How do i open my xbox 360 fat power brick and clean the fan/cooler?

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Unfortunately, Microsoft does not officially provide technical information for repairing or internal maintenance of the consoles.

The Xbox one and the Xbox 360 power brick both have to stay cool just like the consoles they have a cooling fan inside of them and if you don't keep them clean they will over heat

All Xbox 360 power bricks have fans. They vary in the noise made. I would expect the Xbox One power bricks to be the same. I've had noisy fans in 360 power bricks and I've had silent fans. Luck of the draw.

If it's really annoying, I would pack the whole thing up and exchange it at your retailer for another unit.

You can buy a replacement power supply from places such as Gamestop, however, your Xbox may be fried if it got hot enough to melt the power supply.

Make sure you buy compatible power supply though. If you have a newer FAT 360, get the smaller power brick, but if it's over a year old, get the larger brick. The larger brick will work with any console, but the small brick will only work with Jasper motherboards
(the newest "fat" 360s).

If you have a slim, I'm guessing they have their own specific power supply.

Actually a solid orange light on the power supply means it is working properly and is in standby.

While orange may indicate standby when the unit is powered off, orange when the unit is powered on means the power brick has problems. Recently my girlfriends 360 was powering on with 3 red lights (Fat 360); Nothing would show on the television and the disc
tray would not open. The power brick was orange. Took the console to GameStop and they let me try a different power brick (I only have slim consoles, so using one of mine was out of the question.)...problem solved.

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Electronics can sometimes act strange and I do not know why her power brick would not come out of standby. I would still try a different power supply before arranging service.

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Peace, J.R.