it's been three years since Microsoft
announced the Xbox one and now it's
getting an update with the Xbox one s
the Xbox one S is 40% smaller has an
internal power supply supports 4k Ultra
HD ships with up to a two terabyte hard
drive and promises richer more luminous
colors
thanks to HDR technology with all those
new features there has to be something
interesting going on inside the new Xbox
one s so let's tear it down hi I'm
kelcie with iFixit
infra Gwendolyn who's on leave and today
we're tearing down the Xbox one s what
will it take to get into our new Xbox
multiple iFixit opening tools and some
intense prying the Xbox one S is held
together with plastic security clips
that while being easier to open than
adhesive are fragile and have the
potential to easily break Green screws
secure the primary assembly to the upper
case and a bunch more hold the metal mid
body in place with those removed we get
our first look inside the Xbox one s
these components won't be hard to
identify since they've been nicely
labeled and numbered there's even a mini
Master Chief protecting the optical disc
drive bracket the Wi-Fi and RF boards
are next on our list and just like the
Xbox one they detach outward from the
case it looks like the rest of the
components are secured on the reverse
side of the metal plate meaning our only
way in is from below the hard drive was
the first out and is revealed to be a 2
terabyte 5400 rpm SATA 3 Seagate Drive
next out the optical drive courtesy of
Philips and light on digital solutions
this drive differ slightly from the one
found in the original Xbox one with
upgrades to support Ultra HD blu-ray the
new fanless integrated power supply
comes out next this power supply accepts
100 to 240 volts meaning you can take it
pretty much anywhere there's a plug a
familiar X shaped bracket secures the
thermal system to the motherboard we've
seen tough brackets like this in every
Xbox since the original 360 with the
bracket removed the heatsink motherboard
and fans all come out as one big piece
chips chips and more chips the
motherboard is home to the 1.75
gigahertz AMD Jaguar eight core CPU plus
an overclocked 914 megahertz AMD Radeon
graphics GPU you can also see the a CUDA
bytes of Samsung made ddr3 sdram and
eight gigabytes of tushy
made NAND flash if you're interested in
seeing the complete list of chips we
identified head on over to ifixit.com
we've come to the end of our teardown
and now we turn our thoughts towards
repairability how did the Xbox 1's score
it got an 8 out of 10 and here's why
on the up side only a few tools are
required to take the console apart once
inside a clean no-nonsense modular
design allows the drives fan heatsink
PSU Wireless board and front daughter
board to be easily replaced
fewer interlocking body panels and a
simpler clip arrangement make opening
this generation of Xbox easier than its
senior but on the downside replacing the
hard drive will require both voiding
your warranty and some difficult hackery
to make it serviceable and that's our
teardown for the complete teardown
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