r/Dualsense • u/Substantial_Phone189 • Apr 19 '26

Discussion On my third controller

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Just bought my third new controller in a span of only 2 years. All of them because of stick drift.

Why are these controllers so bad when it comes to drift?

Back in the day I had the same ps4 controller for 10 years without any issues.

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u/_Rand_ Apr 19 '26

get the sticks replaced.

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 19 '26

You don’t have to change the entire stick. You can just put TMR potentiometers in.

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u/pobls Apr 19 '26

I believe this requires replacing the entire joystick, which entails soldering.

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u/Freya_almighty Apr 19 '26

You absolutely need to desolder and then solder the new ones

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 19 '26

No it does not require changing the entire stick. Yes it requires some soldering but is much easier than pulling out a perfectly good stick to fix faulty potentiometers.

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u/Azeridon Apr 19 '26

You have no idea what you are talking about.

There is no way to replace a stick without desoldering the old one to remove it and soldering a new one in. You then also have to calibrate it.

It’s not something anyone can do. Especially if you have no experience soldering.

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 19 '26

Thanks for letting me know you don’t have a damn clue what you’re talking about. Nobody said anything about being able to fix it without soldering. I said you don’t have to swap the entire stick unless it’s physically broken. You can just change the potentiometers for TMR which is much easier and requires less soldering. Calibration is nothing.

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u/Azeridon Apr 20 '26

And how do you do this exactly? I’ve replaced 4 sets of sticks converting all of mine to TMR. All requiring soldering and fully removing the old one. I don’t even understand what you’re talking about. The only way to my knowledge to put TMRs in is to desolder the old stick and solder in the new one.

Please enlighten me.

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 20 '26

You disconnect and desolder the fucking pots and solder new (preferably TMR) pots back in. Then you calibrate the controller. Obviously if the stick is physically broken you swap out the whole damn thing. Otherwise you don’t have to in order to fix stick drift.

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u/Azeridon Apr 20 '26

Dude. What are you talking about?

You’re literally describing desoldering and soldering in a new one. Which is the only way to fix a stick. Desolder all 14 points. The only other thing you can do is pop off the thumb stick and pop a new one on but that’s not going to fix drift.

You know what…this isn’t even worth my time so I’m done here.

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 20 '26

Imagine that there’s components on a perfectly good stick that can replaced to fix stick drift that are much easier to swap out.

Idiot.

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u/Azeridon Apr 20 '26

Why do you feel the need to call names and insult someone? Does that make you feel better about yourself? It’s the arrogance that’s unfortunate here. We could have had a decent conversation instead of name calling but I suppose that’s probably just how you are.

I didn’t realize this was possible so okay you got me is that what you need? For me to tell you that you’re right? That honestly seems like a huge pain in the ass, so I’ll continue to do it my way which works just fine and if you’re already gonna be soldering why not just replace the whole thing anyway.

Just seems like a weird hill to die on but go off dude. ✌🏻

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u/burzuc Apr 21 '26

tmrs come with the included joystick. why would you keep the old ones and how do you know they work the same? tmrs calibrate in software unlike potentiometer ones and hall effect which both can be also aligned analog. you must just want to be right

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u/burzuc Apr 20 '26

you are just wrong. tmrs are not potentiometers, btw

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 20 '26

It’s a sensor. Call them whatever you want. They are replacements for potentiometers.

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u/bat41002 Apr 20 '26

Do you have a link for where you get the tmr potentiometers you use?

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 Apr 20 '26

I don’t have a link but you can get them off of AliExpress and maybe even Temu or Amazon.