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    my madcatz xbox 360 gamepad

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Nanakwasi1, Apr 24, 2013.

  1. Nanakwasi1

    Nanakwasi1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    my madcatz xbox 360 gamepad is not working
    I can connect to my laptop. u can see even see the light in the middle but the buttons (A B Y X) the LT RT RB LB are all not working. also the D-pad forward does not work. Please help guys
     
    Nanakwasi1, Apr 24, 2013
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    Does the gamepad show up in Your Devices (I presume you are running Windows) Also you might want to make sure the drivers are installed at all or correctly. You might want to google if the device requires a driver in the first place.
     
    rusty_dough, Apr 24, 2013
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  3. Nanakwasi1

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    it shows in devices but when u press any button it doesn't work
     
    Nanakwasi1, Apr 24, 2013
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    Can you go in Devices to your gamepad, right click and go to properties and try to reconfigure the settings. You should be able to get to see the inputs sent to the computer. But still this sounds like a third party driver is missing. Did you google it?
     
    rusty_dough, Apr 24, 2013
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  5. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    So is there zero input from the gamepad, or does some of the input work and some not? If it's the latter, that only some of the buttons register, I would guess it's either a broken gamepad, a corrupt driver, or an issue with game settings (maybe you somehow reassigned some of the inputs).

    What OS and version are you using?
     
    Fat Dragon, Apr 25, 2013
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    windows 8 64bit
     
    Nanakwasi1, Apr 28, 2013
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    windows 8 64bit.
    only the right and left analogue sticks work.
     
    Nanakwasi1, Apr 28, 2013
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    Official Xbox 360 controller driver for Windows is needed for it to work:
    Software Downloads: Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

    If already installed, uninstall and reinstall the driver.

    These steps will help narrow down the problem:
    Try the controller with another machine or Xbox and see if it's the controller itself going bad.
    Try a different USB port on your computer.
    Was there something you did or the system did that caused the controller to malfunction? If so, system restore.
    Worst it can happen - reinstall Windows.
     
    TomTom2007, May 1, 2013
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  9. Zymphad

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    Just go to Device Manager.
    - Right click on the device
    - Update Drivers
    - Choose from list of devices, NOT have disk.
    - Scroll to the bottom, you'll see Xbox 360 Peripherals
    - Install the Xbox 360 controller

    No download needed, Windows 8 is 360 controller ready out of the box.

    Should look like this:
    [​IMG]
     
    Zymphad, May 2, 2013
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