spilled beer on my controller

ChomskyKnows · Apr 8, 2015

I opened and cleaned it. works fine with USB cable but won't work with battery. what did I do to this thing?

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DeadBirdGizmo · Apr 8, 2015

Social and Gaming, Purchase and Content Usage, TV Music and Video up and running? Don't think so!!!

Who was drinking on the job n spilled there beer on the servers n messed everything up. Lets get this problem fix already.

BigDonJulio69 · Apr 8, 2015

Xbox One S Controller Buttons not working properly and get stuck. XBOX, Select and B Buttons stuck

my b button gets stuck and my xbox button aswell, I never spilled anything on my controller either idk whats wrong

DigitalAssassin · Apr 8, 2015

Well it's really hard to say, sounds likely that one of the terminals might not be making contact properly and is still be all sticky with beer, did you try alcoholic Q-tip's to get in those hard to reach spaces?

If you do a quick Google search there is actually a lot of similar chases like this that give all sorts of advice, though I would just check the wires leading from the battery terminal to wherever they go are not sticky with beer. If you've already done
that then I'm not sure.

JenkinsThePole · Apr 18, 2015

To add to DigitalAssasin's reply make sure when you clean it that its Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) preferably 99% but a more common 91% will still work beautifully. Make sure it is completely dry before throwing it back together (it shouldn't take to long it
evaporates very quick). I use this method to clean up rosin flux when i'm done soldering.

ChomskyKnows · Oct 31, 2018

I used Isopropyl Alcohol 91% with a large q-tip a week or 2 ago. Don't know where i could get 99%. I got it working again except the dpad. no direction would work on the dpad except left...I opened it up again, tried to clean more and now the dpad left/right
won't work but up/down does. this thing sure is temperamental...

JenkinsThePole

To add to DigitalAssasin's reply make sure when you clean it that its Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) preferably 99% but a more common 91% will still work beautifully. Make sure it is completely dry before throwing it back together (it shouldn't take to long it
evaporates very quick). I use this method to clean up rosin flux when i'm done soldering.

ChomskyKnows

I used Isopropyl Alcohol 91% with a large q-tip a week or 2 ago. Don't know where i could get 99%. I got it working again except the dpad. no direction would work on the dpad except left...I opened it up again, tried to clean more and now the dpad left/right
won't work but up/down does. this thing sure is temperamental...

DigitalAssassin

Well it's really hard to say, sounds likely that one of the terminals might not be making contact properly and is still be all sticky with beer, did you try alcoholic Q-tip's to get in those hard to reach spaces?

If you do a quick Google search there is actually a lot of similar chases like this that give all sorts of advice, though I would just check the wires leading from the battery terminal to wherever they go are not sticky with beer. If you've already done
that then I'm not sure.

ShaunPerry

Only problems i've ever had with the controllers are;

kids spilling juice/pop on them.

me spilling beer/cider on them.

worn down thumb grips

stick 'drift'.

GRAW2ROBZ

I'll have to make sure I don't barrel roll cause then I would spill my beer. Then would need a straw to slurp it off of the glass window.

spilled beer on my controller