HyperTek

I dunno why, but my ps2 dual shock 2 controllers never last! The one that came with teh system lasted for a while, but now it hits buttons like its possessed. So then I bought a cheap third party controller and it worked for a while, then started the same thing. Then I bought an official sony controller and that worked for a while and it was good. Now that went bad too, its like the calibration of the sticks would act up, and hit buttons on its own too. So I sometimes have to switch between em all or turn back to my PS1 *OG* Duel shock controller.

I dont think its the PS2 cuz i try these controllers on my pc (i got a ps2 controller adapter and the PS2 controllers do the same things)... but I did however put an old "No solder mod chip" when i got it last year. But I dont think that would have anything to do with messing up the controllers.. umm. I bearly play the PS2 that much. I dont know how I could go thru 3 controllers.

This bites cuz I just rented Driv3r and my ps2 controllers are screwie and that game wont work with ps1 controllers. and PS2 controllers cost soo freaking much..

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citizen

stop spilling liquids on them and bashing them against the wall?

boro240

my OG PS2 controller is still live and kicking, after like 3 years or whatever.

ALTRNTV

my PS2 controllers of 3 years still work

HyperTek

Im thinking it could be from a third party DVD remote that plugs into the controller port then you plug the controller thru that. Umm I dunno.

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kcolyer27

Ive been threw my share of controllers. I also throw them when i get tackled in madden so im sure that doesnt help.

thx247

Hm, I've never had a problem with mine. They all work just as well as the day I bought them. I don't own any party games though where you mash the buttons or stick, and I don't throw or abuse them.


I hate going to other peoples house and the stick like, falls down if you let go of it or something. Annoying.

JtWo

Your ps2's haunted

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zdude

i actually crushed one of mine cuz i was playin nfs:underground and i couldnt beat the 112 race, i was pissed, luckily i had my trusty second controller hidden away where my dirty little paws couldnt touch it till i was cooled off. i havent actually touched a ps2 since i beat that game, only to watch dvd's, that i dont even remember half the stuff i watch

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oojpeeoo

i had mine for 3 yrs until we had a street fighter tourny @ my place and i broke the controller out of frusteration...but gyea the originally ps2 controllers last longer than all the other ones u buy..just get settle with the og ones...cant go wrong with that

Equinox

I never had any problems with my PS1 or PS2 controllers either.

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HyperTek

frustrated!! ugh cuz i wanna play Driv3r soo bad without having to fight the dam controller itself. I guess its like an extra "harder" setting hehe. Maybe Ill take em apart and spray em with electronic cleaner or alcohol.

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Mr. Badlose

I destroyed mine playing Socom II. I fixed it. Then destroyed it again. Ah, tis the life of a Socom player.

tsunami0ne

driv3r sucks. don't go to too much trouble just to play a game where the creators bribed game magazines to give the game good reviews.(not joking)

kandyflip445

I've been through 8 because of SOCOM II.

To recalibrate the analog sticks just push them around in a circle twice (each one) and it will re-center the stick. As for the random button pushing clean out the button things with a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol. You'll have to take your controller apart to get it good though. Make sure to get it clean cause if it's still dirty it will do it. The buttons on PS2 controllers are analog as well as the sticks so even with a little touch the button registers being pressed.

SOCOM has taught me much about controllers and anger management. I'm goin on this controller for about 2 months now.

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M.Piedlourde

I've never broken a PS2 controller.

My friend has broken like 4, because he has a tendency to throw them at the floor full force when something doesn't go his way in whatever game we're playing.

Maybe back off on the hardware abuse a bit? Those things are expensive (for what they are)!

HyperTek

umm thanks for the tips kandyflip. I ended up taking the controllers apart and spraying them with Rc car electric motor cleaner (high pressure) on everything and the connectors then even the ports on the ps2 and now I think it works alot better.

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Mr. Badlose

You don't understand Socom, and the bullshit that happens in it! Example: Emptying your full clip into someone's back on a laggy level, then they turn around and kill you in their first shot. If I held in that anger and didn't take it out on my controller, Columbine would look happy-go-lucky time. (Is it ok to make jokes about that yet?)

Heheheh..."DIIIEEE!!"

kandyflip445

It's because of ppl using the double health bar glitch on Socom2. Along with fully auto pistols, invisible, god mode, and all that ghey stuff.

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mjjstang

just busted out the ps2 for the first time in like a year. played timesplitters 2, good game. my controllers are still working prime but that might be due to the lack of play on them.

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