>Switch's left joycon is doing the dreaded drift >Repair center is shut down due to coronavirus >Decide to repair it myself, how hard can it be >Follow the instructions to the letter >Get to the part where I have to unlock/remove the ribbon cable for the L/minus buttons >Unlock the lock (the thingy the red/yellow arrow is pointing to in the picture) >It just fucking disappears >(I mean, I heard it snap like it unlocked, but it must've flown off and disappeared somewhere, and I have no idea where it landed or what crevice it could possibly be stuck in) >Also the ribbon cable gets a little scratched up >Replace the control stick and put everything back together as best I can (sticking the L/minus ribbon cable back in but not locking it) >Now my L and minus buttons are non-responsive (but everything else is fine)
Am I fucked, Yas Forums? Would I be fine if I just replaced the L/minus ribbon cable, or does the lack of that latch cause the whole thing to not function? Am I stuck with just buying another joycon?
You're fucked from the beginning for buying Nintendo shit.
William Howard
Do pro controllers have this problem?
Logan Hall
You’d have to be retarded to mess up such a simple procedure >ebin troll trying this hard for yous yikes
Samuel Diaz
>or does the lack of that latch cause the whole thing to not function? yeah, that's supposed to drive the cable all the way in. it may be in there but it's not making contact.
Andrew Ward
>Heh, this chump actually enjoys playing childish video games instead of my superior interactive movies
Jace Moore
>Dislike Nintendo in the slightest. >NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU ARE A TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL MUUUUUUUUUUM Get a life.
Nolan King
Nigga like dont buy Fischer price toys like wtf XD
Noah Williams
Just buy another one, poor nigger. This is why I use a Pro controller instead of the incel cons.
Nicholas Bailey
Yeah, I'm thinking based.
Jacob Taylor
How about you go play actual games. Like DMC, for example.
Anthony Gomez
Mine has started to drift slightly on the left stick after about 10 hours of light use. I got it because my joycons began drifting, finally sent them in and got them repaired. There’s no fucking way to get away from it. I have 360 controllers I have used for years and years, hundreds of hours with no drifting issues. All my other Nintendo stuff works well too. They just shit the bed with this gen
Hudson Cox
Every new pro controller I have bought or that anyone I know has bought comes out of the box with drift. It's mostly imperceptible and you'd never notice it in 99% of your games, but in Animal Crossing your character will walk on their own unless you manually correct it. Oddly enough, this problem went away on its own after being wired for a day or two and now even in the control calibration section there is no detected pressure on the stick at all.
Adrian Ross
I mean, you should really be posting somewhere else if you don't like Nintendo.
Mason Wright
Epic troll gonna epic troll Let me guess you do not forgive you do not forget?
>mature games for mature gamers like myself I like the part where you press X and then there's an epic cutscene! But it gets sooooooooooooo boring when you have to walk down the hall and fight bad guys until you can watch the next part of the movie again! :D
William Rivera
You have options. Either look everywhere for the part. I have lost many microscopic screws and found them with some effort. You know what the part looks like so just comb through where it could have gone. Or just use a small piece of electrical tape and tape the cable down. I doubt scratches on the cable are that serious unless you seriously damaged it. Think about the value of buying new joycons. Is it worth that money to look hard?
Cooper Reed
Imagine taking apart one of those mexican flea market toys lol
I like how they stopped making singular left/right controllers a year after launch. You can now only buy them as a set.
Well played Nintendo.
Isaac Green
Cry me a river. Your childish AND movie games COMBINED are nothing compared to games like DMC. Because, you know, maybe games that have emphasis on GAMEplay are better than watching something or flailing your arms around like a retard? Could only be me, though.
Elijah Hill
that clip applies downward pressure on the cable so it contacts the pins. you MIGHT be able to fix it if you make the cable thicker by putting some stickers or a piece of cardboard between the gold springs and the flat flex cable.
Tape it in place if it works, because that latch also locks the cable in place.
Jace Diaz
>games that have emphasis on GAMEplay Yeah it's pretty ironic that you should say that, my underage friend.
Owen Jackson
>own ps4 and switch and switch lite >only drift I've had is on my ds4 lol I'm convinced every drift post on here is weak bait
Lucas Allen
I did put some electrical tape on it, but it still didn't do anything. Still not sure if it's the damaged cable or lack of latch that's causing the issue.
Justin Nelson
Well you're a fucking retard than because my left joycon started drifting hard after playing AC.
Logan Martinez
>Take thing apart >It never works after putting it back together Bros Why
Kevin Richardson
It's for epic competitive gamers and children that mandhandle their controllers instead of understanding you can gently push the fucking things and they respond.
Christopher Butler
The only place I could find the replacement connector was some website called fruugo, which I don't trust because I've never heard of it until now, seems sketchy as hell.
I might just order a pre-owned left joycon from Gamestop, the ones on Amazon are a bit too high.
Easton Morales
Am I better off buying some random third party controller to use for everything except shit that absolutely needs a joycon?
Grayson Flores
I have used my joycon a total of 2 times for less than an hour each time and yet it drifts hard as fuck kill yourself.
Lucas Wood
I've had the pro controller from the beginning and I've had no drift so far. Dunno if I've just gotten lucky so far or if mine was just made well.
Christian Powell
Real question, are there any actually decent third party Switch controllers? Yeah I know:
>third party >decent
But I’m just curious if anyone’s had better luck with one.
Try not to hurt anyone when you act like such a fucking sperging nutjob.
Oliver Phillips
At least you're not as big as a failure as I am >replace L joycon >replacement has worse drift >luckily bought a two-pack >fuck it up while doing it a second time >stripped a bunch of screws >get mad and throw it away Guess I'm spending 90 fucking dollars on a new set. At least I'm getting 1200 trumpbux
Logan Long
>better luck your luck is just fine with the first party shit. There is no drifting problem. Do you also refuse to buy a car because it doesn't run well after you abuse it like a child would? Take care of your shit and stop being memed.
Jackson Reyes
>omg look how heckin dumb nintendo owners are lulz that's what you're after? get a life
Caleb Baker
>GameCube controllers have broken on me >360 controllers have broken on me >PS3 controllers have broken on me >PS4 controllers have broken on me >Wii U pro controller broke >Joycons haven't yet, not even slight drift >Have had switch for 2 years now
Holy shit luck's finally in my side I swear every controller for every system breaks on me. 360 controls are supposed to be tanks but the sticks would get loose and the bumpers always broke, same with the PS3 controller.
>bought the spla2n edition >Drift starts kicking in on the left >look online to see if there are any replacements with the same color scheme >none available and the colors are inverted for some reason Fuck.
