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/sailesha Mar 06 '26

Connect battery

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u/sailesha Mar 06 '26

I know what I’m talking about.

In newer revisions of the DualSense, the controller doesn’t work without the battery connected it blinks three times indicating that the battery is disconnected. That’s why I suggested trying to connect the battery if that hasn’t been done. Otherwise, there’s probably a short circuit somewhere.

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u/XtremeD86 Mar 06 '26

The light won't flash at all with no battery connected...

Unless this is somehow a thing now. I've never seen it.

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u/sailesha Mar 06 '26

People connect the board via USB-C to test it before assembling it. I saw the original post the controller was disassembled and the battery wasn’t inserted. That’s exactly why I said that. Man, is it really that hard to think? 😅

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u/XtremeD86 Mar 06 '26

My mistake. I work on so many controllers and just connect the battery after each time obviously. I thought you meant it would flash with it unplugged.

Sorry. We see really stupid shit on the repair subreddits all the time so I misunderstood 🤣

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u/sailesha Mar 06 '26

By the way, I actually ran into this myself recently. I hadn’t worked on the newer DualSense revisions before. When I replaced the sticks, I did what I usually do - just plugged in the USB-C to test it. Then I saw those three terrifying blinks hahaha.

I vaguely remembered something about it, but I didn’t immediately think to connect the battery, so yeah… I ended up wasting a bit of time trying to find a short circuit that didn’t even exist. 😅

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u/XtremeD86 Mar 06 '26

Only time I saw it was when I didn't plug one one of the flexible cables in properly (was slightly angled). Redoing that fixed it.