Changing Potentiometer FIX STICK DRIFT For Console Controller PS5 / Xbox
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2022
- This controller has a stick drift for the PS5 DualSense Controller. I will try to find out the best solution to fix this drag on this stick. By cleaning the analog stick module potentiometer and wipers. To soldering and replacing the potentiometer on this playstation 5 controller to fix stick drift. If you cleaned the analog module and it still drifting. Your next step is to replace the potentiometer by de soldering and soldering the new one. All the links in this video are below. This method works both for the PS4 and PS5 and Also XBOX controllers since they all use the same Analog module Cubes. Replacing Potentiometer, Drift stick repair.
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That software in the beginning, showing the drift of the analog stick on your laptop screen. What program is that? It looks very useful!
gamepad-tester.com
Implementing Hall Effect design/tech joysticks if available, now or later, for example the Switch can be replaced with these. Hopefully they’d be willing to start using this tech instead in the future. otherwise for the time being some of this kind of DIY will have to suffice for now.
Notice they put the motor wire solder points right in the centre of the potentiometer solder points to try to stop the use of 3x3mm screw 🪛 actuation recalibration trim pots for your deadspots 🎯 position & max circularity 🕳️ size adjustment of the whole response curve range 😂🤣😭, what total w⚓'s they / them are 🤤🫠😉.
I'm onto them these critically thinking 🤔 🧐 eyes 👁️👁️😵💫 won't quit 👍🏻🎮🕹️🎯👍🏻 😉 lol.
They / them used 2k3 low resistance potentiometers for the same reason, to obfuscate parts selection from the previous generation, but when they go wrong the low resistance pots they go wrong so much more dramatically 🫠🙃🥴 they flip right off there axis ☯️ point 🧭 👀🥹, that's a con-theory well spotted 🧐🔍 there folks & my very own opinion 😬🫡, it's a free public service of mine to turf the build back butter 🧈🫠 🐂💩 where I find it.
Sing it with me 🎙️ "Shovel shovel all day long theres another bucket 🪣 of 💩🎮🕹️🗑️ minimum viable disruptive technology" 😜.
(The mad hatter 🎩 said it needs more mustard 🍯 spread in it, to many gears ⚙️ that's the problem ⚒️ 👀 don't listen 🦻🏻 to him he's not a watch ⌚ maker everything he says should be taken with a pinch 🤌🏻 of salt 🧂, sorry my creative side just woke up again.)
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Just smile 😁 & nod 🐕🐶 everybody else does 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🙍🏼♂️...
@@GOATGamerProSticks The trimmer potentiometer boards are useless, we never used them to begin with because they drastically lower your stick maximum operating area since they offset the potentiometer's hard-left to hard-right movement readings, which will result in some games having broken selection menus and others you will lose full motion speed when panning / moving.
@@FrozenHaxor Your doing it wrong, the trick is to use higher resistance main Potentiometer pot sides & see 🥺😳🥹 my extensive works for the correct recalibration 3x3mm trim pot selection values, you have to Taylor the trim pot resistance to the main pots resistance for the max circularity to still reach full 💯%, it can be done & still grant you on the fly screw 🪛 driver recalibration.
Trust me on this I've done the home work 📜 lol 😉.
I've got XBox one elites series 2 pots in a DS4 via the same resistance recalibration method 🎮🕹️🕹️🎚️🎛️🎯🎯🪛 granting myself stick 🕹️ tension screw driver 🪛 adjustment all at once.
There's no way of being modest about it, it's done & done 👍🏻👍🏻😬🤐 why don't anybody believe me 😂🤣😭 lol...
"Im no soldering expert"
Proceeds to expertly solder the pins
no it wasn't from what I can see it's pretty decent but not "expertly" to say the least.
Expert is the guy who fixes GPU's for a living, watch his channel he's amazing. I'm no expert either but installed 15 micro switches & scroll wheels on mice so far, you get tidier and organized when getting more experience.
Cheers for that!
I changed the potentiometer and it fixed the drag, but the stick wasn’t moving smoothly. Ended up changing the hole analog module(which was my first intuition), took me about an hour, I hadn’t touched a soldering iron since shop-class.
Bought a basic soldering kit and the modules for 20£ off amazon.
First video out of at least 15 stick drift videos I’ve watched that showed how to determine if the track was faulty. Thanks!
Dude this was great help!!! And as a fellow gamer, you make us proud! Putting in my order so I can learn! Again thanks a million dude!
