I Bought 9 BROKEN Xbox Elite Series 2 Controllers - Let's Fix Them!
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I Bought 9 BROKEN Xbox Elite Series 2 Controllers - Let's Fix Them! A nice variety of issues including wear and tear, faulty buttons, and stick drift. Very typical controller issues but that doesn't mean they're always easy to fix. This should be fun.
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I'd recommend shining a black light at these before touching them with your bare hands, ma guy.
I was "pleased" to be able to see the part where it didn't turn out as expected, because you make it look so easy and with this we see that even with years of experience sometimes things don't always turn out well. Great vid, Tronics
Glad you liked that. Sometimes I take dumb risks.
Good for you for leaving your mistake in. I think it's important for people to see that even experts make mistakes from time to time.
What other option was there? He just wasn't going to mention 1 of the 9 controllers for some random reason? We're not all scummy liars. Stop projecting.
@@B3Band wth are you babbling about
You saved my mother's smartphone.
After watching randomly your videos I saw you saved liquid damage things many times using literally a toothbrush.
Months ago I just tried with only alcohol but it was still in bootloop. Then I said myself "if he can make these things I can try it".
After 20 minutes the smartphone came back alive using only a screwdriver and a thootbrush, then after that I repaired 3 mouses and 2 wired Xbox 360 controllers with a disconnecting problem too.
I am a software expert and never thought to touch the hardware, but after watching your videos now I love it too
Hey TronicsFix, the entire analog housing can be disassembled if you’re willing to put enough time into it. That should solve your issue of not being able to repair that one stick. I repair a lot of controllers and have had to disassemble the analog sticks a few times to clean them. Unfortunately you do have to desolder them to do this. Also, I find it easier and quicker to just immediately pry the potentiometer back, pull the little wiper out, and clean the graphite trace inside the board. This is quicker because after I clean the trace, I can immediately see if it’s actually damaged. If it’s not, I just pull the wiper traces up a bit to make better contact and it fixes it every time.
Great video. Turns out that you needed a parts controller after all! Very satisfying to see them fixed. You certainly earned the sponsorship for this video, seems like a great product
Glad you enjoyed it!
15:11 - If you need to replace one of those potentiometers anyway, there's a company that sells upgrade kits to replace those with hall-effect sensors. Haven't tried it myself, but I've seen it recommended elsewhere.
Your attention to quality and detailed repairs is so consistent. "as you can see it's dead center" *sees it's very slightly off, bops it again with bW100 to make sure it's perfect*
Glad you were able to fix the broken back cover with the other controller you accidentally broke!
Reusing working pieces is always awesome 😎
The build quality of these controllers seems pretty horrendous when you factor in the $170 price tag (at least in Norway)
When will these big dogs start to make stuff that actually lasts? Hall effect sensors now!
Dude you’re amazing! Just bought a bunch of systems locally and I was able to fix them all thanks to you
Had the pleasure of fixing stick drift on two of these. Even the brand new replacement potentiometer joysticks had slop in them. Double checked with my x360 and ps3 controllers and they still feel spot-on. The joysticks in a "pro" controller shouldn't have so much slop in them that movement registeres just by gently shaking the controller
Love that you showed your mistake. Definitely fixed it till it was broken!
Ha, ha, yep!
Elite series 2s!? Oo boy! Can’t wait to watch these! Always learning how to fix consoles/controllers watching your videos!
Been getting into a few of these myself lately, they're a nice quick money maker 😁🤑
Ya, these aren't too bad to fix for the most part.
@@Tronicsfix you set the video to private?
@@frostyy_rl no?
Where did you buy them from?
@@nalvareza He usually gets them from ebay
Great video Steve, keep up with the good work!
The thing with the paddle on #7 is similar to dpad issues I've seen. Same type of membrane buttons on contacts. I always go straight to replacing the plastic piece. Those kinds of buttons are so simple in how they work and really hard to break, and it's usually the plastic that actuates it that's the problem.
Me too. I have an xbox one with this problem, and never suspected that the plastic could be the problem
The transitions are way better like this, thank you
well done tronics fix you are the man wen it comes to fixing controllers
Awesome, the 2 problems I have were in this video, I need to clean RB and find a better paddle for the back!
