Reviving Our Favorite Controller | The OG Xbox Duke Controller
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- In todays episode we perform quality of life repairs for this original XBOX Duke controller for the OG XBOX gaming console. We replace the analog sticks and the controller cord/wire.
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Duke Controller > Any other controller in console history
Can confirm. I'm a tall guy with large hands, and most controllers end up causing me a lot of hand pain. The Duke has, far and away, been the most comfortable controller for me.
Another great video. I hate it when people rol up the cables around the controllers :(
The Duke was a great controller, still have mine in woking condition, Used it for mabey a year and got a S controller. They are indeed very fragile.
Yea, I've lost many controller cables due to people wrapping up my controllers like that. The only problem is, it does take up more space wrapping the cable that way.
When you take old controllers apart, if they’ve not broken any screw posts it will be a good idea to submerge them in really hot nearly boiling water and leave them in there till the water is cold. You will find the plastic less prone to cracking/breaking, that’s a fact my friend. Great video as usual and your dry sense of humour cracks me up. Great job.
That's a great tip, I'll be sure to try that out with the next few ones that come my way. Thanks!
@@RetroRenegadeRepairs you are welcome
@@rorykelly8275 Wish I knew that before my Duke started to disintegrate..
@@SomeAngryGuy1997 you will do ok with these in the future I promise mate
@@SomeAngryGuy1997 I would take any that you have left to pieces and treat them with my method. Hopefully they won’t damage screw posts on disassembly.
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I've seen many a person do this to cords. Instead of wrapping it with a bit of slack they tightly wind it around the device. Playstation controllers stood up to this a bit better, the wires still try to curl up in there, but its restrained enough that the curls are further apart.
all the buttons are keyed to specific holes. but yes cleaning all the plastics while its apart would be great. I ususally soak in warm dawn-water while doing the repairs.
I love your style of working so don’t ever change, and what you do is like art to me 😘
11:11 Парень, у тебя такое замечательное оборудование hakko. Я не поверю, что у тебя нет демонтажной станции😅
Upd: Она позади тебя стоит, скучает в одиночестве 😊
This gives me hope for a controller I have
Did you have calibration issues? I used a similar stick but it drifts initially.
However, it fixes itself after a full rotation.
So far I've not noticed any issues, but I'm sure I will as I replace more of the analog sticks.
Would you mind sharing where you sourced the replacement analog sticks and replacement cord?
I just added them to the description.
@@RetroRenegadeRepairs thanks
I got a Duke a little under 10 years ago, since I didn't buy my Xbox until after the S controller was already the standard pack-in controller. Just like that one, the cord is totally twisted inside the sheath. Does that happen to a lot of those? I'm definitely going to get a replacement cord to fix that.
While it's a shame you can't get them in the original translucent green, it's kind of a blessing in disguise - I purchased a pair of "Japanese" S controllers that were briefly sold here in the US back in the day - unlike the standard S controller that was sold here, the cord is that same translucent green, a bit shorter than a standard US S controller, and features a green Xbox badge instead of the black one. Although I've taken great care of them over the years, the surface of the cord got this sticky residue on them, while my regular S controllers never did.
It happens quite often. Very few of the used ones I have purchased have been twist free. I have also noticed the stickiness of the cable and I think its due to a chemical people use to clean the cord.
Well, I definitely think you are on the right track, but in my case, I have taken great care of my controllers over the years, and have never needed to clean the cords. That said, I would suspect that whatever chemicals used to make those cords are likely breaking down over the years, causing the stickiness - I did try cleaning my Duke’s cord with IPA, but after a while, the stickiness comes back… much like this white residue that I’ve never been able to eliminate from my main controller’s thumb sticks. I’m guessing in that case that oils from my thumbs caused some other kind of reaction with the rubber.
i was just 8bitdoing an n64 controller with three broken screw posts. i used the two part epoxy. i screwed the broken posts to the top half of the shell so they would surely line up, and tried to align the breaks so they would mesh properly. i also was generous with the epoxy to kind of encase the break. it came out nicely. i really dislike creaky, flappy controllers
Which brand epoxy are you using?
@@RetroRenegadeRepairs literally dollar store stuff. adhear is the brand. i actually bought the stuff because i broke my glasses clean in half years ago and crazy glue wasn't cutting it.
LONG LIVE THE DUKE
Took what the dreamcast had to offer and made it better.
Your soldering skills are absolutely beautiful friend!
Thank you very much!
I had repaired some of the broken plastic post with epoxy. Great video, I just picked up one of thodr duke controllers
Nice. I'll have to try the epoxy method. I have a few controllers that could use some screw post repairs.
@@RetroRenegadeRepairs Awesome, when that epoxy dries it is like cement. Thanks for the reply.