Thanks, easier than replacing the entire analog stick.
Now it works like a charm
Thank you so much! Opened both potentiometer tabs and blew compressed air inside of the and problem solved. No more stick drift.🎉
Very good video, I had problem with ps5 left analog (very annoying drifting backwards) now it is 100% fixed ( non solder method ). Thank you.
This was perfect! Thank you!
I tried the reset, tried the firmware update, even mailed it back to Sony (didn't work).
Just had to clean the crud inside the potentiometer and I have my controller back!
Thanks for the video I was about to do the soldering part with my controller but I needed to see someone doing it to get the idea looks easy not that it is but I am more confident that I can do it I don't have nothing to lose trying because I have already a new one and if I do it right who knows maybe I start repairing for more gamers like us 😂
hey man, i was about to buy new joystick replacement until i saw this video and replaced the original wiper with one from an old PS4 controller and it worked perfectly, thanks!
Best tutorial I've found so far, thanks dude!
This is so helpful and so ASMR 😅. Thank you very much indeed!
Great idea to swap out just the potentiometer instead of the whole joystick module. Can do this twice with one new module. Thank you for sharing this.
I was looking on Amazon for a soldering kit today and was wondering what that mesh wire was for 😂 thanks! I'm going to Gamestop to replace my controller under warranty but i also found my original ps5 controller today so i decided to see why i had it stashed. Has drift on right thumbstick going left. If I can find the potentiameter I'll replace that myself. Thanks for showing us the steps 👍 Earned my sub!
Thank you so much ,for taking your time to post this video
Thanks to this video I manage to fix my old PS5 controller. 👌🏾👍🏾
Excellent work man. You're the best 👍🏽
Wow works like magic, thank you Brav
Thank you so much for this amazing video, very well made. Subbed!
Great guide for disassembling a controller. I will point out for us complete noobs that @2:05 there's a cut and he says "now we just take the motherboard and flip it to the other side..." but what wasn't shown was that there is another ribbon cable to detach at the top right of the board (next to the USB-C connector), before you can flip the board over.
Thank you so much for providing this guide and tools
Thanks so much! The second method worked great on my xbox controller.
Great video exactly what I needed thank you
Thanks for showing this. I don’t have the “idle” drift that people have. I have more of a tilt drift meaning when I tilt my left stick up, according to controller test in astrobot, it shakes up and down. Was debating of changing the whole module when I could just change the part of the module that controls the up and down potentiometer. Really hope someone makes regular controller hall sticks.
This was excellent man.
Nice tut man.
Thank you! I was so close to buying the DualSense Edge until I saw this video. All I needed to do was clean my Dualsense wipers and the drift is fixed :D
Dont bay edge also have seme potentiometr and same problem not spend money for another trash quality from sony, my 18 years dual shock from psx still work 0 problem with analog... Now all electronic is just junk...
Thanks for the video It was very helpful
i’m so happy thank you it worked ❤
Im happy it worked for you! :)
Thank You Man,you are the best !!!
Drift happen after i plug the controller to phone charger, fastcharge one, im not sure whether or not it causing burn or something that left debri on the analog module. cleaning the potentiometer and wiper do works! thank you!
That was some what stressful, but this video helped a lot.
What Sony did with the ps5 controllers is just nonsense, everyone having the same problem with the same stick I was definitely not going to buy new controllers(yep both had the same problem)
I’ll fix the other controller tomorrow this procedure really took a lot out of me trying not to damage anything in the process
I've got a controller that's out of warranty anyway, so I've got nothing to lose but time and maybe some solder. Thanks for the vid man, I'll let you know if I'm successful or not
Any luck? :)
@@Rem694u2 lmao nah, I screwed up my controller 😂 But it was definitely worth a try, and now I have a controller I can practice on if I ever decide to try again
@@michaelc5373 Yeah, you had nothing to lose but experience.
Deserve a sub thankz
This video was a big help, but after watching it in its entirety there is one key detail to note when you put the wipers back inside the potentiometers. MAKE SURE THOSE RINGS ARE NOT UPSIDE DOWN when you put the new ones in. There are two sets of white dots, one close one wide that act as indicators on how they should be placed back into the potentiometer casing. The wide spaced dots should be facing up and the small spaced dots should be facing down. otherwise you will mess up your deadzone reading and make the drift worse till you mount the wipers back in the right way.
Great video
Amazing video
Thank you this help me.
I’m starting to have some serious drift issues in mine, this video helped me a lot! I’m going to grab some extra modules and try to replace them just like you.
