As a part of a deal it struck with Microsoft last year, iFixit has began promoting real Xbox components and providing restore guides, in response to adjustments on its Microsoft Repair Hub noticed by The Verge. It now presents components for Xbox Sequence S and X (digital and disk drive) fashions starting from circumstances to energy provides to motherboards, together with toolkits, thermal paste and extra.
iFixit introduced its partnership with Microsoft in 2023 when it started providing official alternative components for Microsoft Floor laptops. As a part of that, it supplied disassembly movies and step-by-step guides to assist simplify comparatively advanced repairs.
It is doing the identical with Xbox, exhibiting guides on substitute motherboards for every console, detailing every step and offering a listing of components and instruments required. Motherboard restore, for example, requires 29 steps for set up together with further steps to reassemble every little thing. Nevertheless, up to now, the corporate hasn’t launched any movies because it did for Floor units.
iFixit has comparable agreements with different tech giants, providing alternative components for Google Pixel tablets and Google Pixel Fold devices. If additionally works with accent producer Logitech, providing restore components for 2 of its most popular mouse models. The primary holdout is Apple, although iFixit just lately gave the iPhone 16 a decent repairability score after dinging the earlier mannequin as a consequence of software-restricted “components pairing” necessities. Final month the corporate tore the PS5 Pro apart and located it to be decently repairable, although it would not promote any components for Sony’s console.
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