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Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: My controller doesn’t work

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:05:41 -0700

controller doesn’t work

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Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Why do my controllers keep disconnecting?

Mon, 06 May 2024 11:55:19 -0700

I've done countless Google searches and scoured this thread, and I've seen some recent posts to this thread with a few replies so I'm hoping this gets noticed. So I have a few controllers, 2 of them work pretty well, and 2 of them don't work so well. I am absolutely positive this is not an issue caused by the battery contacts as every single thread on similar issues seem to suggest. Whenever there is a button press or stick movement my controller will disconnect and then cycle and reconnect after an unreasonable amount of time. I don't know the ages of the controllers because I just don't have that kind of memory, but the two that have consistent issues are the classic white and grey, and then the black, and the two that work are new(er) models I think. I have taken them apart, so the possibility that I might have done some small damage is possible, but I wouldn't know what to look for if I did because I took them apart a while ago.

⟐ Commented May 06, 2024 at 11:55 MST

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: What does the Xbox 360 transforming d-pad do?

Wed, 03 May 2023 06:43:18 -0700

I have been having problems with my og d-pad.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: What kind of condenser use the xbox 360 wireless controller use?

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 19:30:23 -0700

I was change the left stick with soldering and touched the c49 condenser... and it fall from my table and lost... i want it know what condenser type it is to buy another...

thanks sorry for my english..

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Xbox 360 Controller Bumper problem

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:57:57 -0700

The Bumber Panel itself is fine when used on another controller, but the bumpers doesn't do the normal click. The LB sound as it's hitting something while the RB doesn't move.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Why is my controller glitching

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:53:41 -0700

So i bought a second hand control and i put new batteries and stuff but wen i tried to turned it on all the lights turned on and it was very feint. It then turned of and did not turn back on until i took out the batteries and put them back in the lights where also very glitchy... I then took it apart and repaired the positive terminal and its trace but that disnt seem to solve my issue... Is it possible that one of the chips are destroyed or i did not repair the terminal properly.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Xbox 360 Controller Constantly Vibrates

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:24:08 -0700

When receiving any kind of power - through wire or battery pack - this Xbox 360 controller "pulses" momentarily with a small vibration. Turning it on results in it constantly vibrating at a steady rate from the right side rumbler, changing in accordance to input from games (i.e. shooting a gun in a GTA game).

I resoldered the battery contacts, resoldered the right side rumbler socket, and tried checking for other shorts while comparing to a (seemingly) identical board - with no success. Are there any ways to remedy this?

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Cant Pair controller, flashing light only

Fri, 06 May 2022 19:18:17 -0700

my controller keeps flashing green. i press pair buttons on pc Xbox 360 and controller, and they can't pair. i changed batteries so power isn't the issue. i don't know how to fix.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Not Syncing PC

Mon, 03 May 2021 03:13:58 -0700

Hi, i’ve been given a Xbox 360 Wireless Controller wich does not sincronize wtih my Microsoft wireless receiver that a boutgh along with a controller 10 years ago. I know that the receiver is working because i play with my “first” controller without a problem.

When I press the X the only thing that does is blinking the 4 lights. Obviously i tried to pair it with both buttons, the receiver and the controller, but nothing happens. It just blinks over and over.

I thought maybe it just will pair up with a game console, but I don't know much about that.

Does someone have an idea of what is going on?

Thank youin advance

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Analog stick oversensitivity issue (not stick drift)

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 02:56:32 -0700

So basically if I move the left analogue stick fully to the left, it thinks that I am moving it slightly to the right. The same issue is not present in the other direction, or in any other axis.

Anyone knows a software I can use to compensate for this instead of tearing the hardware apart?

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Analog wrong voltage values

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:25:26 -0700

Hello, I’m having a problem with one axe of my joystick, it always points down, so after troubleshooting with my oscilloscope I found a strange thing, in a normal case when the analog stick is in the center, the “potentiometer” should output around 1.5V because it’s powered by 3V but in the broken axe I’m reading 4V, how is that possible!?

I’m pretty sure something is shorted with that pin, but I don’t know where exactly, also I found that the joystick button is using 4V too but I cannot see anything between them, I tried to clean up the PCB with a special product, a toothbrush and a 101.526PSI (7Bar) compressor with no luck.

My controller model is BB70 wired, I didn’t found it on ifixit list.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: LB button doesn't work very well

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:20:10 -0700

the problem is if u press once,it works.

but if u hold doesn’t works.

RB Botton can works very well

I opened the controller, the cartage is fine,need to change the switch button to fix?

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: controller battery release button broke off

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:42:05 -0700

every time i put the battery it does not turn on

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Why is my controller disconnecting

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 11:00:29 -0700

Whenever a game causes my controller to vibrate, it immediately disconnects and says please reconnect controller. What’s broken in my controller that’s causing it to disconnect? Also would I need to buy a new controller or a pair of vibration motors? Thanks

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Right analog stick drifting up even after stick replacement

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:04:24 -0700

I bought a wireless 360 controller for dirt cheap and when I was testing it out I noticed the right analog stick was constantly reading an up input. I replaced the analog stick with a known good analog stick and this problem still persists. From this point I am not sure where to start checking on the circuit board for faulty components.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Analog Sticks intermittently report they are full up & right

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:40:36 -0700

So a couple days ago I went to ply my 360 and I couldn’t navigate the menu with the controller in question. I connected the controller to my computer with the XBOX 360 wireless receiver for windows and opened the Joystick control panel to find the controller is reporting that both analog sticks are at the full up & right position. I tried to calibrate it but it didn’t do anything. A couple hours later when I tried again, the controller functioned properly, but now it is doing it again. I don’t think it is a faulty analog stick since it is affecting both analog sticks at the same time. Any thoughts on what the issue may be? I’ve ordered an iFixit kit, since my security bits wont fit down into the holes on the controller, but once I get it open what should I be looking for?

Thanks

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: How To Replace Terminal Springs

Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:57:45 -0700

Hi, recently I decided to sell my Xbox 360 that I haven't used for 2 years, so when I picked up my controller, I noticed that the terminal battery spring on it was corroded, so I bought a pair of springs, but the thing is, I don't know how to remove the old ones, is there any way to do that?

And if there isn't any way, how do I remove the corrosion from springs?

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: stick starts slowly drifting to one way,

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 08:12:44 -0700

hi, i just replaced the analog stick, but i have a problem like very weird, the controller works for some time, then, the stick starts slowly drifting to one way, sometimes up or down, but not physically but in game, until i cant play anymore because it never stops drifting until max.

unplugging does nothing, but after a time without playing with the controller.

⟐ Edited July 16, 2017 at 8:12 MST

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: xbox 360 wireless controller not coming on

Mon, 29 May 2017 17:50:25 -0700

The xbox 360 wireless controller was plugged into a blackberry usb adapter and doesn't come on again. Can it be fixed, buy another one or send it for repairs?

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Why won't my up button work on my controller underneath my left analog

Thu, 18 May 2017 19:45:55 -0700

It was working and now it won't work I smacked it a lil on a hard surface last night and it worked then when I tried to use it today it stopped working again! Now I can't play my games because I can't choose different weapons...