Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Problems

[H*CK]

I've been playing Rocket League and SSB on my wireless controller for like a year and I've never had anything like this happen before. I get no input in any of my games so I uninstalled the wireless reciever in device manager, rebooted, reinstalled and I still don't get anything. The weird part is that the first time I reconnect the controller it has the light on for player 1, but if I turn it off and reconnect, it will just flash but still make the noise for a device connecting. If I go to Set Up USB game controller in windows 10 it shows a device, but nothing will move in the test page under properties. Driving me nuts, if anyone has any suggestions let me know.

[H*CK]

For sure I ended up borrowing a friends that is an official reciever and it didn't even turn on. So I followed some online guide and soldered across the fuse that blew and fixed it. Defitiely trying to invest in a wired controller to avoid all of this bs though.

[ReBoot]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย adam:

For sure I ended up borrowing a friends that is an official reciever and it didn't even turn on. So I followed some online guide and soldered across the fuse that blew and fixed it. Defitiely trying to invest in a wired controller to avoid all of this bs though.

You don't fix a fuse by soldering over it. Don't you think that there was a reason the fuse blew?

[Washell]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ReBoot:

You don't fix a fuse by soldering over it. Don't you think that there was a reason the fuse blew?

It's a fuse in the wireless receiver, the currents involved are low and there are no batteries in the chain. It's more likely to damage hardware than to start an actual fire. The reason it blew is supposedly bad design, it gets too hot, which affects the rating of the fuse and it blows at lower levels than it's supposed to.

@OP: That said, if your house burns down and they trace it back to that fix, you're pretty much screwed. I personally wouldn't do such a fix. But if I did, I'd plug it in before use, and take it out after, never leaving it unattended.

[ReBoot]

Why not soldering an actual fuse to repair it?

[Washell]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ReBoot:

Why not soldering an actual fuse to repair it?

That would of course be the best way to go, with the downside it's likely to blow again so you should order a few more instead of just one. Or just buy a wired controller and be done with it.

[ReBoot]

If the fuse blows all the time, then the receiver is defective.

[MancSoulja]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ReBoot:

If the fuse blows all the time, then the receiver is defective.

That's the point, the 360 receivers are defective by design. The fuses that they use are of too low amperage.

[ReBoot]

Speak for yourself. My two work like a charm.

[H*CK]

Well I didn't solder on top of the fuse I removed it and then solder a jumper across the contact points. I think the likelyness of it catching fire is null though tbh.

[Silicon Vampire]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย adam:

Well I didn't solder on top of the fuse I removed it and then solder a jumper across the contact points. I think the likelyness of it catching fire is null though tbh.

fire waiting to happen... probably sooner rather than later. I'll bet your insurance company is going to love this claim.