Fast Scroll? Stick Drift?

BlitzGear02 · Mar 30, 2021

Can anyone explain to me how a two-month-old Xbox Series X|S controller is somehow facing hardware malfunctions that normally take an Xbox One controller a decade to develop?

I’m getting over-sensitive menus, relentless stick drift that isn’t tied to physical damage, and disconnects that hopefully won’t keep happening.

Did I get a batch-one factory lemon? Should I use an Xbox One controller until the company releases an upgraded version? What am I supposed to do about these headache-inducing problems that should be happening years from now?

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JohnSchaeffer1

I just got my replacement Series 2 Elite controller. I turned in my last one under warranty, 3 months old, adult use, because left thumbstick UP wouldn't register about 30% of the time. Tonight I unpacked my replacement. New serial number (well, older in series, but new to me.) It looked good. I paired it. Went into the diagnostics/test app screen on my Xbox, and now this replacement controller clearly shows a left thumbstick drifting up. Tap up, half the time it shows the up command continuously registering. Other times I center it manually and I watch it crawl up slowly. It does not recenter like the right thumbstick.

So now I've a "new" controller with a "new" left thumbstick problem. I found the issue with 1 minute of testing. How is this justifiable, MS?

I just tried to file for another replacement and the workflow bombs out at the end, so I can't complete the ticket. I'm frustrated. Not another dollar from me until we address this properly. So many people out there with this problem and you're handing out broken replacements. C'mon.

Edit: with a different browser I was able to file for another replacement. I guess we can keep doing this until Dec 2021 until you get this right.

DntTuchmystuf65

So i just read another forum of a similar question/problem and their controller had a drift that caused a fast scrolling option on there console and im thinking that could be the underlying cause of my issue as i know that my main controller has a drift with the r3 analog stick and it drifts towards the left. Thoughts?

Banjo aka Jambo

I've finally solved it. Here is what happened:

In the Xbox one, if you keep the right thumbstick moving, it activate the "FAST SCROLLING" feature, and apparently, there was a really little drift with my R3 analog stick, that caused this to happen.

All you have to do, is fix this drift, and no more indesiderate fast scrolling again.

You can either replace the thumbstick with a new one if you have soldering skills, or clean your thumbstick by opening it like is shown in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYdyNE66to&t=1985s

PDS66

Mines been drifting bad on the left stick and just scrolls on its own up or down. Its still in warranty but they want £42 to send me a replacement controller.

codzilla584

Hello!

This issue does not occur with other controllers. This issue also started to occur about 15 hours ago but I have a feeling that’s only when I really noticed it. I’ve heard that if I press the RB + a face button (a) then this fast scrolling issue could be disabled, and I did try it once and I think it does work but it could be that due to the strange stick drift, that this solution is futile.

Thanks again.

Fast Scroll? Stick Drift?