Experts advise Xbox Series X owners not attempt to rectify its serious design flaw on their own, due to its inaccessibility.
One popular tech YouTuber recently warned Xbox Series X owners about a design flaw which makes repairing it impossible without professional assistance.
While not as widely popular as PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X has nonetheless had an outstanding 2023. Not only is its raw performance excellent, but the addition of Xbox Game Pass and day one access for titles like Starfield make this piece of hardware particularly exceptional.
Tech YouTuber The Coder recently issued a warning to Xbox Series X owners concerning an extremely serious flaw in their console’s solid state drive (SSD) design.
SSD storage devices, otherwise known as solid state drives (SSD), store essential console data in high performance games that run smoothly on them. One feature that sets PS5 and Xbox Series X apart from previous generations of consoles is this fast loading time; its technology ensures this.
Naturally, an SSD plays an integral part in any console’s operation – and in particular with regards to Xbox Series X it holds extra significance.
SSDs have been purposely engineered so as to be nearly impossible for individual repair. Granted, most people won’t even attempt repairing an SSD themselves anyway but it is good to be aware of potential challenges ahead.
YouTuber Adam Rehwoldt points out the first obstacle is a small hardware key containing data which cannot be read with conventional means – even if possible, however, that data would likely remain encrypted. Furthermore, only its original SSD works properly; swapping out with another would cause serious trouble; messing too much with an SSD would only serve to disable its function altogether and render Xbox Series X useless!
All these complications mean self-repairs should only ever be considered as an absolute last resort and likely even then only as a last ditch effort. Your best option would be sending any dodgy consoles off for repairs or replacement with Microsoft provided it’s within its warranty terms; while not ideal, at least that solution exists.
