Excellent point Woongsin

Microsoft When they get it to 70% quality: "Good enough" Brand loyalty is just a form of mental slavery.

I love this kind of stuff too! Nothing more satisfying that fixing something yourself even if it does take longer than it's worth

I used to be that kind of kid who used to pull apart TV remotes, and mechanical things, just to see how things worked. It's never too late or early to start tinkering, and once you become a tinkerer...you never stop being one. I'm in my 30's now. Especially now 3D printers have become affordable too. I mean it's fun to print novelty things like models or figures with them. But through learning how use free/web software like Tinkercad--if I need a replacement part for something (like a foot for one of those pedestal/standing fans), I can usually design and print one within an hour. If not, there's an entire community that shares files to print for things. Stay curious, get tinkering.

I'm 13 and doing this stuff now Not great at it yet tho

@@jojotrashbagins7 Practice makes perfect, just keep going!

@@phantomgunz1167 thanks I Will

Thank you :-) Yes the 'thingymebob' and the 'what's it called' are my technical terms for most things :-)

One of my favorites here in the US is "doomaflogit" (doom-a-flajet). :)

@@Mymatevince please throw an oojamaflip in your next video :)

Thank you, now you have explained it like that for the average layman to understand I completely get it. So if part of the carbon track was worn away (probably in it's depth) then the resistance would be more which could cause the stick drift. Or if residue or dirt was on the carbon track then this would also give a false reading. What I don't understand is why the stick didn't travel to 100% when it centred itself properly. You would think if it centered itself then the carbon track would be measuring OK. Maybe the far end of the track beyond the wiper was worn or broken in this instance :-)

@@Mymatevince There are two types of potentiometers linear and logarithmic. A linear pot(potentiometer) has a steady resistance all along its track. So on a 10K linear pot will be 0K at one end reading between one end contact and the wiper(middle pin). When you turn it a quarter way through its path it's 2.5K, at half way it's 5K, at 3/4 way it's 7.5K and fully turned it's 10K. On a logarithmic pot the resistance starts of changing slowly and then rises rapidly. So on a 10K pot at the start it will be at 0K, a quarter way turned at 1K, at halfway turned 3K, at 3/4 way turned at 6k and fully turned at 10K. That's a bit more info on potentiometers for you. And now... If on a pot the carbon track is damaged it can have the full resistance across it(from one end contact to the other end contact) but when the wiper gets to the damaged section it can't read a change in the resistance. More than likely in your case it is a linear pot and the damage to the carbon track is at the top and if you were to look at the track it would look a bit shinier where the damage was. This could result from wear but also can be caused by cleaning it. if you use a cotton bud to clean it and put a slight bit more pressure on one setion you can take away some of the carbon in that area. It's best not to use cotton buds on carbon tracks because of this and let them drip dry and allow the rest to evaporate.

@@pds8475 Perfect, you have amazing knowledge on a wide variety of my 'trying to fix' videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me and everyone reading this :-)

@@pds8475 Perfect, you have amazing knowledge on a wide variety of my 'trying to fix' videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me and everyone reading this :-)

@@Mymatevince I have been doing electronics professionally since I was 16 and have City and guilds and BTEC in electronics servicing. Also when I was 28 I did a HND in IT. Other than the time in higher education I was working in both analogue and digital electronics since 16 up until I had a stroke a couple of years ago at the age of 41. In the last position I had before the stroke I not only repaired the equipment. I also researched how to set up and repair the equipment but trained the other engineers how to setup, test and repair the equipment and wrote a database for the company. Now since the stroke I volunteer part time here in Bolton at a charity organisation called FIXIT teaching people with mental health problems basic IT.

Excellent, well done. Thanks for the comment :-)

Is the contact cleaner what he sprayed after the caned air didn't work?

Tim Stanley help!

@@zacharysuniga1638 How?

Tim Stanley also worked for me. Will update how long it lasts

louis rivera it still work

@@louisrivera5277 how long?

I wish I was smart

Wait. Would alcohol actually work though???

Gummy Bears m for some people

@@gummybears3389 for some

@@jayden2274 Don't need to be smart to solder, just need some basic tools and good hand eye coordination. And since gamers tend to have pretty good hand eye coordination, really you just need some basic tools.

Also also, if anybody in the US would like to have me repair theirs or sell me your broken controllers, you can download an app called Mercari. I buy and sell controllers on there if you would like to sell me yours or purchase a custom controller. Use my link to get $10 towards any purchase. merc.li/PkSUEGb

Thanks for the info :-)

Mine because I threw it across the room

Hey I used your link and signed up but the coupon didn’t go through, but more importantly I was wondering if u would be able to repair stick drift with 360 controllers? I have one that I would love to have repaired if possible

@@Nayef Yes I can. It's the same process as the Xbox One. The coupon should be applied once you begin purchase a product.

