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Tomorrow, Microsoft will launch its next generation of game consoles and there is good news for anyone who is concerned about future repair costs. The internal storage of the Xbox Series X (and Series S) console is not soldered to the motherboard.
As Hyped Pixels reports, the first teardowns of the new consoles are beginning to reveal the design decisions that Microsoft and Sony made. For the PS5, the internal storage is soldered to the motherboard, which means the entire board should be replaced if the flash storage fails. However, Microsoft opted for an easy-to-fix solution.
As Siri’s Ex’s tweet above reveals, the Xbox Series X uses an M.2 2230 NVMe SSD made by Western Digital. It is embedded in the motherboard and covered by a flat copper heat sink. This means that replacing the SSD is as easy as removing a screw and removing the heat sink. It seems unlikely that Microsoft will ever support users doing such an update themselves, but that means storage repairs will be easier, faster, and far less expensive. Twitter also uses Rato Borrachudo confirmed the Xbox Series S uses the same solution.
Hackers are sure to be very interested in news of a removable drive, because if you can replace the main storage, it potentially offers a way to add a new SSD with a different or modified operating system on board (assuming they can bypass whatever protection Microsoft has. implemented).
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