Ps3 Controller Issues

[abu]

Hi

Thought I'd post up here and see if anyone has had the same issues before I go ahead and rip open the controller.

PS3 controller seems to be dead, doesnt do anything when you hit the PS button, no lights etc. If you connect the cable and turn the PS3 on via the switch on the console the controller still doesn't do anything. If you then hit the PS button then the 4 lights flash continuiously for about 30 seconds then go off

The console doesn't recognise the controller has been plugged in, it doesn't charge, I've left it plugged in to the console with the console turned on for over an hour and nothing.

Dead controller? Dead battery in the controller?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[maddowse]

is the controller new ? or did you buy from a market of ebay ? i made the same mistake !!!

there are counterfit ps3 controllers doing the rounds and sony decided they didnt want to risk getting complaints about controllers failing of batteries burning because cheap parts are used so they but somthing in one of the firmware updates to stop them working .

if this is the case you will notice there is a screw hole behind the sticker on the back (thats how you know its a fake)

if not then id say your battery is buggered

ps. controller wont charge if your ps3 is off !!

[abu]

It's the original controller I got with the PS3 about 2 or 3 years back now

haha I know console was on

[EeLeYe]

I've had this problem. To fix it, simply hold the reset button on the back of the controller (with a needle) fo about 30 secs and then reprogram it to the ps3. If that doesn't it work, first hook it up to the ps3, turn the ps3 on and then hold the controller's reset button.

One of these methods had worked for me when i thought my controller had died.

[abu]

Tried that as well but no go!

Will give it another shot and also try another cable

[EeLeYe]

When I tried it, the controller wasn't showing any sign of life. Then after a while, out of the blue, the reset method just worked.

[iamhe77]

Hate to ask a possibly stupid question, but have you tried connecting the controller via USB cable AFTER you have logged in to your PS3 user?

[Spurdo]

i've got a controller that seems to have developed a dodgy right analog stick. its intermittent, worst effect is in shooters, it keeps throwing the aim off in random directions. anyone else encountered this?

i pulled it apart and cleaned it out a bit, didnt make any difference.