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[camwyn]

Okay, question for those of you familiar with either the xbox 360 or where one may find people who can support it:

During Fallout 3 last night I suddenly found that the right control stick no longer worked. My batteries weren't dying so far as I knew, and all the other controls worked, so I figured I'd busted a moving part on the controller. I bought a new controller today, brought it home, and fed it the last pair of batteries I had left in the Duracell pack. To my disgust, even after syncing, the right stick still doesn't work- ANYWHERE. Not in the game, not on the Xbox dashboard, nothin'. Even after cleaning the game cache out on Fallout or running Initial Setup.

Any idea what to do? Should I trade the controller back for one with a cord and see if that works?

ETA: On the Xbox Live dashboard, the little gamer avatar's head moves when I move the right hand stick, so it IS responding on at least some level.

ETAgain: Right stick works JUST fine in Mass Effect, though not for doing anything on the Xbox Live dashboard. Huh.

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[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

did the wireless controllers come with a USB charger cable to plug into the xbox 360? try plugging it directly in and see if it behaves the same.

...that is unless you got just the battery version and not the rechargeable version.

[camwyn]

Just the battery version, alas.

Bought a battery pack charger last night; I"m tired of chewing through AAs. I will try later today with a fully charged new pack, see if that makes any diff.