Thanks to Microsoft Collaboration, iFixit Now Sells Genuine Xbox Repair Parts (theverge.com) 20
"We're excited to be working with Microsoft to keep Xboxes running longer and out of the waste heap," iFixit's director of sustainability told The Verge.
iFixit now sells genuine Xbox parts you can use to repair your Xbox Series X or S and offers official guides to help with fixes [including both the all-digital and disk drive editions]...
iFixit's Microsoft Repair Hub also features iFixit's parts for repairing Microsoft Surface devices, which it started selling in 2023. "Since we launched our Surface parts collaboration with Microsoft last year, we've been helping our customers repair their own Microsoft laptops and tablets — and it's awesome to be able to offer Xbox owners the same opportunity," says Elizabeth Chamberlain, iFixit's director of sustainability.
The article points out that iFixit also sells "nearly every part of the Steam Deck" and "a bunch of repair guides for Valve's handheld PC, too," along with genuine repair parts for Google's Pixel phones and the Pixel Tablet.
"With Microsoft, we've created a one-stop place for guides, tools, and spare parts to make self-service repair accessible to anyone," says iFixit's new web page. "Imagine how different the world would be if repairing every device could be this easy."
iFixit's Microsoft Repair Hub also features iFixit's parts for repairing Microsoft Surface devices, which it started selling in 2023. "Since we launched our Surface parts collaboration with Microsoft last year, we've been helping our customers repair their own Microsoft laptops and tablets — and it's awesome to be able to offer Xbox owners the same opportunity," says Elizabeth Chamberlain, iFixit's director of sustainability.
The article points out that iFixit also sells "nearly every part of the Steam Deck" and "a bunch of repair guides for Valve's handheld PC, too," along with genuine repair parts for Google's Pixel phones and the Pixel Tablet.
"With Microsoft, we've created a one-stop place for guides, tools, and spare parts to make self-service repair accessible to anyone," says iFixit's new web page. "Imagine how different the world would be if repairing every device could be this easy."
It's nice and all (Score:2)
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It is Microsoft. Did you really expect quality?
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But I do wish Microsoft would switch to Hall effect sensors
Why would they do this? Literally no manufacturer does this on their base devices. They all offer this as an upgrade.
Also stick drift without hall effect doesn't fit some arbitrary timeline, there are many controllers out there far older than 2 years without drift problems, and many out there so young that their drift problem got replaced under warranty.
My model 1914 is 20 months old and already useless.
I thought you were British, you have a 24 month warranty on that. Quit whining and file a claim.
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May have been mistaking you for someone else. Quit whining and call your senator to try and get some consumer protection laws enacted.
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Pretty much this. The things that commonly break with an Xbox are the controllers, and sometimes if you're particularly unlucky, the console's motherboard. The rest of the stuff is usually pretty reliable.
When the controllers break (and yeah, usually it's because they develop drift), you're stuck just buying a new controller. If the motherboard on the console breaks, you're generally better off just waiting for a sale and snagging a new console, because then you'll get an included controller, which you'l
Officially with Microsoft now? Cool. (Score:5, Interesting)
Now collaborate with John Deere.
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But how long for? (Score:2)
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On Steam you can at least move to Linux. Success not totally assured, but most stuff apparently works.
That said, this anti-consumer business model is one main reason why I do not have a console.
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On Steam you can at least move to Linux. Success not totally assured, but most stuff apparently works.
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Heh.
I do love my Steam Decks, but once you're out of your "Great On Dock" games (about 200 out of my ~1400) you're very deeply in Buyer Beware territory, and most things "kind of work", in that the executables do indeed start up, but are somewhere between utterly unplayable, and just about fine, with minor annoyances.
It's still a lot better than it used to be.
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Good to know.
Re:But how long for? (Score:4, Funny)
What's the point of repairing an all digital console if the online game store shuts down?
Just checked, the online game store is still up so feel free to repair your console instead of just throwing a temper tantrum.
Actually I just got hit with a sudden onset of depression, what's the point of arguing on Slashdot if I could get hit by an asteroid and die tomorrow. WHAT IS THE POINT OF ANYTHING IF I CAN MAKE UP SOME SCENARIO IN THE FUTURE. AHHHHH.
Re: But how long for? (Score:2)
Clippy: it seems youâ(TM)re discovering Nihilism. Can I help?
Re: But how long for? (Score:1)
Please help me understand... (Score:2)
Thanks to Microsoft Collaboration, iFixit Now Sells Genuine Xbox Repair Parts
Is this heading thanking Microsoft for the selling of `Genuine Xbox Repair Parts` or it's simply highlighting a kinda new development in this space?
For if it's thanking Microsoft, I think the thanking isn't called for. Microsoft and its ilk should have done the right thing eons ago.
Nice try, not! (Score:2)
$500 motherboards and $90 psu's for overpriced $500 consoles which are still non-standard ewaste and mostly out of stock. That is not a repair program.
This appears to be mostly PR fluff. (Score:3)
Some of their other offerings are actually worthwhile; but this looks like nothing more than PR work for Microsoft.