Ps4 Controller $2.00 fix (2022) | Sensor Replacement | Analogue stick drift fix | DualShock
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Never owned a Ps4 before so this is the first time attempting to fix an analogue stick. I'm trying to just replace the sensor wheel instead of the entire analogue stick.
Easily one of the most challenging/annoying peripherals to take apart. Glad I fixed it, but the way my sensor bar came apart made this a very trying experience. Keep note of where your sensor bar connects and that the connector goes through a hole to reach the connector.
From my experience rather cleaning the inside of the Orange potenciometer does the most to eliminate stick drift than changing that small metal part
Hi there. I agree with you. Off camera I did clean it and tried with the original metal part. Unfortunately that didn’t work. If you look closely at the thumbnail you can see why. There is small crack in the white plastic part which causes the issue in my case. Very hard to see.
Thanks for your addition! I appreciate it
Any tutorial for cleaning the orange part?
@@SirCreepyPastaBlack Nothing much to it. It's just cleaning with an earth as you can see at 5:22. Do use pure alcohol as possible. Like 99% and not the ones you buy at a local drugstore with 70%. Those have too much water content for electronics.
And maybe blow first with some compressed air. without opening the controller. Move the stick around and blow it along the sides.
@@HomeLeHat everything you said lined up with the most technical breakdowns i searched for a few hours. Fire response
Thanks for the nice and detailed disassemble video. I just cleaned up the potentiometer's resistor with alcohol.Moving contact (this round metal thingy on the video you replaced) was cleaned using specialized contact cleaning liquid. That cured enormous sudden jitter I had.
One of them on the same joystick was ok while other was severely oxidized, for no obvious reason.
As for the fix itself, I believe that replacing moving contact itself doesn't have a lot of sense. After the resistor (that black circle you clear with alcohol) will wear off, cleaning won't help anymore and complete potentiometer replacement (i.e. soldering) will be required.
I agree that at some point replacing the analogue stick is the best way.
My potential meter was nog only dirty btw but also broken. The white plastic containing the metal thing had a crack in it so only cleaning didn’t help in my case.
Thanks for you addition! It will help others as the DualShocks are getting older and older :
i managed to do it and now both my analogs are good now, thanks G. You helped alot.
Glad it worked! Same here still rocking the ps4 controllers :)
Thanks for the video. But why did you skip the part where you plug the last ribbon back in. Because that's where I'm struggling now.
Yeah it does need some blind finesse. Put the shells off put on each other and just plug it in blindly. But don’t force it!
I did videotape it, don’t know why it was cut :)
Nice video.
What is the name of the testing program which you use?
Hi @markmarian621, for quick testing I used Yuzu. As it was already available on my testing laptop
Hi, i replace the anolog stick 2 times and after a few minits playing it becames stuck to run left. Do you know something?
If you replaced the entire analogue stick and only the sensor. Then I would say there is something wrong with the motherboard. Probably that is something that isn’t cheap to fix
That disc is not the sensor. Nor is it why you get drift. That is merely the control contact to the other side of the potentiometer. The tip on that disc makes contact and rubs the other side. The wear it causes on the other side is the problem.
Cleaning is why you regained some control, but it was a temporary fix only. It merely bought you time. Replacing that disc accomplished nothing. You'd only need to address that component if it was struggling to make contact to complete the circuit. Then an adjustment is all that would have been necessary. Bend the contract point out a tad more.
I think you are talking about the potentiometers the green boxes not the white sensors. The problem seems to be with the green boxes mostly if you clean it the dust can cause voltage interferences so cleaning helps only short term. The green boxes they eventually get tears or scrapes on the inside leading to voltage interferences causing drift. It’s an outdated technology and needs to replaced in new controllers!
Oh hey nice video, haven't opened mine but had the same issue but the drift is not fully straight to one side but slightly tilted to other side as well does that mean I have to open and clean or possibly replace both vertical and horizontal potentiometers?
Hi thanks! I would first try to clean it without opening the controller by blowing compressed air around the stick. If nothing changes and it still looks upwards, then I would think you have a bigger problem than mine. Probably need to replace the entire analogue stick.
Hello thanks for your tutorial. Can say where you buy the sensor remplacement please. thanks
Yeah I bought it locally at a webshop mentioned in the comments. But you can find it on the Chinese webshops as well.
Firstly thank you. You ve tested the controller through a software in your laptop. Which one is it?
It’s not really a controller tester. But it’s part of a emulator called Yuzu
I think i installed it backards, does the sensor have a indicator to show if its flipped?
No not really. Should be fine. Unless you put metal facing down or something.
@@HomeLeHat i fixed it, no more drift :)
Are you certain that it’s the sensor or the green boxes that get dust or tears or scrapes due to use? One of them causes voltage interference leading drift so which should be replacing the entire potentiometer or just the sensor?
In my specific case it was the potential meter. The white plastic on was cracked when observing closely
Can you please tell the name of the screwdriver?
Just a cheap small Philips head screwdriver. Any will do.
Hi nice video I have one of these controllers but the right stick works for crouching but it just keeps looking up when in game what’s wrong with it and how to fix it?
Thanks for watching! I would first try to clean it without opening the controller by blowing compressed air around the stick. If nothing changes and it still looks upwards, then I would think you have a bigger problem than mine. Probably need to replace the entire analogue stick… but you do need to open it to see what’s wrong
@@HomeLeHat I opened it before and cleaned the potentiometers and it helped but I recently clean it again for the right stick since it was looking up I thought something else happened but it needed a cleaning and swapping of the sensors
Where did you buy the sensor Ive been trying to find one but it won't show that specific one. But also the metal things on the actual sensor are bent out of place and I was wondering if you could do a video on how they are supposed to be set
I bought mine here: xqgaming.com/en/repair-parts/2133-ds4-analog-stick-sensor-wheel-green-module.html
I think they ship world wide as well.
I’m not sure what you mean with the “metal things”? Could you elaborate a bit more?
@@HomeLeHat the metal strips that go along the sensor that you replaced in the video. Those are bent upward and I don't know if they should be that way
Ah yes the sensor is just this way. The curve in the metal on top is designed this way. At 5:08 you can see two of the sensors side by side. As you can see they are both the same.
And placing into the analogue stick housing they 'bent' parts goes on top and 'towards' the stick.
@@HomeLeHat thank you very much
@@HomeLeHat bro can we replace it with another controller censor
my stick keeps going up on the right one which sensor do i replace the one on top or one on the left?
Unclear. The left is when you walk. The right is to look around in most games. Could even be both :)
I can't even get past opening the shell of the controller! How did you open it without breaking the shell? It seems like it's stuck for me
Mine just pulled apart. It does require some force. There are some small clips at the controllers tips that you could try to press in with plastic prying tool. Good luck!
what the smal thing call ????
One of names would be Potentiometer / potentialsensor. Or just analogue stick sensor on ali