Hello. I will keep this short. You need a small screwdriver, medical alcohol and cotton quetips.
Then you open a guide on youtube, and carefully follow it step by step.
It was very scary for me for the first time, and now I do it from the memory whenever my controllers start to drift.
I have had 2 PS5 controllers for 2 years and they both started to drift just last month. I fixed them and now they have NO drift!
It is just that the sensor can get dirty and need maintenance, like most of tech.
I will provide 2 links, for Gen 1 and Gen 2 PS5 controllers
GLHF
sami_sunny on
Oh, thanks for that! I’ll try to do that too. Because I have a couple of gamepads that I don’t use just because of the strong stick drift.
AlmostAndrew on
I’ve done this and didn’t even need that many tools, but it’s still so much easier and cheaper to do it yourself. I tell everyone I know when they complain about stick drift. I’ve fixed 5 controllers now, even replaced the springs in the some of them.
That second one lets you write new analog calibration data to the PS5 controller.
Baldric_ on
Tips on prolonging your controller now that you know how to clean it:
1. Don’t get addicted and suddenly clean your controller every time there is a minor drift.
2. Don’t try to clean the other stick if it ain’t broke
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Hello. I will keep this short. You need a small screwdriver, medical alcohol and cotton quetips.
Then you open a guide on youtube, and carefully follow it step by step.
It was very scary for me for the first time, and now I do it from the memory whenever my controllers start to drift.
I have had 2 PS5 controllers for 2 years and they both started to drift just last month. I fixed them and now they have NO drift!
It is just that the sensor can get dirty and need maintenance, like most of tech.
I will provide 2 links, for Gen 1 and Gen 2 PS5 controllers
GLHF
Oh, thanks for that! I’ll try to do that too. Because I have a couple of gamepads that I don’t use just because of the strong stick drift.
I’ve done this and didn’t even need that many tools, but it’s still so much easier and cheaper to do it yourself. I tell everyone I know when they complain about stick drift. I’ve fixed 5 controllers now, even replaced the springs in the some of them.
Also:
[Gamepad Tester – Check Controllers and Joysticks Online (hardwaretester.com)](https://hardwaretester.com/gamepad)
[DualShock Calibration GUI (dualshock-tools.github.io)](https://dualshock-tools.github.io/)
That second one lets you write new analog calibration data to the PS5 controller.
Tips on prolonging your controller now that you know how to clean it:
1. Don’t get addicted and suddenly clean your controller every time there is a minor drift.
2. Don’t try to clean the other stick if it ain’t broke
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