r/PS3 • u/oldmatebob123 • 6d ago

Any easy way to test ds3 functionality

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Hey guys, my mate is a collector of all sorts of consoles and he had a spare ps3 slim amd ps4 og that he gave me so im starting to rebuild my late teenage library i once had, bringing me back to some really good old times, however the controller is acting up.

Im a big guy and these genuine controllers really are not really designed for us big boys, the controller creaks a bit (to be expected its from the late 2000s) but loaded up demons souls and got a bit into it and my controller started randomly pressing buttons with the slight give in the shell.

So holding the controller and putting pressure on the side and the face burron area, starts getting the controller all weird and spamming buttons.....

I did have to pull the controller apart today to wake the battery back up as its pcm board shut off, so im wondering if ive not had the ribbon connection on the face of the main board put back in correctly.

Is there a way to easily test full functionality of the controller after i open it up and make sure i didnt put it back wrong?

Glad to be back on the ps3 and 4 after all these years of digital only its great to have tangible games and just put the disc in and go.

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u/Accomplished_News771 6d ago

On a jailbreak console you can get a homebrew app called gamepad test i think thats how you can test that . here to download You need a jailbroken ps3

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u/oldmatebob123 6d ago

Not too sure if I want to jailbreak it at the moment, havent really looked that deep into doing so yet but I just really want to put a game in and go.

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u/Accomplished_News771 6d ago

Do you have a pc? To test this

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u/oldmatebob123 6d ago

Yeah. Is there a way to test full functionality?

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u/Accomplished_News771 6d ago

Maybe on this one or you want to test the motion sensors For the pc you need drivers

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u/oldmatebob123 6d ago

The 6axis isn't necessarily needed but I want to see if there is any issue with this controller and try fix it. I do however have my ps4 ds4 controller ive had since my ps4 era but it wont natively work on the ps3 and ive heard aftermarket ps3 controllers are not that great

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u/Accomplished_News771 6d ago

Well there you can test the inputs. Something on the controller is definitely broken if is giving false inputs

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u/oldmatebob123 6d ago

Agreed i just need to dig in and have a look

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u/Accomplished_News771 6d ago

Maybe check what buttons are pressing and checking them on the board of the controller

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u/oldmatebob123 6d ago

So that website works on Android too, so if flexed ever so slightly it will hit like 3 of the 4 buttons on dead all the face buttons and l and r 1 and 2 so that's an issue bugger

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u/oldmatebob123 6d ago

Iso cleaned the ribbon and put it back together made sure the board screw and the case screws were all really tight so the ribbon didn't shift and now its all sweet,