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wallywoo5000
01-26-2010, 11:57 AM
Anyone?

Loco-san
01-26-2010, 08:14 PM
I have one I would sell, but it's "special".

So, I got the thing when they first came out. I honestly only used it a few hours total, at most. I think I was busy with other games like PSP or DS or something. I took great care of it like all my stuff. So, one day I played some Monkey Ball with my niece. Next time I went to use the controller, to play PSO, my character would keep walking to the left in circles. So the stick is now unable to center itself perfectly. It's still tight overall, just a little loose in the very center slightly. I'd say about half the games I tried worked fine with no unintended movement, but ones with extra sensitivity are annoying to play =)

Anyone know if it's fixable? Or I may sell it as is if you wanna buy it wally or anyone else =)

MachineGex
01-26-2010, 08:31 PM
Sounds like the joystick is not centered when you are powering up. I would make sure the stick is in the dead-center when you power the system.

This may explain why it works sometimes and sometimes it doesnt.

wallywoo5000
01-27-2010, 09:04 AM
Sounds like the joystick is not centered when you are powering up. I would make sure the stick is in the dead-center when you power the system.

This may explain why it works sometimes and sometimes it doesnt.

^^Try that and see wut happen, if it fixes it, I'd buy it :)

Let me know, thanx!

Loco-san
01-27-2010, 08:07 PM
Thanks MachineGex. I already know about that trick, and it doesn't help. It's definetly a hardware problem on the stick =/

Legend Of Zelda
01-28-2010, 02:24 AM
Sounds like the joystick is not centered when you are powering up. I would make sure the stick is in the dead-center when you power the system.

This may explain why it works sometimes and sometimes it doesnt.

Another trick to know is the X + Y + Start. It resets the controller when you hold it down for about 3 seconds. Doesn't sound especially useful in this case since you're control stick is just down right off center. But, still a nice trick.