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Wasabi 360 Ultra X360S Installation Guide For hardware version 1.0 Introduction To install your Wasabi X360S Ultra you will have to disassemble your Xbox Slim. We recommend you follow one of the many Xbox Slim Disassembly guides online. Now, disassemble your Xbox Slim until you get to the point that it looks like Figure 1, below: Figure 1 ...
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Contents of your Wasabi 360 Ultra X360S Figure 2 1. Wasabi PCB and housing 2. Grey (or Yellow) SATA cable 3. Red SATA Cable 4. Wasabi Power Cable ...
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1. Disconnect the SATA and power cables from the disc drive and remove the drive from your Xbox 2. Remove the HDD tray by removing the 3 screws shown in figures 3‐5 below Figure 3 Figure 4 ...
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Figure 5 3. Remove the Drive SATA and power cable from your Xbox Slim Figure 6 ...
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4. Insert Wasabi power cable as shown (note the orientation ‐ DO NOT ever plug the power cable in with incorrect orientation) Figure 7 5. Reinsert drive tray and drive tray screws 6. You may leave the drive tray screw in Figure 8 out until the drive is in place. This will give the drive tray more play, making threading of SATA cables easier later on. Figure 8 Figure 9 ...
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Getting your Cables out of the Xbox To do this you will need make a cut out in the metal vent as shown in Figure 9 below. You may use wire or tin snips for this purpose. Figure 10 7. You may use a marker to guide you in this process as we have done in Figure 11. Figure 11 ...
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8. Let the clipping begin Figure 12 Figure 13 ...
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9. We recommend using electrical tape or masking tape to insulate the edges of the metal vent as the edges can be quite sharp. Figure 14 9. Insert the Grey (or Yellow) SATA cable into the Xbox motherboard (if you insert the Red cable into the motherboard instead of the Grey (or Yellow) one here, your Wasabi X360S will not work!!) Figure 15 ...
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10. Feed the Grey (or Yellow) SATA cable and the Wasabi power cables under the drive tray as shown in Figure 16. Figure 16 11. Then feed the cables through the cut‐out in the metal vent Figure 17 ...
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12. Insert the Red SATA cable into your Xbox Drive Figure 18 13. Feed the Red SATA cable under the drive tray and out the metal vents as shown in Figures 19 and 20 Figure 19 ...
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Figure 20 14. Insert Wasabi power cable into your drive (once again, note the orientation!!) Figure 21 ...
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15. Place the disc drive back into place and the tricky part is done! Now, it is time to reassemble your Xbox Slim. Figure 22 15. Reassembling your Xbox Slim. You may refer to one of the Xbox Slim reassembly guides online if you need. Figure 23 ...
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Figure 24 16. Insert SATA and power cables into Wasabi board as shown (note Red cable goes to connector labelled "Drive" and Grey (or Yellow) cable goes to connector labelled "XB") Figure 25 ...
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16. And there you have it, your Xbox Slim equipped with Wasabi 360 Ultra X360S Figure 26 ...
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