Yep, my son has been playiing by himself for maybe... hmmm 6 months. He is general very good. He never rough houses with the controllers. He even handles the discs very well, but he _does_ wrap and unwrap the controller quite a bit.
So... outside of buying a wireless controller, what else can you do? You have to store the controller _somehow_. On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:03:21 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:47 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: dead xbox controller > > > > My xbox controller seems to be screwing up. While playing a game, it > > keeps saying that it is disconnected. As far as I know, it is > > connected well. My son can play for a minute or so before the warning > > comes back. The controller is maybe 14 months old, but I haven't had a > > controller die on me.... ever. (Not counting the old Atari 2600 > > joysticks.) Anyone have this happen before? The wires _are_ pretty > > crinkly from being wrapped up all the time. Luckily I have a spare. > > That's probably your problem. The wires can only be bent so often before > they break - if they're wrapped often and tightly then sooner or later > they'll break. > > Of course there's not much room in the rubber sheath to move so more often > than not you get a connection (the broken end are still touching) but it's a > flakey one. > > You might want to check the ports (dust, peanut butter, etc) but since it's > working sometimes it's probably a broken (or breaking) wire in the > controller). > > I forgot how old your son is, but did he start playing more often without > you? When my son hit five or so he wanted to start playing on his own while > I was at work - but he might play for 20 minutes, do something else, go > back, etc. The extra wear and tear on the cords (which were now being > unwrapped several times a day) really added up. > > That's when we got the WaveBird (wireless controller for the GameCube). The > new Logitech wireless for the PS2 and Xbox are both outstanding - they'll > solve this problem for good. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140558 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
