Dual Shock 3 problem

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B.Stachman

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I bought a used DS3 from someone on this site a few months ago and everything was fine up until a few days ago when the battery last died. It's been about 5 days since it died but it still won't turn on. I've had it right next to my console the whole time. In prior occasions where I used up all it's charge, it would work again after a day of charging, at most. A few days ago I got it to turn on but it said it wasn't well charged so I turned it off again, now it won't even do that. I bought it used but it was in very good condition and couldn't have been more than 6 months old in the first place. Does anyone have an idea what the problem is and what I can do to fix it?
 
You could always buy a new battery for it. Either that or maybe the user that sold it to you will refund your money back. I always buy new controllers, for that very reason.....if something goes wrong I just end up being a very pissed off person.
 
When you say a 'day of charging', how do you go about charging the controller? If you're plugging it into the PS3 via USB cable to charge it, you do know that the controller DOESN'T charge when the system is only in standby mode, right?

If it comes down to it, you could always just buy a replacement battery and replace the battery yourself. I've heard it's not that difficult of a process. As for asking the person you bought it from for a refund, I know I wouldn't offer a refund if it's been 'a few months'.

If it were a few days and the person paid to ship it back to me, I might consider it. But that's the risk you do take with buying used/pre-owned stuff.

Unfortunately, even if it were under warranty and you had the receipt(which is REQUIRED by Sony this gen for ANY repairs within warranty for either the PS3 or peripherals) the limited warranty on peripherals doesn't cover consumables(such as batteries).
 
To make sure the controller is charging, make sure you see the lights are flashing. When the controller is fully charged, the lights will stop flashing.

And yes, avoid buying used controllers with batteries built in and those used rechargeable batteries too.

Well, on of my DS3 controllers is acting up lately, it's "pressing" buttons for me... I just switched to the other DS3.
 
Maybe there's gunk built up on one of the buttons, Serpentor? That has caused issues with buttons 'pressing themselves' before.

As for 'lights flashing', it's only the light that indicates which controller it is on the system that flashes when charging. All four lights only flash when there's a sync issue.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Maybe there's gunk built up on one of the buttons, Serpentor? That has caused issues with buttons 'pressing themselves' before.

As for 'lights flashing', it's only the light that indicates which controller it is on the system that flashes when charging. All four lights only flash when there's a sync issue.[/QUOTE]

Actually if you have the controller plugged into the PS3 without actually pressing the Playstation button, it will blink the four lights to show that its charging.
 
Should be noted that if you don't want to leave PS3 on to charge controllers, you can plug them into computer to charge too.

When I get bat-low warning, I keep playing. There is usually like an hour left when that warning first comes. Then when done, shut off ps3, and plug controller into desktop.

~S
 
Err, i think you guys misunderstood me... if you have a USB cable attached to the controllers and the other end is plugged into a computer or a PS3 that's ON, the four lights will be on, regardless the controller is synch'd or not.

The lights will tell you the controller is charging or not (again, if it's connected to a USB cable). When the controller is fully charged, the four lights will stop flashing.

If no USB cable is attached to the controller and you see four flashing lights, well, it means it's looking for the PS3... If the lights continue to flash and they eventually go off, then you'll need to synch the controller with the PS3 (plugging into the USB cable that connects to a PS3 will do it).

Ah, never mind, PACO explained it, thanks...
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Maybe there's gunk built up on one of the buttons, Serpentor? That has caused issues with buttons 'pressing themselves' before.[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure it's not the "gunk" problem. The controller is clean and not in abusive shape (bought it new too). I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, but hopefully it goes away on its own. If not, i probably re-synch it and see what happens...
 
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