Sticky X button on PS3 controller...

[ManBearPig]

any ideas on how to fix it? i let my little nephews play video games in my HT room and apparently one of their (or both, haha) hands was sticky and something got into the X button. it gets stuck if too much pressure is applied to the top left part of the button, it's pretty damn annoying.

is there anything that can be done about this?

thanks a lot (and thanks to the guy with the broken x-box controller who inspired me to make this thread--good luck to you ^_^)!

 

[herkulease]

open it up and clean the buttons.

 

[Compnewbie01]

I have the same thing on mine and I bought my PS3 in December so it is relatively new.

 

[ivan2]

i took mine apart and lube it with silicone lube. same thing happened on mine and reassembling that thing is a bitch, pieces dont fall into place easily.

 

[Saga]

Man, it's been years since I had this problem but I just took 97% rubbing alcohol and a bunch of q-tips and kept swabbing alcohol into the key in question and letting it dry out. It got into the crack and dislodged the gunk before evaporating. Was a mountain dew sticky so it took a while but it worked like a champ for many years after.

 

[ManBearPig]

Man, it's been years since I had this problem but I just took 97% rubbing alcohol and a bunch of q-tips and kept swabbing alcohol into the key in question and letting it dry out. It got into the crack and dislodged the gunk before evaporating. Was a mountain dew sticky so it took a while but it worked like a champ for many years after.

thanks, thats what i was actually thinking about doing before i asked. glad to know it wont mess anything up.

i've heard taking it apart is a huge PITA so i dont want to do that.

 

[Saga]

thanks, thats what i was actually thinking about doing before i asked. glad to know it wont mess anything up.

i've heard taking it apart is a huge PITA so i dont want to do that.

The alcohol will simply evaporate. This was back in the days before I understood how different liquids effected electronics so I was super careful. Now I might be tempted to just drench the thing as the alcohol is going to all evaporate anyway.

Can get 97% rubbing alcohol for like $1 at any Walgreens. Shouldn't hurt the controller one bit as long as it isn't powered and you give it time to evaporate.

 

[leeland]

I had the same thing on a Logitech controller for no apparent reason...

It was a tad messy but worked for me...

Baby powder...sprinkle a small amount around the button and work it in...wipe off the excess

 

[brblx]

The alcohol will simply evaporate. This was back in the days before I understood how different liquids effected electronics so I was super careful. Now I might be tempted to just drench the thing as the alcohol is going to all evaporate anyway.

Can get 97% rubbing alcohol for like $1 at any Walgreens. Shouldn't hurt the controller one bit as long as it isn't powered and you give it time to evaporate.

er, the controller has a battery in it. you can definitely mess it up without it being turned on.

i would take it apart so you don't end up getting any kind of solvent deep inside the thing

 

[Sniper82]

er, the controller has a battery in it. you can definitely mess it up without it being turned on.

i would take it apart so you don't end up getting any kind of solvent deep inside the thing

yeah, at least take the back off and take the battery out first.