TL;DR, my Wii U gamepad has a really weird issue with the volume slider and right joystick
So a couple days ago, I went to my local GameStop to buy a Wii U (my switch was banned, I had an urge to play Splatoon, and didn't have enough for another Switch). The Wii U and the gamepad both looked pretty beat up, but I didn't say anything because all it was were scratches and a crack on the LCD.
Anyways, I got home and booted the thing up, all was well, and I got to play Splatoon. It was only the day after, when using the gamepad alone (since I previously used headphones from my monitor/splitter), I tried turning the volume up/down, the slider did absolutely nothing. The volume was the same at a mid-level. I took a look at the inside, more specifically at the slider, to find that it was still attached to the board. At that point I was considering turning it back in to get a new gamepad, because I was still within the 30 day limit to do so.
But while idling in the Homebrew Menu (I'd installed Haxchi, blah blah blah) I noticed pressing the right stick up and down seemed to adjust the volume (there had been no apparent internal modifications when I looked at it, just in case it was some weird mod a previous owner made). I thought that was weird, and what was weirder was that I was experiencing stick drift seemingly out of nowhere (up/down drift). I know it isn't a problem with joystick centers being offset at boot, because I already checked.
I have no clue what this could be, because I could already barely find anything about either of the two problems. I'm going to try and swap out my gamepad back at GameStop, but until then I remain with an odd, messed up but functional Wii U gamepad, and I'd like to ask any of you to please tell me what the heck is going on.
Edits: fixed spelling errors, wording, and added TL;DR
Anyways, I got home and booted the thing up, all was well, and I got to play Splatoon. It was only the day after, when using the gamepad alone (since I previously used headphones from my monitor/splitter), I tried turning the volume up/down, the slider did absolutely nothing. The volume was the same at a mid-level. I took a look at the inside, more specifically at the slider, to find that it was still attached to the board. At that point I was considering turning it back in to get a new gamepad, because I was still within the 30 day limit to do so.
But while idling in the Homebrew Menu (I'd installed Haxchi, blah blah blah) I noticed pressing the right stick up and down seemed to adjust the volume (there had been no apparent internal modifications when I looked at it, just in case it was some weird mod a previous owner made). I thought that was weird, and what was weirder was that I was experiencing stick drift seemingly out of nowhere (up/down drift). I know it isn't a problem with joystick centers being offset at boot, because I already checked.
I have no clue what this could be, because I could already barely find anything about either of the two problems. I'm going to try and swap out my gamepad back at GameStop, but until then I remain with an odd, messed up but functional Wii U gamepad, and I'd like to ask any of you to please tell me what the heck is going on.
Edits: fixed spelling errors, wording, and added TL;DR
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