Had the stick open and was trying it out on my DC (background, it’s never worked on anything but PS2, no idea why), and I noticed a smell like frying electronics. Definitely the chip on the cthulhu, any idea what that is? It was getting very hot too. It was only getting 5v via the voltage line, I could see no shorts on the board.
Sounds like your wires on dc are backwards
You mean 5v and ground?