Another great video from TronicsFix!
Haha, this should have been called the BW100 episode! In all seriousness, it's amazing as to what a little bit of cleaning fluid will fix: I managed to once fix a faulty power button for a set of speakers just by using a bit of WD40 and cleaning out the contacts. (I no longer have that set of speakers nymore, but at least I got them fixed.)
this week, I took apart my Xbox, full teardown, to clean it for the first time and thanks to your tutorials, it went very well. perfect amount of thermal paste and all!!! thank you for your guides, I felt confident and in good hands!
10:32 if you look carefully the left anolag stick drifts as soon as he says it's all fixed 😅
Even Jesus suffered anxiety. (7:01)
Love your content!
Damn I have been waiting for you to fo this since the eliete 1 controllers !! Finally !!!
I wonder if someone makes hall effect sensors that just drop in as replacement instead of the graphite garbage we have now. I know they make a controller with em but would be a cool video.
Nice video as always! But if you can, make more console repairs like the Nintendo Switch. 👍
How does the BW-100 compare to say plain isopropyl alcohol? And what is it made of anyway?
Amazing how many of these controllers are just dirty which is a pretty easy fix. I like cleaning controllers it's very satisfying!!
I just fixed up a halo limited edition elite 2 controller and I love that thing. They had stepped on the joystick though and broke the inside so I don’t think spray would have helped…
Just so you know The ones you cleaned If either thumbstick is above 0.05 when at rest it will drift on most games like COD Warzon halo and fortnite. But Elites S2 are a quick turn around.
Very nice vid. May i ask if you ever had an Elite V2 that out of nowhere loses Connection to the console? I have to reconnect it via sync Button. Maybe any Idea?
Such a great video I’ll definitely be using this knowledge. I wish you could fix the elite series 2 controller I got that had water damage and does nothing. It started smoking after I cleaned it and now still does nothing. I wish it worked.
Where can I buy one of these from you? Love to support you and the channel!
For an expensive premium controller, it’s pretty poor MS stick the same pots that they (and pretty much all the other manufacturers) use in their regular controllers. There are better alternatives that don’t wear out available, so it’s disappointing that they don’t use them, or at least socket the pots so they can be replaced more easily.
What are u talking about?
@@trshcln6937 What isn’t clear about what I said?
Man, I've never broken a controller (through normal use) as fast as I broke my Elite Series 2 controller. Luckily Microsoft has a fairly decent warranty. This video is going to come in SUPER handy for me once the warranty ends and they stop sending me new controllers hahaha
Funny enough, I've never broken a controller until I got an elite v1 and the bumper broke because of how cheap it is. At least the part is cheap.
Damn yours wasn't broken straight out the box?
@@ThatGuyAh same deal, RB broke. May be cheap but definitely a pain
I had an elite series 2 controller with rt trigger that made crack noises a shame for that price i hope the White series 2 core is better
I sended back like 5 controllers back bc they broke the xbox 360 is the best controller sadly its not compatible with mine series x
Well at least had use for the broken one...all planned, lol. Enjoyable video once again.
Me: buys an Elite series 2 controller.
This pops up.
"I don't like where this is going."
The only problem that all these controllers had were buttons that needed to be cleaned
If you guys want to fix that paddle issue. I also tried to fix it with cleaning but that didn't work. What I did was I added a little strip of paper or thin tape to the pressing plunger portion that clicks the contact. You have to get the thickness of tape right to have it feel like the original but it worked for me. Also, you have to make sure it's pretty small since you have to depress the middle of the pad and not the outsides! But hopefully that helped in some way!
I guess he was able to just fix that with a paddle. Probably should have tried that first ha. But good to know for next time!
Can’t wait for the magnetic control sticks I’m sick of drift on most my controllers
Controller # 7 is a lesson in trying the easiest solution first (the paddle being bad, nothing with the actual button).
Personal experience from years of gaming - Cleaning the sticks is only a temporary fix. I can guarantee you that the drift will come back depending on how frequently you use the controller.
