Swag ps3 controller.

Got a dirty ps3 controller with a dead battery and somewhat worn sticks. Cleaned it up in hot soapy water and put the button membranes in some boiling water to restore the springiness, stuck a new 1000mah battery in and replaced the sticks with some ps4/xbox one metal sticks which required a 2mm thick piece of rubber in the stick hole to have the stick sit higher. Now it's ready for plenty of rpsc3 and pcsx2 :)

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Jokey_Carrot
Yeah cleaning these things is pretty difficult with all the small crevices but you can get in there with a toothbrush. Really surprised how well boiling hot water restores the button membranes.
 
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StrayGuitarist
What kind of battery did you use to replace the one in there? Normally they have LiPo batteries, but those are always bound to bulge eventually.
 
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Jokey_Carrot
@StrayGuitarist I used a 1000mah dualshock 4 battery I bought on amazon. It was for too big to fit in the controller so I removed the outer grey housing to find a small battery like this inside, which I then simply attached to the pcb with some kapton tape. It should also be noted that the battery needs to be for a v1 dualshock 4 because it has the same battery connector as the dualshock 3 (the dualshock 4 v2 has a smaller connector)
 
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jimbo13
Very nice, I tried something similar with my Wii-U Game pad and had to revert as I was getting a lot of hangs on the dpad.
 

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