Subbed 👍🏻
@samuraiman7777
I did manage to fix the drift but a new problem came up, I think something is either broken or stuck under the inside of the stick, the analog doesn’t re-center itself well when pressed up and to the right. It kind of sticks, but with some assistance, it goes back to center. But yeah the drift is completely gone otherwise.
@samuraiman7777
Yeah the other issue is a bit tougher, I’ll need to completely de-solder the entire module to see what’s wrong. Worst comes to worst, I’ll have to buy a new module, but that’ll come later on. For the time being, I bought one of the all-black controllers so I can still game with a proper controller.
@PogChamp! I feel the same way about beyond my expertise. But it wasn't bad at all. I cleaned it with isoproplyl 91% alcohol and a q-tip and so far it went from nearly unplayable to un-noticeable. $70 is a new game. These things shouldn't break this easy. Imo they are designed to. They want you to have to buy a new one. Again and again. Sony probably hates these videos. I don't understand what you have to lose? I was ready to buy a new one but figured i might as well try this first. If i screw up the controller, it'd be screwing up an already screwed up controller. Now i'll buy a game with that money.
@PogChamp! U can buy a ribbon connector. Just practice on that broken so u have experience once your new controller starts having issues.
Implementing Hall Effect design/tech joysticks if available, now or later, for example the Switch can be replaced with these.
Thanks it works big time. The little gadget cost way too cheap compare to getting a new controller. Just replace the potential meter ring as compared to soldering for an entire new one, soldering requires too in depth skills, 😂 power video and guide, 👍💪
yep. replacing just the little metal ring inside of the potentiometer accomplishes the same thing without needing to solder anything. solid video regardless!
@@MrRu13s meter ring?? Are you referring to the track?
@@capitalr8649 it's apparently called a wiper. it's the only metal piece inside of the potentiometer. it's attached to that white plastic piece. replacing that white plastic piece w/ the attached wiper will accomplish the same thing that replacing the whole potentiometer does.
@@capitalr8649 I didn't need to do anything to the track to fix my stick drift.
@@MrRu13s ok thanks. Bout to order now!!
Thanks for the video, Good job....has the controller played up since doing this?
i fixed my xbox one controller left stick drift Thx! (verical drift and clean sensor )
PHEW! Something I can do. Thanks.
Thanks, i broke dead two controllers, but at least drift issue was solved
UPD. I replaced some parts from one controller to another and now have at least one fully working (without drifting). And by the way, for the third one i decided to not open him and just used contact cleaner and dust blower on the stick gaps, it worked as well. But the third one has a smaller drift issue, still, as i said, it worked, it has no drift issue at all now, and I didn't break anything with that one. Hooray 😂
THANKS MAN, REALLY!
good job. Just change your rosin which burns too easily or lower the temperature of the tip :)
The discoloration in potentiometer is the wearing of the wiper tines that are on that white piece . I just took mine apart. To find that those tines had worn away and broke off. Scratching the black areas through to copper just underneath that black coat. I think as long as the potentiometer black surfaces are not warn through like this guys is your safe just swapping the white piece, but If the potentiometer side is showing wearing and metal is visible then the potentiometer needs to be replaced. Also you need a magnifying glass to see the tines on the white piece you see how warn they are. That piece is the weakest link in the whole system
Thank you very much for the video, can I ask you a question? When analog is not centered, its not drifting, just its little bit to the left/right/up/down, so its not centered, shoulg i change whole analoge, or only these potentiometer which its leaning more up/down or left/right
Yeah I don’t trust myself doing this method😂The first method seems pretty easy so I’ll try that one
Where can I get the new parts ? Last video you said they were cheap 10 for 15 $ I believe ?
What is the difference between the white potentiometer sensor and the black one? I have a rig nacon revolution x that had stick drift. I used a sensor from an Xbox s controller(2022) I never used in attempt to fix it. The sensor didn’t snap into place and seemed like the mechanical movement wasn’t the same as the original white sensor that was in the nacon, like it wasn’t in perfect tandem. When I tried it out, the up and down axis wasn’t even functioning. Just pointing down. After I saw this video I cleaned the potentiometer track and reinstalled the original sensor and it fixed it.
Really needed this because mine didn’t last a yr before this started. Thanks a lot
Yesterday I successfully deconstructed my Scuff Reflex thanks to this video! My left analog stick has some bad drift. When I got to the potentiometer though the green caps wouldn't budge. I used a small flat screwdriver for about 15 minutes trying to get it off. It seems like it might be bonded by an adhesive? Do you have any tips for how to remove it?
