As a part of a deal it struck with Microsoft final yr, iFixit has began promoting real Xbox components and providing restore guides, in accordance with modifications on its Microsoft Restore Hub noticed by The Verge. It now presents components for Xbox Collection S and X (digital and disk drive) fashions starting from instances 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, displaying guides on exchange 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 extra steps to reassemble every part. Nevertheless, thus far, the corporate hasn’t launched any movies because it did for Floor gadgets.
iFixit has related agreements with different tech giants, providing alternative components for Google Pixel tablets and Google Pixel Fold gadgets. If additionally works with accent producer Logitech, providing restore components for 2 of its hottest mouse fashions. The principle holdout is Apple, although iFixit lately gave the iPhone 16 a respectable repairability rating after dinging the earlier mannequin attributable to software-restricted “components pairing” necessities. Final month the corporate tore the PS5 Professional aside and located it to be decently repairable, although it would not promote any components for Sony’s console.