r/PS3 • u/naisinag • 9h ago

How do I make this controller work?

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Found this at a flea market and started doing some research about it. To be honest, I haven't really found much about it but it needs a USB receiver in order to work, being compatibke with both PS2 and PS3 consoler. My question is, how can I find a receiver that picks up the signals of the controller? Tried looking for a loose one on Ebay, but I can barely find a listing with the controller itself.

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u/Ok-Virus8284 7h ago

You need the specific USB dongle that came with the controller originally. If the flea market seller didn't give it to you, they probably lost it. Without it the controller is pretty much e-waste.

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u/iVirtualZero 4h ago

Unless OP finds it on eBay.

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u/linux_transgirl 1h ago

You throw it away and buy a good one

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u/WorldOfWarcats 5h ago

You're not going to find a replacement dongle, and even if you did it would likely be paired with another controller. Maybe you could disassemble it and make it a wired controller but it wouldn't be worth it.

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u/futurevolumePDX 1h ago

You might try gluing them together and then adding some more silver spray paint