If they are working on the console and not on the PC, we can check if your USB ports are clean and don’t have any dust stuck in them. After that, you can configure them as you please in the Hardware settings or in the in-game settings. Your computer will list down all the installed drivers along with their version, date modified, module name and the driver type. Major Features: Transparent Housing, Vibration feedback rumble motors, integrated headset/communicator port, 3 lighting Modes: Off, On, and Pulse (rumble). If the controller doesn’t work on both, the console and the PC, it means that the controllers have a hardware issue and you would have to replace/repair them.

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When the controller has been used for a long time it can build up heat and melt the solder on the LEDs. You can check your currently installed drivers anytime by running the “ Run” application and typing “ cmd” in the dialogue box. Through different drivers and software, we try to connect it to the PC; this doesn’t change the fact that it was designed and developed for the consoles. If you are connected your 360 controllers with a USB hub, disconnect them from there and plug them into the USB port present on your PC.

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Uninstall all the drivers and software regarding the controller which is already present in your system before following this solution. Just select the driver according to the specification of your computer by choosing 32 bit or 64 bit. Due to the cross-platform support and the fact that Microsoft is behind both Xbox and Windows, all controllers should work with a simple Plug-and-Play sequence.Using it, we have subsequently redone most of our articles to provide actual hands-on expertise on the guides we made.