They should easy come off with a flat head with enough pressure. I've never messed around with a SCUF, I'm not sure if they are using the same type of potentiometers
I took apart a buddies scuff to fix a ribbon cable completely unrelated to stick drift but when i was looking around i noticed what looked like to be a dab of adhesive on the cap for the potentiometer curious if this is a common scuff thing as i have also never seen that or taken one apart before
love the video, step by step ! in the video you have some tool i dont't familiated with, like the yellowish glue thing & the yellow copper like strip, can i have the name what it is called i can order from amazon? thanks
I think you may be talking about the flaux paste syringe and soldering wick. The links for all
The stuff in the video is in the description
If you want to, you can use a stick drift kit, yes they’re like $20 but over time, the other parts may give in, with the kit you can easily unscrew and adjust and calibrate it and bam, all done won’t have to do the whole process again
I replaced the little metal thing inside the potentiometer and it made things slightly better, but it made it worst while moving up and left.. i took the metal thing out, looked inside the green housing and noticed that the black outer ring is scratched up really badly ! I am going see if i can de solder the green housing and replace it with a brand new one.
@Gamer2Know what’s the fix if the holes get burned the metal part and the flux sticks to the board. I tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol and it wont fully clean it. Theres no metal around the holes anymore does that mean it’s ruined. The potentiometer wont solder to the pcb. Only one of them I got the whole new analog stick in. But 3 holes wont solder. Do i need a new board and where can I get one? Or can I use the drift fix kit and try to solder the potentiometer in using that
Do you know if the wiper is what's wearing out faster or the resistor ring? Have you done multiple of these repairs? Great video, by the way. Compared to most others, which literally just take the cover off and q tip the top of the module, which in fact does nothing because the problem is much deeper. I have this issue on a series x controller, and, more recently, my xbox One elite controller has started to do the same thing. I blame my kids and their grubby fingers.
I just got a new controller, but I think I'll give this a shot
Check my channel for Xbox controller repair. From my experience Changning the wiper and cleaning fixes the problem. If not then the potentiometer needs to be replaced
@@TheGamer2Know can you only get the wipers with the whole set of modules? Buy the modules and strip them for the wipers?
yea@@andrewroman4982
what are the numbers on the analog part of it? i found some ALPS 2.1k on ebay but the number on the side is 33 18.. what does that mean? i wanna beable to just use 1 potentiometer for my horizontal drift but if 33 18 is a substantial difference than the oem number then i dont wanna do it all for nothing
What’s the brush you use for cleaning the melted solder?
Hey, how does one unscrew themself once the tracks/contacts are messed up? Give sony more money?
I know this video is 8 months I got 2 pads woth my ps5 when I went to use the second I pulled the left stick up and with only 30 mins of play it'likr stick drift could it be great vid big thanks
Can you burn the pcb hole to the point that it’s ruined I took mine out perfectly surprisingly but some of the holes are more brown when the other holes are clear bright sliver and open
a lot of my friends are having this issue with their controllers. i'll be sharing this vid to them hopefully this helps them repair their controllers.
great video! what software did you use to edit this?
FinalCut
@Gamer2Know what are the black and red wires for? if u break the end of it can you use wire cutters to help fix that and then solder the wires back. DO you need the black and red wires?
I believe they are for trigger buttons and motors connected to the motherboard. You can remove them and then solder back which I did in the video when taking off the MB
@@TheGamer2Know ok nd what temp should I use the heat gun on Fahrenheit for the desolder I was gonna heat it up then solder suck the solder out
I tried cleaning my vertical potentiometer, and it worked well for a couple weeks. Now cleaning doesn't help, so I replaced the entire potentiometer. Now it pulls down when the stick moves right or left, which is puzzling. Any ideas? Any chance I failed to make a solder connection on one of the three pins?
Ever figure out your issue?
my analog left stick feels loose now, is it because of the same problem? thank you
After taking it apart and putting it back together my left stick moves clunky do you know what that is ?
May i ask whats the settings of watts or heat to this?
can you show how you recalibrated the sticks. i soldered a new thumbstick mechanism onto my ps5 controller but having trouble recalibrating. please help :(
Did you find a way to recalibrate them? I'm having same issue
What happens if you did separate the potentiometer from the board? I accidentally separated mine when I tried to lock after cleaning..
