought they'd do that hopefully it's the same for Series X/S

[@mireyas28]

Thank you for making these so we can actually make informed decisions about our console purchases!

[@mikemiranda5271]

Repairable perspective of gaming laptops

[@Tronicsfix]

Good idea

[@killertruth186]

@@Tronicsfix How about budget, mid range and high range gaming laptops?

[@CocoaEm]

They are not that repairable. If anything on the main board dies good luck.

[@killertruth186]

@@CocoaEm To the average person? Yes. Other than that, it is harder.

[@jesseboy7951]

My heart dropped along with X...

[@mertcan.]

Try to add new and big ssd on this motherboard inside.

[@nicaandrei4965]

There is a dedicated port for SSD upgrade dude... no need for that

[@mertcan.]

@@nicaandrei4965 Huge expensive port dude. 200 dollar for 1tb. i need to buy and put inside motherboard. Thats more cheap.

[@nicaandrei4965]

@@mertcan. if you want to have the optimal speed on your new ssd you should check those specs, i dont think any ssd can work nicely with xbox, I just dont care since 350gb is more than enough for me to have 2 big titles and some small ones in there too since I dont play hundred of games at once. But if you decide to chage that ssd please tell me how it went, im a bit curious

[@mertcan.]

@@nicaandrei4965 To enlarge the hdd on my Xbox One device, I downloaded a software to my computer and threw 2TB of xbox One software into the hdd. I think that when the xbox series s with a high gb comes out, we will be able to replace the SSD directly in it with the ssd cloning process.

[@bigmac8230]

I love my series x so much when u drop it my heart stopped from 1 sec....

[@Funktastic_Ed]

So they didn't quite put enough thermal paste on the main processor ? Now, that's kind a worry.

[@travislamont305]

yeah I was going to say the puddy looks good but I was wondering about what you said about the paste. possible thermal grizzly repaste?

[@HazyJ28]

Few things are more satisfying than the phrase "viscous thermal paste"

[@heinzalbrecht3750]

Nice, see they keeping master chief alive on all internals!!

[@Osiris_OJ]

Who else uses their series S as a heater to warm up their cold feet

[@CharcoalProduction]

0:06 As I saw it, I had a heart attack, but when I realized that the Xbox was ok, I came back from the grave lol

[@joemoore1238]

Can you change the SSD to a bigger size?

[@andresinish]

If i take a shot of tequila everytime he says "xbox", i will pass out lol

[@Nogarda_]

Awesome to see how simple it is. Didn't half laugh with the 'surprise' XSX drop test though. I just know you got at least someone to put their hands over their mouth and nose gasping at that XD.

[@phantomreaper5798]

Me sitting in my room watching him tear down a Xbox I won’t have for months😔

[@1nc0gnita]

0:05 oh My heart.💔

[@shadowstokes]

Question! Could I boost the gpu on my series s to make it perform even better? All I see is how low the gpu is clocked and how it could be boosted for better performance they just chose not to do it! So is there any aftermarket thing I could add to boost it, even if it is a little boost, some is better than none?! Also would adding a cooling system have any benefit for the series S! Thanks and happy new year

[@selim63389]

I have a question: solid state storage technology corporation? So from which company is this coming from?

[@mccringy7294]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@Glitch-cp8wz]

Tronicsfix: Drops Xbox Series X at the start of the video His shirt: I'lL FiX It TiLl It AiN't BrOkE Me as an audience: Ah, the Negotiator

[@mattmurray6105]

My eyes have never gone so wide as when he drops that series x on the floor. My past heartbreak didnt hurt as much

[@vssvhoon760]

Xbox should start doing a thing with their consoles where if you pay $100 extra or something then you can get them custom done with leds, and like your name tag and a logo or something like that

[@DarknessInferno15]

I bet there are a lot of people who don't understand the whole "perfect amount of thermal paste" bit.

[@bymontolla1684]

can you swap the series x 1tb ssd into the series s and see what happemd? I mean can you upgrade the series s 500gb ssd to 1tb using the series x one?

[@ac2454]

Still waiting for the perfect amount of thermal paste scene

[@code_pusher]

Thanks for the video. Would be useful when i decide to clean it. I was changing my xbox series position from horizontal to vertical while it was on. Do you think this could harm it in anyway? I did it about 3 times. 2 times i didn't know it was on.

[@raddaks2039]

Oh wow yeah that *was* way simpler than the Series X. At the end of the video I thought there'd still be some parts left you needed to look at, but that was it. Looks like Series S wins repairability this gen!

[@toddthegamer]

0:05 bye have a great time.

[@thatonescrub8859]

I fainted when he swatted the Series X on the floor. 💀 Been trying to get a console for the passed 6-8 months

[@alejandrotobienne584]

My first mod will be a push fan on heatsink side. Two 15mm fans.

[@RockyFoxxowo]

I watched bored smashing Xbox series x so the drop didn't harm me

[@TheAaronAesthetic]

Hey man just want to say I love your videos and you’ve inspired me to work on game systems.. only question I have is what kind of distributors do you use? I’ve been able to follow your repair videos but I don’t know where I can get the best parts for the best price.. can you help please?

[@TheRedskins2175]

I truly enjoyed tear downs, especially when done by my boy Steve. Big shout out to Tonicfix, best info videos on KZbin👍👍

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@vlesmeries]

I audibly gasped when you just pulled the Series X to the floor from the desk lol.

[@nullmind]

Its insane how small series s is.

[@Tronicsfix]

Agreed

[@johny1220]

Yesss I waited for this one! I wish I had one of these to work on, seems sooooo easy lol 😄

[@no_body25]

My connecter under the white cable in my ps4 controller is broken and the spikes under it too

[@yapibrahim]

How possible is it to upgrade the internal SSD? Need a video on that

[@srt4x4]

Series s doesn't have a disc drive let alone an "eject button" lol

[@GenTechRepairs]

Gosh I noticed that about the button but wasn't planning saying anything till I saw what the description said lol 😂

[@GenBumbleBee]

that YEET though was the best.

[@lex_is_law5654]

The way you tossed aside the xbox series x gave me anxiety... And satisfaction.

[@destes100]

you need to put the series x ssd on the series s, to se what hapends

[@QueenJeremy]

I don't know why Microsoft decided to make the vent on the Series S black. They could have done the same pattern like they did on the One S.

[@Rohgamu]

They wanted it to look different

[@lucagordon5770]

That fan appears to exhaust out of where it is and draw in from the sides in the same way the series X does. Negative air pressure bad, positive good.

[@jraybay]

Thanks I was curious as to what's inside this console . That's it. Just curious lol. Got one yesterday and it's working fine 😆

[@lukesmeby]

I wonder if you could put the 1tb ssd from the series x in the s?

[@dashupgaming]

It's not the eject button , its the controller pair button. This model don't have anything to eject :D

[@whowhat7497]

I really think xbox did a very good decision with their fan in the xbox series s i mean its like a whisper