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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: fastson on August 15, 2003, 05:17:59 PM
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Is anyone here having problems with their PS2 hand controllers?
Both mine are totally fücked up.
Let me explain the problem.
If I play a game that has dual-shock features the controller somehow presses certain buttons which I’m not even touching.
Like in Baldurs Gate, if the controller shakes when I\'m attacking a enemy, my character jumps, changes weapon and changes spell (the controller is "pressing" Circle and one of the D-pad buttons.), or in MoH Frontline, if I’m firing a weapon the controller presses Circle, D-pad and L1 resulting in the character laying down, zooming in and changing weapon.. Same thing in almost every game.
EXTREMELY ANNOYING.
If I disable the DS feature it works fine.
This first happened to my older controller, then gradually I started noticing it with the other one as well.
I have tried taking them apart and cleaning them. It works about 50% of the time.. But after a month or so the problem returns.
Anyone have a clue what’s going on, and possibly a way to fix it?
Its not the controller ports as both controllers have this problem no matter in which port I connect them.
This never happened with my PSX controllers :mad:
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And I thought i was the only one. As much as i hate to admit it, the DS2 is definately not as reliable as the DS or even the original ps controller. I have the same problem with 2/3 of my controllers from time to time and its friggin annoying. Especially when I am in the middle of GT3. I have no idea what the hell is wrong with these things but i know that i dont feel like buying another 2 controllers.
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I don\'t have any trouble at all with my controlers ... what i have trouble with is my ps2 playing CD !! ps1 games or any game that is on CD has trouble playing ! :mad:
Makes me very mad when i want to play xenogears
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I\'ve only had similar troubles sometimes when playing Frequency. It\'s pretty weird, though, because the "phantom" button presses come in time with the beat, but it\'s always the circle button bashing itself... Mighty odd. The problem\'s gone when I unplug/replug the controller, just like with the Logitech wheel.
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I am still on my original controller, nearly 3 years and no problems at all. I have dropped it,stood on it and given it all sorts of punishment. It is the official sony one though, 3rd party ones tend to be much more fragile.
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Hmm weird.. Might have something to do with the pressure-sensitivity.
I’m going to take mine apart again and give it a nice little alcohol bath.. If that doesn’t fix it (or break it), I’m going to SMASH it and buy a new one :mad:
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my freind had this problem recently, he unscrewd the controller and took everything ut then put it back together and it worked fine, maybe somethings jammed between a button and the pressure pad thing =]
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I got some T-röd (Etanol) and cleaned it out (cleaned the rubber thingy that connects to the circuit, and cleaned the circuit itself). Now it works fine again. :)
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After taking my ps2 apart im too spooked to take another sony product apart. kreepy shit man.
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well i opened my ps2 twice to clean it ... did not have any problems ! smooth work
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No i took mine apart fully. I could have it all back together except for the damn cable that connects to the bottom of the cd drive. Its much too short for me to be able to blindly get it in there. Its ok. It was my old (broken) launch one anyway.
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oh ... well that sucks ... my ps2 is also from launch and like i said , i only trouble with the CD\'S
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I never had this kinda problems... fastson, have you hit them? Perhaps some contacts are touching or whatever.
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I think it\'s just the insides getting used and knackered, my dual shock used to turn off if I hit another car/wall etc....
I worked out that it was a certain type of vibe that caused it, I never managed to fix a pad though, they go back together OK but never seem any more reliable.
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I have dropped it a few times sure.. Once I slammed it into the floor because it didn’t respond.. :shy:
But both controllers acting up like this, what are the odds?
I worked out that it was a certain type of vibe that caused it
I suspect the same thing.
I never managed to fix a pad though
Do what I did, buy Ethanol and clean the parts that connects to the thin "plastic" circuit.
My controller works fine now.
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My controllers work fine but my PS2 is crap. I\'m gonna open it to adjust the voltage.
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Would something like export strength vodka be OK for cleaning?
Also, my PS2 doesn\'t read most discs (anything coloured), could that be a voltage problem? I\'m willing to rip its guts out now I\'ve got an xBox and morrowind to survive on for a bit!
