The poor mans guide to upgrading a Xbox 360 Arcade (4GB)

[cleef]

This saved me around £100 so hopefully this might come in handy for a few of you...

Microsoft dont let on that the hard drive in the old 360 is the same as the one in the new slim model and you can effectivley upgrade a 4gb xbox to a 250gb xbox without shelling out the extra cash for the new model.

Basically what you wanna do is take the harddrive off of the top of the old xbox.

Use a torque screwdriver to remove the 4 screws on the reverse side...one of them is under the microsoft sticker (note this invalidates your warranty if you do this).

Once you've taken those off you'll be presented with 4 more screws on the metal outer casing. Take these off.

Now gently slide out the harddrive (you may need to push slightly on the plastic at the end of where you are sliding it out to).

Now you've got your hard drive, open the bottom of your X360 slim.

If you look in the hole you'll see that the connection is exactly the same as the hard drives.

Now all you need to do is line the connectors up and click it into place.

Job done

This guy drags it out (doesnt take anywhere near as long as this) but he goes through it step by step and its a bit easier being able to see what to do.

[Rev]

Thank you cleef i just bought that stupid new xbox and i sure need an update i was like fuck i threw away my cable for the modem and that shit doesnt have wireless
then my brother is like " What do you mean? it has wireless" i was like
Oh shit lmao
then i try to find the harddrive shit and im like what the fuck is this but ill try this in a bit i have not slept since 1 day ago still working on an essay
good post

[cleef]

No worries Rev glad someone got some use out of it!

I'd recommend still getting a cable eventually though as the wireless is pretty shit on the new xbox

[El Mono]

My shitty arcade broke and they gave me an Elite for free so whatever, peasants.

[cleef]

Lucky guy!

Reckon they'll do the same for me if i go at mine with a hammer? lol

[El Mono]

If it's still under warranty, make it overheat and get the red ring of death aha