Hello, my potentiometer looks the same as yours. Very worn even though the controller is 2 months old. I cleaned it thoroughly but still the same problem. My stick also moves to the left. Do you think BW 100 will solve the problem or do I need to replace the potentiometer?
Same here!! Only 2 and half months old. What did you do? I dont have money for a new one
@@vipset87 Hello, I changed my potentiometer. BW 100 didn't solved the problem for me. The soldering part is not that hard if you take your time and do it step by step. Cost me about 40€ for everything but now I can change them forever on my own
Soldered on a new pad and replaced wiper but still has constant drift to the left... I just give up at this point. Thank you for the video though as I'm sure it works for most.
Sorry to hear it dude, I had a controller also whatever I tried it never got fixed
Do I need to solder it for it to work?
What are the white pieces inside the potentiometers? May need to replace the whole thing, but i need this part
Wipers
I’ll solder the new potentiometer on mine. I feel replacing one part only will cause the drift to come back quick. If I mess up, not bothered as the controllers unusable and out of warranty anyway and will be a solder learning experience. Edit: I followed and the black part is hard to get of, plus once I got in I bent the potentiometer piece too much trying to pry it only a little.
just wondering what if i replace the potentio to a different value?
I cleaned the potentiometer and put them back in but now my left analog stick is stuck pointing up whenever I hook it up to the game pad tester and I don’t know why
Hello, how many degrees soldering iron did you use?
700f
Hello!, I tried changing the entire Analog stick, for some reason the controller still drifts, I removed the Analog stick, turn it back on, and Its magically drifting!, so it was never the potentiometer.
Do you have any clue of what have happened? I cleaned every trace with soldering wick, there are no parts connected between them...I wonder.
I changed the entired Joystick, but now it won't connect to my Ps5, well it does, but it seems the Bluetooth signal is very poor, I have to stand really close to my PS5 to be able to be recognized, do you know where the Bluetooth traces are on the board?
I’ve done this twice now and once to the DualShock 4 and every time the stick drift is completely gone but the joystick isn’t as responsive. I have to move the stick more to register the input. What am I doing wrong?
I’m talking about soldering btw. Cleaning the sensors alone only works for like a week or two before the drift gets worse than before
What should i do if my (tinned) soldering iron tip won't melt the potentiometers? I use Flux and wick, but to no avail.
Use heat gun, or the alloy rework which I used in the video link to purchase in the video description 🙌
You don't want to melt the potentiometer, but I'm assuming you mean the solder on the pins... the PS5 seems to suck a lot of heat, so even with my largest tip and flux I needed to go up to 370°C to get things moving. Seems like a lot, but damage is probably less than fighting it over a long period of time. Or use hot air.
I have 2 controllers both have stick drift very bad. Both at the left analog goes all left. Right analogs are fine. So I have opened both and took one of right analogs white piece and changed with other ones broken? Left analog white piece. But nothing changed. Still both controllers left analog goes left. So if it's not because of white piece what's the problem? Can you help please
Watch this video. Try to clean the potentiometer track.
czcams.com/video/nrNnxcsVgz8/video.html
What temperature of heat you put on that soldering?
It would have to be around 360°F for it to melt
Thanks for the video I will be giving this a shot. Has anyone ever tried to put in some sort of lube in the tracks to improve them?
WD 40 is good solution
I changed the right stick and now my sons r1 button moves the screen and says controller disconnected when he presses it any help
Is it possible to purchase just the washers to replace them?
Yes
I got a question kind sir. Can you replace your worn out ps5 potentiometer with a ps4 one?
ive never tried, but I think so
Don't do it they have different readings
Are all potentiometers the same? Or are they different sizes for different versions ?
Most same
If you have working ps4 controler you can put that part into dual sense.
Can you replace the wiper disk instead of the potentiometer?
yes
Fyi- you don't need to remove the ribbon cables from both sides, ones connecting to the motherboard should be enough to get the motherboard out the chassy.
Good stuff but a heat gun works best these small heat guns
Any thoughts on why my potentiometer won't click back into place?
alignment?
How do i know which potentiometer size I need?
Estação de ar quente fica bem mais top nesse caso
I think I messed something up. Replaced the wiper on the potentiometer but after putting everything back together the controller won’t turn on. Any thoughts?
will it turn on with USBC inside? if so then battery prob not connect properly
Is it possible to replace without soldering or another way ?😢
No as its soldered on to the board.
Did you solder the wires back into the little holes?
Not need hole only contact with solder in this hole.