XBOX One controller won't stay on in wireless mode if steam is running

[Nacery]

As tittle says, I'm having this weird issue where the controller won't stay on if steam is running. The controller will jut turn on, then sync with the dongle but after sucessfully syncing it will automatically turn off.

It only happens if I turn on the controller while steam is running. Turning it on BEFORE running steam will work but if for whathever reason the controller turns off it won't stay on again until steam is closed.

*I'm using Windows 10 with up-to-date drivers
*I've tried to differnet controllers the original one (without 3.5) and the one with 3.5 jack both with no avail.
*I also have a steam controller but unplugging it will do nothing

[Bad 💀 Motha]

But did you try unplugging everything for Steam Controller, reboot and then try just an XboxOne Controller?

[Nacery]

Yep, I tried but it didn't worked.

[Root-Beard]

I just started having this issue recently and had no idea steam was causing it. I would just reboot my pc to get it working again and try to avoid turning it off. Did you figure out anything?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Go to the Wireless Device > Properties in Device Manager (might need to click View > Show Hidden Devices)

In the xbox wireless device, disable the power management

[L. Snow]

Did you ever figure out a solution to this? I have the same problem. I usually close steam then my controller connects fine and then I launch steam again.

[Mystro183]

(fixed) I thought this was fixed and then it started happening again. Ran across this xinput dll that fixes the problem. Can't launch big picture from the guide button anymore, but that's fine by me. Drop this in the root directory of steam. http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=00635504578333124313

[Cmdrgrunt]

I'm reviving this thread because I'm experiencing this exactly as OP states.

March 22 2017 Steam release, Windows 10 Creators update, the bug persists.

It's definitely Steam doing something, because the only way I can get my wireless xbox controllers to turn on is to right click on steam and exit, OR turn on the controllers before launching steam for the first time. Any time I try to turn an additional controller, or wake up existing controllers I have to exit steam. This is the only app that does this, and it seriously messes with the XBOX One wireless dongle :(

[HammerFall]

Something is not turning off the controller. Its cutting power to the USB ports I think. My comp will acually crash when it happens. If this is not the case for you check your event viewer and maybe your acually lossing connectivity to your WLAN

[Cmdrgrunt]

Regardless of what the issue is, I submitted a bug report yesterday to Steam, and they responded that the engineers are aware of this specific issue. My hope is that it gets fixed at some point soon, but they suggested switching to beta steam releases in case it gets pushed for testing.

[Mystro183]

Fixed this after trying sooo many things. Uninstall any Nvidia software on you PC. Drivers Geforce experience display driver and all. Reboot and reinstall the latest drivers for your card. it should come with everything you need. After another reboot everything works flawlessly. The problem is some Nvidia stuff is conflicting with some steam stuff so the controller just says screw it and shuts off.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

引用自 Mystro183：

Fixed this after trying sooo many things. Uninstall any Nvidia software on you PC. Drivers Geforce experience display driver and all. Reboot and reinstall the latest drivers for your card. it should come with everything you need. After another reboot everything works flawlessly. The problem is some Nvidia stuff is conflicting with some steam stuff so the controller just says screw it and shuts off.

Just install GPU Driver; nothing else regarding that.

[ch4dwick]

Stumbled upon this discussion after it happened to me today (for the second time). First time I found a video on YouTube on pressing a series of keys to fix it. This was around 4-5 months ago.

Happened again today but this time the previous solution didn't work.

Tried exiting Steam before turning on the Xbox One Elite Controller.

I'm guessing another update caused this issue to resurface?

[Acey]

引用自 Mystro183：

(fixed) I thought this was fixed and then it started happening again. Ran across this xinput dll that fixes the problem. Can't launch big picture from the guide button anymore, but that's fine by me. Drop this in the root directory of steam. http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=00635504578333124313

Thank you for this 'fix'. I suddenly started having the issue that Nacery was having just this week and I was just about to go insane trying to find a solution. I almost never use Big Picture mode so that won't be too much of a loss for me. I hope they get this issue figured out, if at all.

[Charcoal]

My fix for this was to just Log Off Steam Completly meaning just exit the application, turn on your controller and log in again. I didn't have to reboot my machine but it might just be me. As annoying as having to log off EVERY time I want to turn the controller back on, I have yet to find a true fix and it saves having to waste time rebooting my machine over a controller functionality.

[Cyberstorm]

引用自 Mystro183：

(fixed) I thought this was fixed and then it started happening again. Ran across this xinput dll that fixes the problem. Can't launch big picture from the guide button anymore, but that's fine by me. Drop this in the root directory of steam. http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=00635504578333124313

Do you think you can reupload this file for me? Thanks in advance.