I bought a Joblot of FAULTY Controllers from eBay | How many can I FIX?

I got 6 PS2 controllers, 3 PS1 controllers and 2 SNES controllers in an eBay joblot for £15. I really wanted one of the SNES ones in particular.
Let's see how many I can get working.
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
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P.S. As always, I should point out that I'm not a professional. I'm a big fat noob. And I'm more likely to be doing things the wrong way. But hey, I try.

[@rwestvang]

Tip: To "fix" old rubber button contacts; Use a leded pencil on the contact point on the back of the rubber button. Apply by just drawing on them as you would on a paper. They tend to loose their conductivity over the years.

[@naliboi93]

Not sure if you've got this by now, but a solid method for testing PSX and PS2 pads is the PadTest homebrew software. You can easily access via freeMCboot (in fact, my first freeMCboot happened to have this preloaded). Lets you test all the buttons (including pressure sensitivity) and also the thumbsticks, their buttons and both rumble motors. Also on the topic of pressure sensitive buttons, that was probably both the most interesting technology on the Dualshock 2, but also its biggest point of vulnerability. The ribbon membranes with all the face buttons would go bad over time. The fix is usually replacement parts, but they can also be repaired if you're really clever. Source: I've fixed dozens of PS2 controllers.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks naliboi, appreciate the info! 👍

[@tybread2997]

From what I've found fixing PS2 controllers is to check out the revision on the back. I have plenty that have H and A, only found one with M that was from Japan. The H model for the most part, once they aren't working, it's off to the parts bin. They are the models with the soldered on flimsy PCB. The A models tend to be easier to repair. One thing you may find is the A models with the foam block that puts pressure on the flimsy PCB to make contact. Overtime or temperature, that thing can shrink. I just replace it with window seal foam cut to fit and works great. Same thing for the PS3 controllers. People often mistake the stick drift for just a loose connection on the flimsy PCB. Easy way to test, is just pinch the middle of the controller to apply more pressure.

[@GaryLiddington]

Loving the emotional operation music.

[@spurio187]

Wow massive nostalgia hit seeing the weird turquoise controller, man some things on this channel really take me back.

[@djlancematthew]

I hope you read this. I was repairing an Xbox one s when I hear this lovely, moving piano music. When suddenly, a multimeter BEEEEP is added to the somber piano music. And at that moment, I almost shit my pants. I didn’t think that was coming….

[@eduartmisiraj8031]

This was fun video. Actually I have fixed a ton of ps2 controllers and 99% of thebtime is the conductive film flex, you'll have to replace them with new ones. 😁. Everything else is going to be ok

[@CTCTraining1]

I’m catching up with some of your back catalogue Steve ... great work although it misses the spontaneous serenades in your newer videos 😀👍

[@grahamraddings7543]

That music from 10:30 actually gives the whole removal of the capacitor a sense of melancholy lol it was like watching a tense surgery scene in some cheesy movie! Hilarious 😂

[@Toolz1980]

Love watching your videos. You know, if you ever want to fix the other controllers you can get the conductive film from aliexpress for really very cheap. Perhaps one day a revisit if you ever need to clear out the taken up storage :)

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Toolz! I do still have these, so i might do that. Thanks for the heads up 👍

[@Toolz1980]

@@StezStixFix Love to see a follow up video if you ever get around to getting the parts and having the time to try to fix them.

[@SpaceMidget]

@@Toolz1980 I've fixed a few H series. Make sure you get the right membrane SA1Q43-A with 18pin connector. Heatgun off the old one, solder on the new one, connect the ribbon and you're good to go!

[@REDHOTREACTIONS]

I have a sneeky feeling that the silver "Playstation 2" controller is in fact the original Dualshock which was released for PS1.. love the content and kinda wanna try tinkering with stuff because of your vids mate.. nice one

[@walter9724]

Let me say that the background piano music was beautiful and kinda sad all at the same time. Reminds me of a wet winters day here in Australia

[@andrewchapman2141]

It's crazy how many diffrent kind of board there are with these controllers. I've got a whole bag full and noticed the same thing. Makes them very difficult to fix if you are unable to change parts between them.

[@christopherdecorte1599]

Found that there are many revisions of ps3 controllers also what a pain.

[@raiden000]

well they did make hundreds of millions of them, im sure they found many ways to save a penny here and there.

[@ovalteen4404]

The Glop Top (the blob chip) is a silicon die that has the circuit on it, but it's glued directly to the board instead of being encased in a full chip. There would have been tiny wires bonding each trace end to a point on the silicon die, but the die probably ripped off with the blob cap.

