360 controller parts needed

Tripp · 29 Jun 2010 at 10:43

so a battery exploded over night inside my 360 ontroller, the removable battery case is ruined but easily replaced. the controller is fine except some of the battery acid got on the contact springs that are attached to the controller and corroded them away.

where can i find these replacement parts as i dont want to buy a new controller because of a few contact springs

cheers

Nexus · 29 Jun 2010 at 10:49

I'm not aware that you can, as Microsoft is the only authorized repairer of their products and I don't think they make a habit of letting a load of parts go at the backdoor.

Best bet is to look for a secondhand or damaged on on eBay or something.

On a separate note, how did it explode?
If it's an official Microsoft battery, probably worth speaking to customer service and seeing if you can get a new battery and controller due to being faulty.

Tripp · 29 Jun 2010 at 10:59

it was just an energizer battery not an actual charger pack, probably didnt really explode, more leaked but it left quite the mess.

Ive just noticed that those springs are also attached the circuit board, duh!! might just buy a new controller otherwise im gunna have to dismantle, solder etc.

Bloody annoying, only used this pad 2 or 3 times, looks like it just came out of the box :mad:

cokecan · 29 Jun 2010 at 13:09

contact MS, you may find they'll send you a new pad in the post. from what I've read they do seem to be quite relaxed with accessories and just tend to send out new ones of things without much bother

Kreeeee · 29 Jun 2010 at 13:27

Are the play and charge contact points still viable? You could always buy and use one of those.

Kreeeee · 29 Jun 2010 at 13:33

Are the play and charge contact points still viable? You could always buy and use one of those.

Atari · 29 Jun 2010 at 14:09

I can confirm they are pretty lax when it comes to accessories. I had a problem with my old HDD which seemed to fix itself after I formatted the drive and cleared the cache, 4 days later, I got a new 20GB HDD through the post.

I then had a problem with a controller that wouldn't connect to my xbox (controller was 8 months old at the time), went through all the steps with the lady from MS - connected fine to a mates xbox, didn't tell her that though. About a week later, they sent me a brand new retail packed wireless controller