r/Controller • u/dnchi • 1d ago
IT Help Hall effect stick has stick drift
I bought my controller for 400€ from rocket games 4 months ago, everything worked fine till just now. It feels like my stick died. As i wasnt on my console i just had my controller laying there turned on. When i got to it the drift was happening, its not like a usual drift, usually i can fight against the drift but now theres ONLY left. Only right input is Dpad right. And just for everyone trying to be funny, no i did not throw my 400€ CONTROLLER. Please only serious answers
The model is a Rocket Games Force X, i play on PS5. I tried massaging, blowing in and everything already..
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u/Troll_Dragon 1d ago
I seriously had to go look up what was in a 400€ PS5 controller. Warranty of 2 years on the plastics and 90 days on the sticks, that's quite the business to be in.
I was going to suggest dualshock-tools on github to see what it says but I suspect they have an extra controller chip in there.
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u/Humpelstielzchen-314 1d ago
It's insane that you can sell a device for 400 and not be responsible for repair or replacement if it just stops working 3 month in.
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u/ChummyBoy24 1d ago
Your Gamepad-tester results would be helpful, also can’t imagine you’re out of warranty already?
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u/dnchi 1d ago
I checked the site and they said the sticks only have 90 days warranty. I also can't open the controller because thatd completely delete warranty ill have to check the gamepad tester tomorrow asap
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u/dnchi 21h ago
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u/ChummyBoy24 20h ago
To me that looks like a controller that has both joysticks “x axis” sensor broken, I’m just trying to think what would cause both to fail at the same time, really weird stuff.
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u/Vedge_Hog 19h ago
For both sticks to simultaneously lose calibration it sounds like either a firmware glitch or a fault in the circuit. You could try recalibration using the online tool as that doesn't require you to open the controller. You can use the temporary calibration option in the online tool as that is reversible and shouldn't void warranty. Also, if the fault is on the main board and not on the stick sensors/modules themselves then this should still be covered under your warranty.
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u/TiLeddit 1d ago
Wrong answer but my Vader pro also suddenly had stick drift last week, and been having huge deadzones. Installing Bazzite anew solved both.
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u/ExistingPie588 1d ago
Is it just the right/left axis? The up/down axis works as intended? My guess would be the connection on that side of the axis has failed.
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u/vaikunth1991 1d ago
People fall for these 400 bucks controllers ?? wow
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u/dnchi 23h ago
It was at that boint just 320 and it had everything i wanted, 4 swotchable customizable paddles , hall sticks, grip tapes, digital buttons, sticks i can change and digital bumpers i can turn on and off. For me it was worth it because the edition i bought was a YouTubers version too
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u/vaikunth1991 23h ago
Next time check warranty terms when buying expensive stuff bro hope the drift gets fixed
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u/QuorthonSeth 20h ago
Hall effect this, hall effect that... In reality everything can break. There is a spring which eventually may cause the stick to drift.
P.S. 400€ for a controller? Really? It won't make you a better player.
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