Both PS5 controllers just gone funny

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Hi all

I'm still using the original controllers that came with my PS5 about four years ago, dual sense they are I think.

Within the space of a week, firstly the grippy rubbery bit on the left thumb stick peeled away, leaving is smooth and slippery.

Then, on the other controller, the left thumb stick started behaving erratically and moving left on its own.

I bought some silicon thumb stick covers but it's a loose fit, presumably due to the rubbery bit on top being missing.

With the other controller I could look at increasing the dead zone on games that have this option, but really I want fully working controllers.

Also I cannot see any screws to dismantle the things if parts are available.

Any ideas guys?

Or is it new controller X2 time?
 
You have stick drift on the 2nd one. You can temporarily ease it with contact cleaner or take it apart and replace the stick. I put up with cleaning it for awhile but I ended up getting a new one. It’s quite common in modern controllers.
 
Funnily enough one of my controllers has also had this happen over the weekend (left stick drifting left). I watched a video and it looks like it relatively easy to take apart and clean the little part (as that seems to be what gets gunked up).
 
Update on this. Bought some OEM analogue sticks online, there's a company that mods the dual sense controllers so they have a stock of the sticks that they remove.

I started on the non-drifting controller, the one where the rubbery bit came off.

Taking the thing apart was straightforward, as was changing the sticks, but I found reassembly very difficult because one of the ribbon connectors had a tiny plug which must've been held onto the board by tension alone.

It fell off when I removed it.

The pins were miniscule and I bent one trying to reinstall the plug.

Even with a magnifying glass I could barely see the pins.

Largely by feel I got the thing plugged in and by some miracle it all works fine.

I'm scared of tackling the other controller.
 
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Further update. I changed the sticks on the other controller. Rather than pulling the tiny plug from the board, there was a stiff plastic puller/pusher on the ribbon I'd not previously noticed, so pulling that with needle nose pliers kept the plug in place.

Once apart I doused the drifting analogue mechanism in contact cleaner and did lots of rotating, then reassembled once dry.

At first then controller worked perfectly with no drift, for about ten mins, but then the drift returned :(

So it's likely to be new controller time.

There's eight soldering points on the PCB and although I can solder basic stuff, this stuff is tiny and I won't be able to do it myself.
 
Saw this thread on a random browse. My original dualsense controller I've had since covid lockdown has fallen apart on me in the last few weeks. Attempted a repair as the spring had come off the right trigger.
Worked for about a day but now the trigger is completely unresponsive. Thought it was the contact ribbon but the more I've take it apart being heavy handed the more it's fallen to bits.

Picking up a midnight black dualsense in town later for £39.99

I gave up it beat me!
 
Saw this thread on a random browse. My original dualsense controller I've had since covid lockdown has fallen apart on me in the last few weeks. Attempted a repair as the spring had come off the right trigger.
Worked for about a day but now the trigger is completely unresponsive. Thought it was the contact ribbon but the more I've take it apart being heavy handed the more it's fallen to bits.

Picking up a midnight black dualsense in town later for £39.99

I gave up it beat me!
I went for a red one, although it looks more pink to my eye :p . Think it's the first time I've bought something useful in a black Friday sale:cry:.
 
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