[@deandee3270]

Congrats on getting to 100k. In my opinion Dave is carrying your channel. 🤙🤙

[@oogiegoogie2826]

your console setup is amazing

[@squits]

You beautiful man, I was looking at the micron holding that continuity going "a tiny wire?" thank you lol

[@missionpassed4584]

I had one of those clear SNES controllers so I could cheat at Street Fighter II, I must had thrown that thing all over the place, it got so damaged I feel gutted now I treated it soo badly

[@superduperdrew12345]

There are many revisions of ps2 controllers and consoles. They all look the same on the outside. It can help on controllers to see what letter is written on the back. Model H controllers fail often.

[@Dallen9]

Ah this episode takes me back. My brothers PS2 controller had a faulty button and so I disassembled it and super cleaned it. Job was done in 15min. then it took me 3-4 hours to reassemble the mother. That controller never had a problem until my brother had a jerk friend who stole his PS2 and all of our games for it.

[@golimonkey]

At least you got it back, I never found my after borrowing it. 😢

[@Dallen9]

@@golimonkeyWe never got it back. My younger brother has since bought a another one and has rebuilt the collection.

[@kennethbarker852]

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth🙄💌👍

[@mymidschoollife8485]

Oh my gosh ! The SN Pro pad. A controller I aptly named "SN poo pad". Back in my SF2 days I smashed several of these because they had a flaw where if you tried to throw a hadoken the centre of the dpad collapsed and it just didn't work. I would literally unplug it so as not to damage my console and then swing it by the cable and smash it on the stone fireplace. For years after I used to find remnants of the clear plastic stuck between the skirting and carpet LOL. Hint they're no good for fighting games.

[@nonchip]

31:20 the bit in the middle looks like the bit of copper they fixed the chip to before applying the bond wires. btw if you want to get rid of the blob without destroying the chip, there's ugliness you can do with boiling acids and the likes, or extremely accurate CNC mills to take the epoxy off in nanometer layers, but short of that it's almost impossible.

[@imnickleonard]

I love the blue SM pro controller, is that factory blue or has it been re-sprayed?

[@collcollk4662]

I don't know about ps2 controllers but on PS3 I have fixed 3 controllers by putting some rolled up insulation tape behind the film connector. Over time the sponge bit shrinks and doesn't make correct contact.

[@frankyfife]

Every PS2 controller has a small letter written on the back which indicates the revision, if you need specific spares, check thoose letters. And the ribbon cable problem is very common among theese controllers.

[@ryanherrington9267]

Try cleaning the film conductor I had same issue and now they work!!!!!

[@paincalledliving]

Please change the clock battery in your PS2, Steve.

[@Wafflepants-dl8fk]

I think the cheap ps1 controller is an original PS1 controller that first came out with the console before analog and dual shock even existed

[@StezStixFix]

Could well be! 👍

[@themadcoachman]

To be Honest, you can buy new 3rd party controllers for all those consoles on ebay for a few quid . ONLY CONTROLLERS WORTH FIXING ARE THE WIRELESS DUAL SHOCKS ON PS4 OR THE PS 5 CONTROLLER IF YOU MANGE TO BREAK ONE

[@callumthomas653]

Ps1 dualshock pads are ones for me

[@nathan5315]

Tac switches!

[@wyxchari]

22:22 Do not flux when rebuilding tracks.

[@OOOHBILLY]

Uh, yea…imma need to grab one of those clear snes controllers.

[@inklingswtf]

The person with the PlayStation raged huh

[@StezStixFix]

😂 lots of rage going on

[@Zombytes]

Thats the most annoying thing about ps2 controllers, there is so many different models. Its confusing cause they all look the same but they arent. I had a clear blue controller with a broken thumb stick, and two black controllers, and I just figured id switch the blue shell on one of the black controllers, but nope ha, the shells were all different lol

[@Bassjunkie_1]

I need to change some of the thumbsticks on my ps1 and ps2 controllers as their err swetting. Have to clean them up every year and they never get used. They defo got used back in the day tho. Yeh it's a bit nasty but it's a simple replacement which I will do.

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

Just shows how many revisions sony made to their controllers during their lifetime. Each connection method different to each other

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Ever try retro brighting?

[@JoseDiaz-rd9fh]

An unhappy face with good reason 😂🤣🤣

[@XSpImmaLion]

Man, that conductive film is such sh*tte... I lost more than a few keyboards and remote controls that used that. Something breaks down, it stops conducting, and that's that. In the garbage you go. You also have all sorts of tips flying around to try to recover them, but none of it worked for me.

[@gb7767]

I know you're having fun, but my blood ran cold watching those connectors melting under the heat gun. Did you run out of kapton tape?

[@StezStixFix]

Yeah, more kapton tape on order! I just wanted to try and see how far I could push the connectors. It's all learning for me.

[@gb7767]

@@StezStixFix As you found out, anything warmer than a pensioners fart will decimate the plastic. Been there done that, got the baseball kap(ton) ;)

[@StezStixFix]

@@gb7767 🤣 yep, still the best way to learn. Trial and error 👍

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Can I send you my msi gc30 pad? They are notorious for left analogue stick problems.

