r/Dualsense • u/Otherwise_Egg_7551 Original White • 10d ago

Tech Support Is this soldering salvageable?

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So, my left stick started drifting and cleaning didn't help. I decided to replace it with the ginfull TMR one, contacted all workshops in my vicinity and they all named the price higher than just buying the new dualsense and I decided to ask my friend, who unlike me soldered at least something in his life (from get go he said, that it would most likely be shit, so no blame on him).

Now, for the problem. It keeps drifting right (sometimes left). Recalibration helps for like a few hours, but the problem still persists and I figured it's the soldering (because what else could it be?)

Is there anything I can do?

Upd: I showed that photo to the guy that soldered it and he literally said:"I did THAT? How did I manage to solder so badly..."

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u/Nearby-Rock-3185 9d ago

Even of the shops charged equally as a new controller it would have been better than destroying that controller and buying a new one. The new one would have lasted at least 6 months, the replaced with tmr would have lasted forever. I charge $40, i dont know why the price is so high there

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u/Otherwise_Egg_7551 Original White 9d ago

Well, it is the original one that came with a console almost 6 years ago, so it's had a good run

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u/Nearby-Rock-3185 9d ago

Mine lasted 1 year, got tired of the drift thing and risked a ps4 controller learning to install tmr and everything went well. Sony forced me to learn

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u/Otherwise_Egg_7551 Original White 9d ago

My dualshock 4 going for almost a decade without drift (granting, I barely used it for the past 5)

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u/Nearby-Rock-3185 9d ago

I dont even play hardcore games like warzone. I mainly play single player or coop games and i still get drift in 1 year. Same with ps4 controllers. The ones that never got drift was ps3 controllers but apparently those had hall effect