It's a PlayStation DualShock 4 controller. Not enough space in subject.
New descriptionI asked this in a Playstation-support forum. But now I think I'm stupid for even trying there:
I recently found my controller not loading anymore. So I bought an replacement board, thinking the USB-port might be broken.
I changed it, but that still didn't work. So I bought another replacement board, this time with ribbon cable. Because they are from china, so my reasoning, some could be broken. Yet, it still doesn't work.
Now I have three of those boards. I think they're all fine. But no cable connection to my PC, PS4 or power adapter is possible - it doesn't charge or gets recognized by anything.
I am currently charging the battery through a 5mm connecter I attached to the battery leads, because I also have no dock. (It's fine, it's a very good charger from Turnigy.)
If I connect the controller to my PC with USB when it is off, it blinks orange
once. It doesn't do anything else. No driver installation or charging.
The fact that it blinks orange once means it is somehow getting some kind of connection. But that's the end.
Because I need a cable to use PS4 Remote Play on my Laptop I am kind of stuck now. Is it possible to use any controller for Remote Play? Does it have to be an original DualShock4 controller? They're too expensive to buy new every year. Shit on your quality-control, Sony!
The only other display I have is a 1990s CRT ...
But I can't read any text on it! GAAAH! ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
Any Idea what I can do?
Thank you very much!
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Old thread opening with tin whiskersHi
I was just checking my PS4 controller because it wouldn't charge anymore. I swear I can see several tin whisker with my self-made microscope at one pin of the RGB-LED! (I can't really make a picture of it.)
So this is obviously not the issue why it's not charging anymore, but I was also looking at the mainboard and I can see them there too, I think.
Should I put it in the oven, to reflow? Or maybe scrub it with a brush and then coat it with something? What can I coat it with?
Do tin whiskers go through coatings? There is already a coating on the PCB. But I can see that it is cracked over almost every piece of tin. Maybe that doesn't help.
Any ideas/tips?
Thank you!I changed it because it was too similiar to a thread I was just going to open until I thought about this one.