[@Theansilgregoryshow]

I love your channel you are very thorough I've had a couple questions. A only reason I ask is because having to run into similar things I didn't know if you had tried this. Have you ever tried copper pin stripping with conductive adhesive backing Is to make and remake traces. You can get it thicker than the normal traces And you can solder to it. Also what solder are you using? We do repairs in the shop all day and our last tin of flux died because our 5 core solder has it in it. Please don't take this as criticism I'm just asking questions because I was always talked if you have questions to ask them. You do some brilliant work Thank you for the great Content

[@johnathanjamesjohnsonjr7408]

…👏👏👏!

[@lancehill9971]

You should be able to buy parts for your controller's

[@Brian-MC]

Hi great video. Ive been subscribed for a few months but yesterdays video didn't appear for me till a hour or so. Just thought you might like to know. A youtube problem hopefully.

[@StezStixFix]

Hi Brian, thanks for letting me know! I'll have a look in to it... 👍

[@reeepingk]

The worse part is that all of that corrosion was likely due to someone's sweat.

[@DeathpunchTactics]

Sounds like a collection of fifa rage quitting controllers :D

[@solly2]

Hi, I saw your repair to the water damaged switch lite! Random but do you offer some sort of repair service I have one with the same issues?

[@StezStixFix]

Hi Solly! I only do it for fun, and I'm far from a professional. Thanks for thinking of me though. I'd be far too scared to try it on someone else's console! 😁

[@solly2]

@@StezStixFix oh really dam!! :( I wonder if you can shed some light then, it was dropped down the toilet 🤦🏽‍♂️. Stripped it apart cleaned the board completely with 99.9 alcohol, put it all together, won’t turn on and when you plug charger in nothing happens either. Don’t really know what else to try, I saw in your video you used one of them usb voltage testers so I’ve ordered one to see if it’s receiving charge.. just wondered if there was anything else you can think of?

[@StezStixFix]

@@solly2 Yea, its worth using the USB tester to see if it's drawing any current. If it is, then the board is likely OK, but you might want to try a different battery. If I remember correctly, if its drawing 0.4 amps, then it is charging. Make sure you check all the ribbon cables for corrosion too, the contacts are quite susceptible to eroding away with any amount of water on them! Good luck, let me know how you get on!

[@solly2]

@@StezStixFix thanks so much for your replies! Really appreciate this! Yeah I’m going to try that, I’ve got a replacement cable coming funny enough the exact one you changed the one that runs across the bottom on the battery, I doubt it’s that as I thought it would still show on the screen it charging if that was broken? Do you know where you can get replacement battery’s from as I’ve looked everywhere 😫 I think it’s gonna be the same route as the one you repaired

[@StezStixFix]

@@solly2 are you in the UK? If so, have a look at Replace Base. They've just had some batteries arrive, I think!

[@adventureridergirl]

Into There and Back Out Again: A Blob Chip's Tale, by StezStix Fix.

[@jetstreamdetailingcarcare7115]

I need a ps1 controller! 😂

[@xxxhypoxxx]

Hair, hair everywhere - clean up and remove all corrosion.

[@gregfrfr]

1:20 megen

[@pmc5532]

Are they all from the same (Bad Loser)gamer who throws his joypad across the room lol.

[@Melechtna]

You COULD try doing something like a clicky button replacement with these, it'd probably be inelegant as all hell without making your own PCB or something, but they're pretty simple "boards", so replicating them with thin capacitive buttons I wouldn't think would be super tricky.

[@yumyee2451]

Have you got like a big multi AV system thingy majig (not sure of the technical name) so all these devices can be linked up to one TV without having to constantly move wires around etc. If so we'd like to know how you do set up an AV system that caters to all these retro thingies. 👀

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

your PS2 needs a new battery

[@devonthechristmashalloween1141]

The person that owned the ps2 before you must’ve raged over ratchet and clank

[@superduperdrew12345]

The battery in your ps2 is dead :(

[@rorykelly8275]

Hi mate, great video as usual, however, bit of constructive criticism here. You are a bit over kill sometimes with your soldering, just saying.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Rory! Totally agree, I've got much better since this video but probably still use too much 👍

[@delavanty]

I would wipe down the cables on the controllers since they have a habit of being really grimmey which makes them stiff which could give it more chance to break it

[@kennybacchus1488]

l. Bought. a. Joblot. Of. Faulty. Controller. From. EBay. How. Ma

[@Druid_Plow]

Definitely PS1 controllers. PS1 also had dual analog, the joysticks were indented in the middle and no rumble, andbthe dualshock 1, domed joysticks and rumble. PS2 came with dualshock 2 which was nearly identical to the DS1 and was required for many PS2 games.

[@idm8885]

drama queen

[@SwishaMane420]

The silver ps2 controller is a china knockoff. fake