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My Ps3 controller died. I would often leaved it plugged in to the ps3,but sometimes it would charge up and sometimes it would'nt. The battery icon finally started flashing.and a short time after,my ps3 controller died. I had 1 extra,but that one doesn't work either. I plugged in my Ps3 eye to my ps3 usb port and that worked. So my question is do I just have a bad usb cable? Do I have to shell out 54 dollars for another controller,are can I just bye the usb cable itself?



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THE usb cable is just a standard usb cable, nothing properitary



sully1311 said:

THE usb cable is just a standard usb cable, nothing properitary

So I have to shell out the money for a whole new controller then?



oldschoolfool said:
sully1311 said:

THE usb cable is just a standard usb cable, nothing properitary

So I have to shell out the money for a whole new controller then?

Lol no just find a standard usb cable. For instance, I have a creative zen player (works as audio and video player) and its charged with a usb charger. This usb charger works o nthe PS3 too. Just find a damn standard usb cable for recharging purposes.

EDIT: If your controller itself is dead or not, I have no cluez.



Aldro said:
oldschoolfool said:
sully1311 said:

THE usb cable is just a standard usb cable, nothing properitary

So I have to shell out the money for a whole new controller then?

Lol no just find a standard usb cable. For instance, I have a creative zen player (works as audio and video player) and its charged with a usb charger. This usb charger works o nthe PS3 too. Just find a damn standard usb cable for recharging purposes.

EDIT: If your controller itself is dead or not, I have no cluez.

Can you bye a standard usb cable. Don't have other than my one ps3 controller. lol



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oldschoolfool said:
Aldro said:
oldschoolfool said:
sully1311 said:

THE usb cable is just a standard usb cable, nothing properitary

So I have to shell out the money for a whole new controller then?

Lol no just find a standard usb cable. For instance, I have a creative zen player (works as audio and video player) and its charged with a usb charger. This usb charger works o nthe PS3 too. Just find a damn standard usb cable for recharging purposes.

EDIT: If your controller itself is dead or not, I have no cluez.

Can you bye a standard usb cable. Don't have other than my one ps3 controller. lol

 PCWorld here have USB cables for under €5. You should be able to get one in any decent electrical store. If you live in Ireland/Britain, PCWorld, Currys, Dixons etc should all have them. I'm not sure what the comparable stores are in other countries, but they should be simple to find



This happened to me twice, once with my 3 year old controller then once again with an almost brand new controller of my nephew.

If you are brave you can open the controller and remove then reattach the battery after a while, somehow this worked for me on both occasions. Took a while for the controller to start charging but started fine after a while.

I usually thinker with my stuff and figured something happened to the controller because mine had fallen several times now and I'm 100% sure that my nephew's has hit the floor a LOT more than mine (he's 4 years old)

Works fine now, the cable was not the issue.



oldschoolfool said:
Aldro said:
oldschoolfool said:
sully1311 said:

THE usb cable is just a standard usb cable, nothing properitary

So I have to shell out the money for a whole new controller then?

Lol no just find a standard usb cable. For instance, I have a creative zen player (works as audio and video player) and its charged with a usb charger. This usb charger works o nthe PS3 too. Just find a damn standard usb cable for recharging purposes.

EDIT: If your controller itself is dead or not, I have no cluez.

Can you bye a standard usb cable. Don't have other than my one ps3 controller. lol

borrow one from a friend or a neighbor. just to test it out before you start spending money ...



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Thanks everybody. I guess I won't be playing my ps3,until I can get this fixed. Luckliy I have an xbox360/wii,so I guess I'll play those,until I shell-out money for a controller,which I think that's what the problem is. I just hooked up ps3 controller to my PC and It still did'nt do anything at all. I guess I can take my chances with a 3rd party controller,as I'm a cheapskate. lol