Haha, I have a job lot of these so hopefully some more might have stick drift and then I can test the pot change again to see if it is as successful :-)

Loli noooo I just fixed it. Welp now I know

Will I have to fix it every 3 days lol

@@N1TEcore it's been 3 days did you have to clean it again? Lol

Pacific Panda Creations yea but it got worse so I smashed it

Lol you got exited and then I hit read more and it said for about 3 days

I have one that is straight up dead, I did charge the battery with a 18650 charging circuit from a power bank but it is still dead

Xbox one controller is durable?

does it still work?

Same here! thx

not for me. did all the steps still the same.

Did it for me as well

I'm only here because the Xbox stick is too tight

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Exactly this pissed me off

Thanks for the tip, I just looked it up and it is quite pricey but it looks like the reviews are very good :-)

you should be careful with deoxit d5. On older components it can actually be cleaning off layers of carbon from the trace. Deoxit will also dissolve any lubricant inside the pots making them feel clean and fast but ultimately shortening their lifespan by increasing abrasiveness. Best practice is to use very small amounts of deoxit and then reapply a lubricant. Half the time deoxit will work fine though, as a repair tech for the last ten years, I've ruined quite a few pots, sliders, and contacts before I realized that deoxit and isopropyl alcohol are just too much for well used carbon traces.

The switch has a calibration and the 3ds. I'm surprised they haven't implemented this for the xbox and playstation.

@@OhSoTiredMan I tried it a couple of times on different Switch systems for customers who's kids where a little to hard on the joysticks and never had any success with recalibrating them. Windows 10 also has the option to recalibrate controllers but that never worked out for me either... I do know the science around pot-meters but my experience with trying it tells me that calibrating joysticks doesn't help. Most of the time they're really broken and you'll have to replace them completely or the pot-meter parts like he showed in the video. Well I hope it does last with the pot-meter repair like in the video because I'm sure as hell not going to desolder 14 contacts if 6 does the trick! : ) Sorry for my english...

@@kenalfaroponce4778 Yeah, it's definitely the mechanism inside the stick that broke,

Even old ps2 had very smart calibration

This is useful because it’s easier to know when your stick is drifting.

dirk verhage what exact part helped?

Can you say a little more? Whatya mean by pot? Are you referring to the green part? And whatya mean my the track? Thanks 🙏

@@Sheckweiler Hey buddy sure thing there are two green housing on the sides of the stick case, they are potentiometers. In my case the stick was not coming back to zero through resistance here (mechanical resistance) you can peel back the covers of these I just did one the Y axis (up - down) the only tricky bit you carefully remove the little wheel inside then clean inside the green case which is the track (the resistance strip the little wheel moves on) then get it al back together being carefull when seating the wheel so you do not crack it or deform it (it is fragile). Then a light lube to the stick axles and you should have a good as new stick.

@@makmcqueen8634 Ahhh...gotcha. Thanks for taking the time to clarify that. I did end up try this but it's still having problems for me. Being a not so great with soldering or confident I won't break something else, I found a shop to take care of it. Thanks again!

You should definitely try to clean the analog sticks as the click on the stick doesn't usually break just gets dirty and can't click anymore lol

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ye same i just tested my controller and i got 54% out of place so big oof

Same! I have a limited edition batman controller that repair services won't fix because it is not actually made by microsoft

@@peiree5704 i got 70%😔

JOICY PYNADATH Same bruh my controller drifts to like 73-80%

Yess

Mike Pence i can’t tell if your serious

@@PolishDiamondGuy don't question it I fixed my ild xbox 360 red ring of death by punching my console.....

@@stonedsavage7814 Yeah I fixed my mic by throwing it against the ground full force

@@stonedsavage7814 bro I go ape shit on my 360 when I want to play it and it works fine. Otherwise the disk tray is opening and closing

@@firelinksshrine1695 lol

Baby Poodles same

Same

Same thing happened to my last controller. Good luck

It's the exact same procedure. The brand new axial modules can be bought inexpensively on ebay. You can buy OEM replacements or better than OEM for not much more. A little tip, while ordering the replacements look for replacements for the black 'tower' that you push with your thumb but get ones for Xbox 1. They fit perfectly and have a very nice domed top with roughness around the edges as opposed to the PS4 style that is more of a dish with very little grip texturing. ;)

MS went the cheap route with their joysticks, they have an average life of 3 months. MS goes the cheap route nearly every opportunity they get.

This also affected the performance of the control sticks of the Nintendo Switch.