I’m playing ssfiv: ae on the ps3, and my 6 buttons decide not to work randomly. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t… I tried using my other arcade stick, and the same thing happens (They’re both wired, so no wireless interference). I’m using sanwa buttons too.
My guess is that it’s my ps3??? It’s one of the first ps3’s that came out. I somehow managed to get it working when I bang on the other buttons i.e. Mid Punch doesn’t work, I’m hitting Fierce Punch and Mid Punch simultaneously and then Mid Punch works miraculously… and then a few seconds later, it doesn’t… it’s really really annoying! My normal ps3 wifi controllers work just fine… I really don’t know what’s going on…
So I just flipped my ps3 on its other side and the buttons are working… that is so weird… I bet it won’t be like that for long though… If anyone has some kind of reason for this, I’d be open ears
I honestly doubt it would be the PS3. Rather there could be various possibilities on what it is… loose connections to buttons, bad USB cable, faulty PCB, etc. if you could open up your stick and take a picture of the inside wiring that would help us find a problem.
Great, now the buttons don’t work anymore again, a few minutes after flipping the ps3.
I have 2 arcade sticks, and despite that they are identical, I haven’t used one of them in almost a year, and for them to both react the same way now questions whether my arcade sticks have anything faulty at all…
I opened the case up and everything was connected together accordingly… I just don’t get it. I shake the arcade stick in hopes that something inside will move, causing the button to work again, but the shaking has no effect (all buttons not working remain not working, and all buttons working, remain working), I rapidly hit the buttons not working, and nothing happens, then I hit all the buttons both working and not working, and the buttons not working works for a few seconds… it’s seriously wtf.
Connect the arcade stick to the PC and see if you have the same problems when using it on the PC. If you don’t, maybe your PS3 USB ports are the problem.
Older Qanba stick, right? I’ve used a couple of those before and the PCB’s don’t have any issues. That sounds to me like the controller board or the USB ports on your PS3 are going out.
If you’re seeing the message “The maximum amount of power that can be supplied to the USB devices has been reached. Please remove at least one device.” appear then the notes about USB ports on your PS3 are most likely correct.
I recently repaired a PS3 for this specific issue. What’s happening is that one (or both) of your USB ports has been damaged, most likely due to a cord-pull or direct impact to a connector while plugged into the PS3. Either the connector slates are damaged and shorting, or the connector’s mount to the PCB has been damaged.
As SinJul noted, connect your stick to a PC and enter the properties window and test the behavior of the stick (Devices and Printers > (right click controller) Game controller settings > Properties). See if you notice any dropouts. You most likely will not, confirming that your stick is solid and the problem is with your PS3.
If that’s the case, I would HIGHLY recommend using Sony’s repair and refurbishing service. Fixing a damaged USB port on these things is kind of a pain. In my case, I knew which port was broken and simply removed it (obvious physical damage to the connector thanks to the nieces).