Game controller not pairing

MarvinDykes · May 19, 2020

My new Wireless Pro game controller for Switch will not pair with my Dell OptiPlex 990 desktop. Did I buy wrong controller? Or is it something else?

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MarvinDykes

It does have bluetooth. And was wanting to use it without USB.

Koods

Does your desktop have bluetooth built in? If not then that's why it won't connect wirelessly, if it is charged via USB try connecting it using that, far from ideal but certainly a short term solution.

Tadeu dailson

Press the pairing button on your controller: On your controller, there is a pairing button (usually on the bottom of the controller, near the Xbox button). Press and hold this button until the LED on your controller starts blinking.

Wait for it to pair: The LED on your controller should stop blinking and turn one of four colors, indicating that the pairing was successful.

Mystic26

I have a similiar issue with my youngeat sons Xbox. The controller was paired as he was playing it,but in mid game play error shows control not paired,connect controller. The controller tries to connect,but the button on the Xbox doesn't seem to work.
Any suggestions?

David Russell Hook

Hi there Movarias67,

I thought i'd chime in as you hadn't received a response yet.

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I am afraid I do not know of any sure-fire way to make a console 'forget' a controller, but from my experience it doesn't matter.

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My Fiancee and I have an Xbox360 each, and they are set up next to each other so that I can play on the 'main' TV, while she plays on a smaller TV with headphones.

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We have a bunch of controllers for when our friends come over at weekends, and we will play on my console to utilise the bigger TV. When we do that, she usually wants to use her own (Pink) controller.

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The result is that we will sync her controller with my console while people are round, and then she will resync it back with her own console afterwards.

We have never had any negative effects from this, never had any scrambled signals or both consoles being affected at the same time etc.

...and I would stress, the consoles are less than 2 feet apart.

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So I really don't think you have anything to worry about, and you should be able to sync the old controller with the new console without any negative effects.

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Hope that helps!

Game controller not pairing