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Fix your Xbox 360 D Pad without taking controller apart!

video Fix your Xbox 360 D Pad without taking controller apart!

I TOOK THE PLUNGE AND MODIFIED MY XBOX 360 CONTROLLER!
I'm too impatient to wait for Microsoft to issue an improved Xbox 360 controller sometime in the next 6 months (Look how long it took them to start implementing the new 45nm "Falcon" chip thingy). I want a satisfying and fully functioning controller NOW darn it! I had been reading up on a lot of controller modification info on the internet and I got a little brave... So I made this crappy youtube video to show you guys what I did to make my gaming experience SO MUCH BETTER. It is a little rough though, but it does the trick! So far so good. I've been enjoying a much improved version of Bionic Commando Rearmed and Soul Caliber IV. Hopefully this will hold me over until a nice refined controller with a fully functioning d pad officially gets released. I just got SO frustrated with that damn d pad so many times, especially in games where precise timing is very important. Even when navigating the Xbox Live Dashboard it can be a pain.

AND A LITTLE DISCLAIMER
Mod your controller at your own risk! This method worked for me, but if you are not careful you can probably break your controller.

22 comments

Apr 29, 2009. 10:45 PMAllShallPerish420 says:

not gonna lie completely forgot what i was watching for a minute and kinda just spaced out looking at my carpet

Oct 2, 2010. 11:24 PMcody777 says:

weird you look at ur carpet?? i look at my extremely lazy cat

Aug 23, 2010. 5:13 AMking kolton9 says:

lol i laugh every time here would be the novel funny things on the internet i completely forgot what i was watching for a minute and kinda just spaced out looking at my carpet...........................

Aug 23, 2010. 5:18 AMking kolton9 says:

then in the awe of darkness i stoped spaceing out it was a medical mireicle

Jul 12, 2009. 2:48 PMscott! says:

that's a little scary

Jul 4, 2009. 2:57 AMon a path to instruction says:

did you find it?

Jul 26, 2009. 9:29 AMmrmoneybagss says:

the video says: "This video has been removed by the user."

Jul 26, 2010. 3:54 PMValeil says:

Probably because it's been removed by the user.

Aug 24, 2008. 3:33 PMHead Wound says:

The part of your video about the dremel was too long. The vast majority of the people here knows what a dremel is. For every one else, you can probably avoid the risk of damaging other parts if you took the controller apart, then dremel the plastic wall. Honestly I think you shaved a little too much, because that retaining wall protected the dpad from breaking off. On one last thing you want to wear goggles of a face mask when using a power tool like a dremel not sunglasses. If sunglasses is all you have, it will work, but safety goggles covers your eyes completely, and in any project involving any kind of tools, safety comes first.

Jul 17, 2009. 3:44 PMbigpotey says:

yer but hu thinks about safety first!! i lke to think about fun 1st safety sencond and then cleaning up when it goes rong after lol

Feb 15, 2009. 10:05 PMdarrell285 says:

i never need the d-pad so this wouldn't be useful to me! But I guess its a good idea for those of you who do.

Feb 12, 2009. 8:24 PMbluize70 says:

Thanks for the great idea!...had one of those controllers that would just not respond properly ...this fixed it...just a warning though...if you grind it ( the outer ring) too far down it actually will separate into two separate rings...don't go too crazy with the dremel...I ended up with one spot where you can see it is two pieces...thanks again

Dec 14, 2008. 1:53 PMflameinphoenix says:

*drool drool* *Snort!* AAH! wha? your back on topic? FINALLY!

not a bad vid. i'd go with a pre-determined script though...

Feb 5, 2009. 3:44 PMFrOnTLiNe says:

Ya, he sorta got off topic

Oct 22, 2008. 1:29 PMps3king1 says:

really i dont think there r alot of games the use the d-pad for prim. contrails(sorry i suck at spelling

Dec 6, 2008. 3:30 PMturnerfromdh says:

i like to use it on the dash board though, its alot faster

Jan 2, 2009. 3:00 PMps3king1 says:

i really don't think that this much is needed for hat 2.5 seconds on the dashboard?

Jan 24, 2009. 8:33 PMturnerfromdh says:

well like you push it and you know you moved one space, when i first got my xbox it was kind of hard to move just 1 or 3 or whatever spaces accurately

Dec 22, 2008. 7:55 AMc0d3h4x0r says:

If this fix doesn't work as well as you'd like, see my fix guide at http://c0d3h4x0r.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C301D7BA98804F38!372.entry

Sep 20, 2008. 6:52 PMShut Up Now says:

i think u just got unlucky. i have seen 6-7 360 controllers and none of those have had that problem.

Aug 26, 2008. 8:11 AMbuttersnake says:

I have never had any problems with my controllers, actually i am pleased with the design. Also, i would stick to text and stay away from videos, way too long. 6:42 to explain something that could have been explained in 0:35.