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Meanire: Really strong? ;P
Yeah maybe, just let it dry first before you plug it in :)
Just wipe the rubber thingys under the buttons and that plastic curcuit which they connect to, nothing else.
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Cool, I\'ll give it a go, cheers.
:)
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I just ran into another episode of "PS2 Twilight Zone" a couple of days ago... It was late at night, I couldn\'t get any sleep and decided to pop in Dynasty Warriors 2 for some brain-numbing thumb-thumping booty-kickin\'. But oh the horror! The disc seemed to load up fine, but the PS2 ended up in AudioCD mode, and repeatedly told me that I was inserting a music CD with only one audio track available (number 2). I rebooted a couple of times and byebye worries, but it was weird anyways...
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Mine once told me that my Action Replay CD was not a PS2 format, so I got that cool red-screen-of-death screen. :)
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Originally posted by fastson
Mine once told me that my Action Replay CD was not a PS2 format, so I got that cool red-screen-of-death screen. :)
I can think of worse ways to be told my machine\'s f*cked!!
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Like when it doesn\'t work. Mine doens\'t read blue cds anymore.
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on one controller sometimes the l2 doesnt work and on the other the l1 gets stuck sometimes but nothing like that,
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Just out of curiosity, how many of you hear loud noise when loading games CD? I\'ve one or two disc that gives a loud noise when loading while the others doesn\'t. I\'ll rather not play those games than to *possibly* kill my PS2!
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Yep, CD games are louder (as they spin faster?), some more than others (this might be caused by not all CDs being perfectly shaped, as they spin fast some vibrations may occur.). My SSX CD sounds really bad, while you can hardly hear Tekken Tag\'s CD.
I dont think you should be afraid that they\'ll kill the system. Its built to read both CD and DVD discs.
I hear the same loud noices when I put a game CD in my CD-Drive on my PC..
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Is that like a loud(ish) \'click\' sound from the CD tray?
If so, mine was doing that quite badly for a bit before it all went wrong.
:(
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No its more like "brrrmmm" a hum:ing sound.
When you hear a lot of clicking I think that’s due to the laser lens not being able to focus properly.
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Originally posted by fastson
No its more like "brrrmmm" a hum:ing sound.
When you hear a lot of clicking I think that’s due to the laser lens not being able to focus properly.
Aaaah, any quick and easy way to fix that or is it buggered?
I\'m willing to open her up and get busy with a screwdriver set if needs be.
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Originally posted by Green Meanie
Aaaah, any quick and easy way to fix that or is it buggered?
I\'m willing to open her up and get busy with a screwdriver set if needs be.
I think you need to adjust a screw.. But you\'ll need a oscilloscope (sp?) to be able to adjust it properly. :(
You could do it the bild way but its very risky.
I think there is a guide somewhere you could follow.
Here\'s the guide if you have a oscillioscope.
http://www.ps2.nu/playstation-2-laser-calibration-with-oscilloscope.asp
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Originally posted by cloud345
on one controller sometimes the l2 doesnt work and on the other the l1 gets stuck sometimes but nothing like that,
I\'ve had this problem with all my analogue controllers. At least in my case the cause has been a tiny piece of plastic rattling loose in the controller and getting wedged in places it shouldn\'t be at and cruising around the insides of the controller just making a general nuisance of itself (tore up the padded part of the larger vibe cylinder in one of my pads). The part that normally comes loose has something to do with keeping the shoulder buttons not go inside the pad too much when pressed (the D-pad\'s "cross", that holds it in it\'s place is pretty vulnerable too), or something like that, can\'t remember exactly, it\'s been ages since I took a good 2 hours to dis-/reassemble all my pads (and PS, that I managed to fix, hooray). All work fine now...
Or, if you like, just unplug the controller and cut off the wire for some novelty maracas.
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Originally posted by fastson
I think you need to adjust a screw.. But you\'ll need a oscilloscope (sp?) to be able to adjust it properly. :(
You could do it the bild way but its very risky.
I think there is a guide somewhere you could follow.
Here\'s the guide if you have a oscillioscope.
http://www.ps2.nu/playstation-2-laser-calibration-with-oscilloscope.asp
Go on GameFAQs.com. They have a FAQ on how to do it without an oscillioscope.