Mod a controller for less than $20

ok first of all i am not responsible for U BREAKING YOUR CONTROLER

secondly i did this myself, first time i screwed up (happens to everyone) by keeping the solder tool on the LED too long and it fried it. i was lucky to have a spare controller.

third this is a tut by me, i will put more detial on later but for now this is a simple tut if you dont want to buy a already modded controller.

NOTE: radioShack is your hero and also you must have a controller with a chip that saysc15 on it. this is easy to find, just take your battery out of your controller, look in the botten right by the springs and if there is a chip that says c15 on it this will not work. this is because the other controllers run on a PWM. but if you have a older controller this will work if not you need a modchip.

Step 1
this is the part where you need money. now according to your tax rate or economy, this may vary from state to state.

ITEMS
TT9 Torx Driver

Small Push Button Switch like this one

Model: 275-011 | Catalog #: 275-011

some wire to connect the button to the LED

A soldering drill and bit, make sure to get the right size

and a controller

STEP 2

Okay now you will unscrew your controller. there are 7 screws all together, that includes the one screw hidden in the middle of the info pan on the back of the controller. (that is the papre with writing on it that you see when you takeout the battery)

now get the mother board out of the caseing and set it o the table and heat up your soldering iron.

STEP 3

now solder the wire to the button. now the negative wire goes to the middle pin on the right triger. (verry easy to spot because there are 3 dots going vertical on the motherboard) and the positive wire goes on the LED port or d21

Step 4

now put back the controller, go in game and test it out.

Final notes;
okay its easy to drill a hole in the back of your controller to put the button threw, but you dont have too

also note that you might want to get a button that does not have the (always on) option, because then you will shoot and not stop

remember im not responsible for your actions

I WILL POST PICTURES HERE SOON WHEN I FIX MY CAMERA

dose ths werk with both trigers ie: can you use 2 butons

idk but ill find out for ya

sweet that would be cool for mw2

XTM Karma wrote:sweet that would be cool for mw2

hey as of right now i dont think you can. i tried soldering another button on yesterday to a different part and failed. o also tried using the same led and failed. i then did some research and found out that you cannot with this type of mod. since it sends pulses from the led to the button giving you the godly trigger speed lol. so i think you might want to look into a modchip but ill find out so you dont waste money. but for this way, just one button.

nice i gotta hit up radioshack one of these days cuz i swear you cannot find that freakin little button anywhere else lmao

lol i tried doing this awhile back but found out that i have a newer controller version and it doesnt work (good thing i didnt drill the hole yet )

XTM Lucky wrote:lol i tried doing this awhile back but found out that i have a newer controller version and it doesnt work (good thing i didnt drill the hole yet )

lol my friend did this and drilled the hole in the back and then got on mw2. he got so mad it wasnt working he thre it on the ground and it broke. he then called me up and i asked if he did everything i told him and he said ya. i went to his house and i showed him the back of his controller and then he takled me saying i didnt tell him about the new controllers when i did lol but yes dont do this if you have a new controller.

another great place to solder instead of straight on the mother bored would be where your right rumble pack plugs into the white thing well right above it are two vertical post you want to solder to the right post its easier and you wont burn your motherboard =] i did this and it works perfect happy modding =]

XTM Chubacca wrote:another great place to solder instead of straight on the mother bored would be where your right rumble pack plugs into the white thing well right above it are two vertical post you want to solder to the right post its easier and you wont burn your motherboard =] i did this and it works perfect happy modding =]

im a try that. i have another controller i just got from my friend and ill try it this way

ya just make sure the solder doesnt touch the left post or you will hav problems lol

XTM Chubacca wrote:ya just make sure the solder doesnt touch the left post or you will hav problems lol

kk i wont then

ok so can you put one on the led and one on the rumble pack would you be able to do this for both triggers???