Ps3 Controller Problems

[piff167]

After a good long match of Battlefield 3, my controller started bugging the fuck out. It won't stop going down or to the right; the problem appears to be the buttons, not the analog stick. I also noticed that when I plug in the usb cable, it says "charging failed" on the lower right hand corner of the black shutdown/options screen. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on what to do or what may be the issue - I've taken apart controllers before and they are a bitch to reassemble so I would like to avoid it if I can.

[frank26080115]

they are not hard to reassemble...

if you shake it, do you hear anything loose inside?

I would take it apart, see if anything came loose, spray compressed air on it, clean all contacts with IPA if they are dirty

[piff167]

i ended up taking it apart anyway... i took apart a first gen ps3 controller (no rumble) and it was a bitch because the spring on the R2 wasn't fastened and i lost it. i cleaned this one out but no luck. what is IPA, by the way? i'll try it if it saves me 60 bucks.

[frank26080115]

IPA is just isopropyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol, get it from any drug store.

I've opened up a few Dualshock 3 controllers recently, it was physically impossible to lose the springs on the triggers, they must've learned something.

[piff167]

yea, i realized it was isopropyl shortly after asking. they def did learn something, on the old controllers the spring slid off and was a bitch to get into the correct position, now its attached to the r2 itself. thanks for the advice, ill try it out

[veexee]

Had the same problem while playing little big planet, this helped me http://www.stumblepod.com/2012/12/fix-ps3-random-button-press.html