Mod an Xbox controller for PC use

[Tin]

for those of you that like the xbox controller, i did a nice worthwhile mod that some of you may find handy. all youll need is one xbox controller and one USB cable. first thing....cut the xbox connector off of the controller. then, youll want to cut some of the USB cable, using the end you plug into a USB port. youll need to strip the wires on both the controller and the USB cable until you see the different colored wires. the USB cable has black, white, red, green, and yellow....the xbox has black, white, red, green, and orange. you can cut off the orange and yellow wires since they wont be used. next, stripe the colored wires so that you have the bare copper wire exposed. now, youll want to match green to green, red to red, white to white, and black to black. next thing youll want to do is put a piece of heatshrink on the main USB/xbox controller cable, but dont melt it yet. now youre going to put smaller heatshrink on the smaller wires BEFORE you solder them together. now procede with soldering the matching wires together. after you solder the wires together youll need to heat up the smaller heatshrink on the colored wires so none of the bare wire touches one another. after that, youll heat up the larger piece to finish up. congrats youve modded an xbox controller for PC use. the best thing about this mod...is that most times Windows XP will recognize the controller right off the bat as an xbox controller....so you wont need a driver. if per chance windows doesnt recognize it, go here and get your driver. this controller is awesome for games. why spend $50 on a new PC controller when you can make your own for about $20?

[DragonNOA1]

I saw this done somewhere not too long ago. I was wondering about the driver issues myself. Good lookin' out Tin.

[mikezel]

I've been meaning to do this myself, nice post Tin.
Here is a site i found a long time ago that has pictures of the mod.

mike

[shadowbreaker513]

I did this a while ago with a broken mouse, and an xbox extension cord so I didn't ruin a controller. I also soddered instead of heatshink. I have yet to get the analog to work.

[Tin]

the driver should solve your analog problems.

[tomster2300]

That's pretty cool, I didnt know you could do that. So you're saying you can take a regular pc mouse and change it into something the xbox would recognize?

Does anyone have a site for doing that?

[Redfallon]

I don't think that'd work, the Xbox wouldn't have driver support for a mouse. He's saying he used an old mouse (for the USB connection) and an xbox extension cable so he could use his xbox controller on his PC.

[tomster2300]

Oh ok, I didnt realize that. Thanks.

[shadowbreaker513]

Anybody got a mirror for that driver? It's exceeded it's bandwidth

[trelarah]

Instead of doing all that hard work, and spending $20... you could just go buy a Xbox to PC Adapter off of eBay here.

[Tin]

Originally Posted by devintohara Instead of doing all that hard work, and spending $20... you could just go buy a Xbox to PC Adapter off of eBay here.

its hardly hard work. took me about 5 minutes . anybody who isnt color blind can do it.

[netnamakan]

can't say thanks enough canary, this is AWSOME I had no idea that was possible
although thought about trying several times, I thought it would be harder than it was- simple as cut and solder
just did it with a freind this afternoon, been playing halo since.

thanks again

[vodksi]

Cool mod, does it play alright and work properly though??? Also was wondering about the lifespan of the controller after the operation

[netnamakan]

works perfectly for me, exactly like a xbox.

the life span would be just the same I would think.

[trelarah]

Originally Posted by Tin Canary its hardly hard work. took me about 5 minutes . anybody who isnt color blind can do it.

Still, you said it would cost you approx. $20. All I'm saying is that you can buy an adapter off ebay for less than that (incld. shipping). Plus you still have a working xbox controller, you don't need to splice any wires. It's just plug and play

[04nmr85]

And for those of us that don't know how to solder yet, the adapter offers a quick solution to using an xbox controller on the pc. I'm sure doing this mod would be a valuable learning experience however.

[cooldude90876]

SO do u need an xbox to do this

[netnamakan]

I'm sorry why would you need an xbox, to make a controller for a pc what are you saying here?

[DragonNOA1]

no xbox needed

[steven007x3]

Once i install the drivers for the xbox controller s seriers it gives me a "this device cannot start" and thats it. no hid-compliant drivers to install. What do i do?

[spartan015]

giving this a shot, i'm following that dual connector thing so i can still use it for my xbox.

i think bf2 for me will be better since im good at flying with a game controller

[spartan015]

it works! played halo. don't have bf2 installed lol. but it works really well, sensitivity is a little bit high but other then that very playable.