Madcatz te2 sfv fightstick problems

Hi, sorry if i am posting wrong or something, i’m new here. WEll here goes, my madcatz te2 sfv fightstick has the x button “stuck” now normally this wouldnt be a problem but the first stick i bough (the same) also had the button stuck and i ended up having to return it(at great cost to me, eat shit amazon) The second one worked, for a year, i played minimally, barely touching it and now it has the same problem, if i check it in “settings” on the pc the x button shows up as stuck, i tested the wire from the square button on the x button and it works fine, even if all the wires are disconnected the x button shows as stuck, anyone else had this problem, can it really be the pcb/wire twice in a row? because if so that is ridiculous an i am getting out of fighting games in general because i’ve already spent so much fucking time dealing with bullshit and NOT playing.

te2+, sorry

I wonder if there anything on the board causing a bridge or short.

Well its still in that solid-looking plastic container so ther really shouldnt be, but if that were true, is there a way i could clean it or something?

Depends on how it’s being shorted. it could be a simple bit of metal filing or a solder blob

All right, thank you for the help, man much appreciated i’ll try checking the pcb and seeing if i can figure anything out

I have the same issue with my TES+ (square button either is unresponsive or stuck always on). I’ve seen posts on other forums describing the same issue, so this appears to a problem with the build quality of the PCB.

Guys theres a fix for this issue, search the te2+ thread.

Do you have a link to the thread?