Talk:Xbox mandatory part pairing

Sources

FULU Bounty: https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties/xbox-series-x (should be fair game, right?)

Series X, Old news:

https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSupport/comments/18rmvj7/would_replacing_the_disc_drive_on_an_xbox_series/

https://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/comments/vpfzua/can_you_replace_the_disk_drive_on_a_xbox_series_x/

Parts sold with a paired optical drive?

https://fasttechstore.com/xbox-series-x-parts/p/xbox-series-x-dual-motherboards-and-paired-optical-drive

Optical drive replacement for Series X???

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+Series+X+Optical+Drive+Replacement/141798

https://ifixit-guide-pdfs.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/ifixit/guide_141798_en.pdf

Seems to be not a new case study:

Xbox One:

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/218088/programming+new+optical+drive+for+replacement

Xbox One S:

https://www.reddit.com/r/consolerepair/comments/8ounjv/xbox_one_s_matching_motherboard_daughterboard/

https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/can-xbox-one-s-disc-drive-be-replaced/

https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/a5dils/xbox1s_optical_disc_drive_driver_board_must_stay/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/can-i-swap-my-xbox-one-s-blu-ray-drive-in-my-xbox-one-x.257118/

OGX:

https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/8zrd1o/is_the_dvd_drive_locked_to_the_motherboard/ JamesTDG (talk) 22:40, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Box disappeared

When I added an initial paragraph, the product box disappeared. It is still listed in the source, but isn't showing up on screen. This might be a bug? I can't do much about it because the stub notice on same line means I can't edit it. Drakeula (talk) 06:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

That's probably visualeditor. It is ‘WYSIWYG’ to some degree but some things it just doesn’t show. The general rule for it is ‘if you can’t edit it in VE, you aren’t seeing it’. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 20:42, 15 November 2025 (UTC)