Which is why Steve said, "At least temporarily..."
I go through one of these every 4 to 6 months. The bumpers ALWAYS start becoming non responsive. Its funny that they made a controller for competitive players, but it's not built for competitive player use.
They become non-responsive because they need to be cleaned.
@@trshcln6937 No, that's not the reason at all. The issued been addressed by Microsoft specifically since there's a bunch of people with the same problem. There's tutorials on TH-cam that go into detail why it's happening and it's because of cheap manufacturing of parts. I take care of my controllers and clean them regularly, but there's nothing I can do about simple wear and tear on such an "elite" controller
I swear they used the worst quality parts on the series 2 I had three of them everyone had stick drift out of the box brand new!!! Then two of them had the RB shoulder button start acting up like double clicking about 5-6 months of owning...the third one was the LB shoulder...took them all apart it had nothing to do with the plastic mechanism that pushes the button on the board it was the actual button on the board that went bad....its sad seeing how expensive these controllers are...I can promise you the one where you just cleaned the rb button it will start to act up again I would clean the button and it would only last a day or two before it started miss clicking was so annoying
1:11 "lotion" righhhhht 😂
7:12 poor Jesus, hope he gets well soon...
Nothing a couple nails won't fix
7:07 Jesus suffered anxiety , i feel u my man
I have an Elite Series 2 controller, but the bumpers are super sensitive. It double, sometimes triple clicks with every press. It’s annoying.
This was one of those videos where you didn't skip the sponsorship part😂
If this ain't a good sponsorship for BW-100, I don't know what is. I know what I'm grabbing next time I get a drifting joystick.
THANKS :)
Can you take apart the new White xbox elite series 2 core controller? i want to see anything has changed.
Hey how do you fix the rubber Grip. on one of my controllers the rubber on the right side is starting to lift from the plastic.
TronicsFix pls do you sell these controllers after fixing them?
Can you do a studio tour
Anyone know the easiest way to fix the return to center on these elite series 2 controllers? My joysticks always fail to return to center and have a pretty large play in the center before you can feel the mechanical joystick actuate.
There must be lots of very hard and frustrating games on XBOX with all those broken controllers :-)
2:12 I bought one brand new with more stick drift than that.
This is hilarious I've been buying fixing and selling these for months
I fixed my Xbox One S controller by replacing the little sensors in the green piece on the analog stick with one out of a PowerA wired Xbox One controller
Edit: it had drift so that’s what I fixed
This video was more useful to me than I expected. I have a Xbox one controller with the same problem as the controller number 7, but on the arrow buttons. I tried changing the sticker with the metal pieces, but it didn't fix it. I'm gonna try to change the arrow button itself, like you did with the paddle button
hey, in my country I can't finde any BW-100 all i could find is some wd40 specialist or something, does that works too?
I think cleaning potentiometers with BW-100 really isn't the best use. It's also a bit misleading since if anything it will only very briefly make it better by washing away any material that's worn off. The best fix would've been just to replace the potentiometers. For #6 in the background you could still very clearly see it jumping around after it had been "fixed." Also I'm not sure what the affect on the grease in the stickboxes the BW-100 would have. If it's dissolving it then that's just going to expedite the wear inside those joysticks.
Where do you find these lots?
that was funny when you were explaining how you broke that one controller 😂
Thank you for showing when you mess up. Your actually human!!! Lol!
I would have done the same thing too.
That’s unlikely
They use those stupid stickers for the dpad also, the ones on mine had a hole in them so I had to buy a new sticker. Dunno why they can't just use rubber membranes like everyone else.
Hi, Which program do you use for testing the xbox controllers?
Lotion? Aham, yeah lol
Can you show all your unfixable consoles
The BW-100 Works most of cases on the stick drift in joycons?
If the analog stick is just dirty then it will usually fix them. If they are completely worn out the only way to fix them is to replace them.
#2 "Its like someone put lotion on their hands and then played a bunch of games"? I wonder if anyone would put lotion on their hand for something and after doing the aforementioned something, went to play?
U freakin rock!
