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At first I thought it was a problem with the controller so I bought a new one. But even the new controller won’t connect. It works if I keep them tethered with the usb but as soon as I unplug them they start blinking and after a few seconds turn off. If I try to turn them back on they just blink for a bit and turn off again. Also it has a problem finding any Wi-Fi connections at all, not sure if that’s related or not though.
More than likely its the Bluetooth/wi-fi board. I’ve run into this a couple of times with mine but it was just the ribbon cable going to it. I’ve had mine apart a couple of times (replaced the blue-ray drive) and also borrowed the Power supply for testing on another system. If your comfortable trying to fix it yourself take it apart and mess with the cable first. After that try replacing the board, not really sure if theres a good way to test the board itself. But the wi-fi issues your having also point to that one board.
My contorller isnt turning on, it just blinks then the flashing stops. I just got it too.I tried charging it until its full charged but it just blinks and my ps3 is on when i do that. This might have something to do with it,its model no. is CECHZC2U
