i can’t give you a 100% ok since your pcb might be a little different??
but i definitely know the one i have, have 2 set of common ground and 3 separate ones for select,start,ps button
probably the best choice is just lay a wire on one of the common grounds and try contacting with each button and see if it response or not on the pc display/config
Good idea. I’ll have to try that.
If all else fails, I’ll toss this into a PS3/PC only ghetto stick. I need to use up all those old buttons from the Madcatz SE, and Hori sticks I’ve modded.
Awesome, thanks Ragnorok 
Well I tried it s and it is indeed a non-common ground pad. Looks like it’s ghetto stick time for this thing.
I’ll see if I can make a common ground mod for the controller. I should be receiving my controller in the mail soon.
I just saw this pad today along with the other Dreamgear arcade sticks. I bought one stick a month ago for modding.
What I saw on the new batches is that there is a sticker labeled Works on PS3 Slim with a USB hub O_o
I asked the clerk if there is a specific kind of USB hub for it to work with the Slim, but the answer is amibuous. I’d figure if the arcade sticks have that sticker maybe the pads would work that way too.
For people who bought this already, can you try if putting any USB hub in between the Slim and the Dreamgear pad and test if that would make it work?
In Datablitz right? Didn’t saw that sticker… Funny thing the ikan costs 500 pesos cheaper than the dreamgear yet its the same product 
Though, I might consider getting the Wii Dreamgear stick for some TvC action :wgrin:
Can a SNES Dpad rubber fit in these??
I couldn’t even begin to know the answer to that one.
Like this…just fit the dpad on the PS3 pad
Okay, for anyone who bought this controller, not all is lost. Just finished a common ground mod for the board. Video of it in action
Each button will need one PNP transistor and one 10k ohm resistor.
Solder the Emitter pin of the transistor to the common line of the pad.
Solder the Collector pin of the transistor to the button signal line of the pad.
Solder the Base pin of the transistor to a 10k ohm resistor.
When the other end of the resistor is touching ground, the controller will register the button press.
For start,select, and home, I’m not too sure if they will need the transistor and resistor. When I touched the pad that’s marked with the box in the picture with ground, it recognized the button press. However, I don’t know if that will affect it adversely (the led’s did something strange).
Good luck and enjoy!
That’s pretty awesome. :lovin: With the price of these pads, if they can be common grounded for use in a dual PCB mod, that will be awesome. How much extra would you estimate the cost of the extra components needed would be? I hope you can get Start, Select, and home working.
When testing these with a Multimete at home I belive start and select had a lower resistance than 10k, I just can’t remeber what it was.
Oh i already did get start, select, and home working. I just noticed that you can connect ground to them and it will read it as a button press. I only noticed it did something weird to the leds, but I don’t know if it does anything weird while on a ps3 (only able to test on pc). You can still add a pnp transistor and 10k ohm resistor to each of those 3 buttons too.
As for cost of the extra parts, it should be $6-$7 at radioshack. If you got old electronics like vcr’s or broken tv’s, you can gut the boards out and get the resistors. Most likely not lucky to find enough pnp transistors out of those. If you buy the parts in bulk, you can end up only paying like a penny or two per transistor and resistor.
Just finished dual modding my 360 TE with the dreamGEAR pad. Also used the Imp board along with the mod. I went ahead and added the transistor + resistor for the start,select, and home button too.
Here’s the part list if you want to get them from radio shack.
PNP transistors (package of 15) $2.56
10k ohm resistors (package of 5) $0.99
You’ll need 15 transistors and 15 resistors total . So if you go to radio shack, you’ll need to get one pack of transistors and 3 packs of resistors. Coming to $5.53 + tax. Mind you, there are other ways to get the components and for a lot cheaper price. Just used radio shack as a quick fix example.
Awesome to know it works in a dual mod. Dis did the LEDs stop acting weird on Start/Select/Home activation when you installed the Transistors and resistors?
yessir.
Are these the right components?
https://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G475R
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=A10562
The resistors are right.
Use these transistors instead. http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G43155. Saved ya a penny!
noticed on the site they have a $10 min order? Going to order anything else?
Thanks.
If I get enough to potentially hack 4 pads it’d put me over $10. I’ll just have to see what they’re charging for shipping.
Actually, I may go with this site instead.
http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=11149&strVarSel=&strCompare=
http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=9700
What exactly do I need to look at on the Transistors to know if they are the right ones?