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Hello everyone. I have 2 ps4 controllers. One of them doesn’t go on. If I put them on the charge cable on the ps4 they lit orange as usual but as soon as I put them off the cable it goes out. If I press the home button it won’t turn on. Only via cable. So I thought that it was the fault of the battery. I bought a new battery out it in and still the same. The other controller functions without problem and this one also but doesn’t go on wireless. Please help what can I do?
It’s amazing how this happens in realtime but never noticed till it quits with triggers dropping out etc. Took me about 3 days & several tear downs under bright light to see slightest evidence of micro spill, possible sip of coffee combo sneeze. And you have enough force to get passed Joy sticks. Sure enough, a stain mark about size of pencil eraser bridged across a processor from the board surface. Only tool used, Trimmed tooth brush,, with scissor, making it uniform, dipped in five drops of rubbing alcohol Now forced wiped at full flex of bristles across paper towel to clean the brush, and leave brush wetted just right,, with battery removed, going at the board in scrubbing action, quickly drying it with paper towel,, vs micro cloth - that tends to grab at everything.. Give both sides of board a scrub, tapped dry, give it a shot of warm air. Hair dryer what ever, Set it aside w/o battery for an hour. Put battery on w/o bottom cover,, does it work now ? Note: make sure bump strip to circuit board contacts are bright - this strip controls all Buttons/Triggers Best of Luck. Note2: I meant to add a custom shield to lay over circuit board, by simply cutting sample from ziplock bag,, pull up joysticks and give it one more edge of protection. But I was so thrilled to actually get back to killing Assassins I totally forgot.
I had this issue too. Won’t turn on with ps button, put charge cable in and it’ll blink orange then turn off, but still wouldn’t turn on. Reset button didn’t help either. I ended up pulling it apart, cleaning the ps button and the circuit it sits on. Worked after that. (My kids use that controller) So if all else fails, a good service and clean can do the trick especially if something may have been spilt on it…..
Having same problem, I opened the controller and cleaned it still it’s refusing to come on…this happened after I stopped using it for a while (2 months)
Here’s a solution. It may work for you. https://youtu.be/GBpqfhPPJPw
My did the same just switched off but when you connect the charger it lits up orange but doesn’t switch on either
Hi everyone! So one of my older controllers had a bit of the usual trigger problems and what not but worked fine, one day gave it to me younger brother to play on the ps4, so he probably used it a but roughly by maybe hardly pressing the buttons and what not. Yet, suddenly he came to me and said its not working and it isnt, its not turning on and not charging. When the PS4 is on and and I plug it in the orange LED lights up and fades and never comes back up. So please help would be nice. I did reset it yet no avail.
Guess I missed some of the posts after a major move and no internet access - Hopefully they got their controllers back up in the end. I suspect when controller was taken apart, the ribbon cable with exposed contacts is not pressing against mating contacts with enough pressure. I did make a cushion to assist this contact pressure a little more, and it’s working great. Fortunately my controller is still going strong, but I did modify trigger silicone pads that end up a little damaged and don’t output 100% when tested on laptop and the app that shows triggers in real time. The mod worked quite well where I should have just ordered new silicone pads, but just couldn’t wait to get back to Racing on GTSport. If someone would like to see detail on trigger mod, I do have images on file. The key is the trigger where the bar that makes contact to silicone pad has sunken into and has worn down into pad where a sleeve was made to slip over trigger bar to make slightly bigger footprint on silicone pad. Sleeve was cut from plastic QTip, and cuts made in sleeve to slip over the bar. Nothing more was needed, assemble and ready to go. The hard part, getting sleeve that’s very small to handle, then inserted in place. Pretty sure tweezers were needed. Cheers
