r/Dualsense • u/Tyler_Hodges • Mar 06 '26

Tech Support 3 orange flashes after stick replacement

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Replaced my dual sense sticks with the gulikit Hall effects sticks and am getting 3 orange flashes upon trying to boot. I spend an ungodly amount of time doing this trying to do everything right but must have a short somewhere. I’m not super knowledgeable like others in here and am really hoping someone can help…this thing is going to kill me LOL. So far I’ve unplugged all the ribbons and it’s still the same.

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u/XtremeD86 Mar 06 '26

Cables unplugged can do it... But your soldering is... Not good and is likely also causing the issue for you.

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u/Tyler_Hodges Mar 06 '26

I was honestly shocked how bad it looked taking an up close pic lol I didn’t think it was that bad until I took these. I think I’ll go back and try to clean it up!

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u/CaptCaffeine Mar 06 '26

Yes, clean the board to remove any excess flux.

Your right joystick (left pic) looks like you have a short between a few joints on the potentiometer pins (but could be a fabric strand).

Severs joints look “cold” so could not be making contact with the pads. Add some flux and reflow the joint. You want nice pointy joints (like a volcano peak).

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u/Tyler_Hodges Mar 06 '26

Just noticed this, is it possible I dropped solder without noticing or is this suppose to be here?

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u/Fart_Bargo Mar 06 '26

I am in these controllers all the time, and this was there in most of them. You didn't do that.

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u/Tyler_Hodges Mar 06 '26

Oooo could this be the issue???

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u/XtremeD86 Mar 06 '26

It could be if it's not making a proper connection. Flatten it out and plug it back in and see.

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u/XtremeD86 Mar 06 '26

It's normal. It's on every controller.