Ok im extremely annoyed. While i was away to college (leaving my xbox 360 at home) my brother had his friend around and was playing on my xbox. Apparently his mate spilled juice on the controller. When i got home all i have now is a controller which annoys me now and again, buttons sticking in and not coming out, etc. Should I risk opening up the controller and try cleaning it from the inside, or is it too complex of a task an I would risk not being able to put it back together?
I don't think it will be too complex. All you need to do is open it up and wash out the rubber padding on the buttons. I think you will need a Hex Screwdriver to open controller.
Lol i see the screws are torx screws, but im more afraid of opening it and not being able to put it together again. I wonder if theres anyone here who had opened one before and if there is anything to watch out for.
When you open it, hold the controller with the buttons facing DOWN. That way you won't be surprised with them all falling out on the floor. And if you do happen to dump them, don't sweat it, as they only go back in one way. So you won't mess them up, get them crooked, etc. Also, there's a screw under the sticker in the battery compartment. There's 7 screws in all. Take the rubber pads and buttons out and rinse them with soap and water. Same with the shell. Use rubbing alcohol and a q tip on the board.
Tell you the truth. It's about 500 pieces all under tension compacted in there like an 19th century watch. Right when you open it everything is going to pop out.
If you're wary of disassembling it, get some distilled water and isopropyl alcohol, mix about a 10% solution and soak the controller in it for a few hours. Swish it around every few minutes, then empty all the solution from it as best as possible. Let it dry very thoroughly, and viola, unsticky controller.
i say just go ahead and open it i mean if any thing gets screwed up( wich i doubt) its not like your controller was workin 100% in the first place some times u need take risk and yeah that last idea sounded like a bad one i wouldnt advice soackin electronics in any type of fluids man
Deionized water in theory doesn't conduct a current and thus wouldn't do any damage to the controller as long as it's dried completely before turning it on again. However I think it'd be easier to just open the case and not take the risk.
