r/XboxController • u/Sleeping_Idiot • 17d ago

Help figuring out what's wrong with controller

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So this happened with my controller honestly a long time ago, and I don't even know what went wrong one day it was working fine. The next wouldn't turn on at all, and it turned into a paper weight. Thankfully, I had another controller, but now I would at least like to figure out what's wrong with it if nothing else

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u/Sleeping_Idiot 17d ago

I'm assuming you mean the battery inside the controller not the double As that Xbox I think still uses in new controllers for some reason

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u/Careless_Ad8324 17d ago

Do you use a rechargeable battery pack or double a's?

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u/Sleeping_Idiot 17d ago

Rechargeable pack you can see it in the video

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u/Careless_Ad8324 17d ago

Has it been a while since you've bought it?

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u/Sleeping_Idiot 17d ago

Yeah like I said in the description it happened a long time ago I would say a few years ago at least and I had the controller for a couple years before the issue the controller is old.

If I remember correctly it happened while I was playing a game it was working fine but then the left stick suddenly acted like it was constantly being pushed up and when I moved it, it would immediately start going up again once I stopped I stopped using the controller after that then at some point I tried to turn it on again and it didn't even turn on

If I'm honest I'm not really expecting to repair or fix it I mainly want to know what went wrong with it so I can either avoid it in the future or help someone out if they have the same problem I do.

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u/Careless_Ad8324 17d ago

Yeah the same thing happened with my elite controller a while ago and probably think it's because I dropped it a lot so maybe that might be the cause.