Is it a build issue or user issue? I have 20-30 year old controllers that still work like new
User issue. Literally all of them just needed to be cleaned.
Question: spraying with cleaner is great, it removes crud, etc and dries quickly. However, the crud, hair, etc, does not disappear into another dimension, you're just moving it, correct?
Correct. Some very small particles will evaporate with the cleaner but the big stuff will get pushed aside or rinsed away
@@danielmarsh1302 rinsed away into where? He took the top off of the controller to wash out the (finger controller, sorry, not a gamer or tech). Okay, perhaps the small bits will evaporate, I'll give that, but the bigger bits, and/or hair, I would think would still be in the lower part of the controller. If not, buy stock in the company because I will stock up cases of that stuff!
@@ronreneau437 if it's hair, you'd have to remove with tweezers like he did, because no matter what product you use, it's not gonna take away the hair.
So....we're here because you BROKE something!
Lol, true!
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Will there ever be a controller whose sticks won't drift at all the core just came in would like to see how much it holds
You should check out SpawnWave’s video on the Dreamcast controller. He gives a very basic explanation on how the joystick works and even fully disassembles (and reassembles) the stick to show how it works using magnets instead of potentiometers. There’s also a company working on making replacement joysticks for modern controllers, using the same technology as the Dreamcast’s hall effect sticks.
@@Sacren365 Wouldn’t a magnet based stick take up more space? or maybe not be as accurate as a potentiometer?
@@trshcln6937 Sorry I forgot, in SpawnWave’s video the stick only seems slightly bigger. But that controller is 20 years old and technology has gotten much smaller since then. Plus there’s probably plenty of room for a slightly bigger stick on a controller anyways.
cool video
"Jsus suffered anxiety"
The add says "Jesus had anxiety"
Someone messed up, someone.
Jesus suffered anxiety 🤣
Only a few more months till they develop stick drift.
I'd be hesitant using that BW100. It's okay but for me, it never solved anything. But your milage may vary.
Yeah, honestly I plan on just using 99% isopropyl and the proper lubricant afterwards.
Tronics prob thinks the same, but money right
@@Danny-eo6kd I use it on a regular basis both in my studio and at home. I don't recommend products that I don't or wouldn't use. You insinuating that I don't like the product but I promote because the money is right is insulting and something I would never do.
Contact cleaners like BW100 seem like they’re made for this controller. I've fixed so many issues on my Elite Series 2 just y spraying some contact cleaner on the component
Yesterday I fixed my Xbox One S Controller, which had bad contact on the LB and D-Pad Down, with isopropyl alcohol, I approved it and cleaned it.
Stick drift is a pain in the arse. I just had to take apart my controller after being only 7mo old for the same reason. Plus I've seen many more controllers like mine. Yes, my controller is under warranty but paying for shipping and waiting multiple weeks for a "refurbished" controller wasn't an option for me.
If you clean it and it doesn't work I bet if yoy pull the pot trimmer back away from the actual joystick assembly, you'll find a worn out contact strip or two that are completely worn through to the pcb base material and not making proper contact with the contactors on the assembly. The Alps joystick modules they use are junk compared to other consoles on the market. Sadly Nintendo switches also use those joysticks.
No
Controllers can be fiddly. I broke my Design Labs controller recently just trying to change some buttons and can't solder due to poor vision.
I absolutely hate the fact they more or less glued the top cover, the next elite series controller better have hall effect sensors for the thumbsticks and the dam bumpers need a better design eventually that plastic pad on the bumper button wears out.
Okay you convinced me. B-100 is magic in a can.
Recently bought one on a flee market broken and it still had warranty left. So microsoft replaced it for me 👍 easy profit
How would you deal with a customer when you did an error in your repair? For example: that thumbstick which melted
Hey man. I have en elite series 2. I bought it for my 14 year old brother and he raged within the first week, he pressed down hard on R3 and now it has a permanent drift stick. Can i send it to you? You pay S&H and you can have it. Idont know what to do with it.
hmm... cant remember the name of that miracle product he used in this video. wd40, that's it ? :D
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You forgot to put the perfect amount of thermalpaste inside the analog sticks :D
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