How to use XBOX 360 controllers on your PC for FREE - Make your own wireless controller receiver!

EDIT 2: YOU CANNOT SYNC REMOTES, SYNC THEM TO YOUR XBOX BEFORE TAKING IT APART!!! My remotes were already synced to the 360 I used before I took it apart, so I didn't need to worry about that. Unfortunately, the sync button is on the 360 itself, not the wireless receiver device, so you would have to solder a chip onto this board. Google "MSP430 xbox 360" for instructions on how to do that.

EDIT: You will NOT get the fancy spinning flashing green lights that you get on your xbox remote or a regular 360. Unlike if you were to buy the connectivity kit (which they dont make anymore), this board will not light up AT ALL. At least mine doesn't, and mine is working great after almost a month of very frequent use.

So I found out you can rip the wireless receiver out of a bricked Xbox 360 and easily use it on your PC. It is already set up for a USB interface, it just uses a different type of connector.

This video shows you how to use an old USB cable and solder it to the 360's wireless controller receiver.

Once you have finished soldering, you will need to download this software before you can get it to work on your PC:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/p/xbox-360-controller-for-windows#sup...

Click the 'support' tab, select your operating system, then download the "Xbox 360 Accessories Software". Install it as normal, because it will place the driver we need in your Program Files folder.

I learned how to do this from an old Spanish video from 2008, but there were no audio instructions, it was designed for XP, and it linked to drivers that didn't exist anymore. I hope this helps everyone!

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[chaos781]

Did anyone confirm that this do work. I just solder the USB wire to the receiver. Plug it in but nothing happens no power/no alert from the pc

[SCIIspacedude]

Man, I'm so fucking happy right getting this to work after so many problems in the way! Awesome! :D

[SCIIspacedude]

@moeburn Got the voltage down to 3.8 with what I had about, and it works perfectly now! :D Anyhow, thanks for the guide, brah. I dunno much about this stuff, but the diode you have on ours only prevents the voltage from going back into the USB-controller and not actually dropping the voltage?

[moeburn]

@SCIIspacedude Weird, maybe thats what the diode is doing on mine. Thanks for the info.

[moeburn]

@SCIIspacedude I'm pretty sure the board is meant to work with 5v, because that is what the USB port delivers. Why are you using an LED, as a diode? They use up a lot more current than a diode, might be the cause of your problems?

Also, I'm not sure if i mentioned it in the description, but I had to reinstall the drivers every time I changed the USB port. If I didn't use the same USB port every time, it would see it as an unknown device.

[SCIIspacedude]

@moeburn Search for ''wireless-xbox360-controller-­on-a-pc-without-the-commercial­-dongle'' for where I found info on the proper voltage. :)

[SCIIspacedude]

@moeburn Important update! The problem indeed lays with the voltage! After I restarted my PC (after dropping the voltage) Windows found the device as a receiver - and not as a unknown device. Secondly, I can install the driver now! However, the device wont start, but the board is ment to work with around 3.3v (if I remember correctly). When I find something to drop the voltage just right, I'll think it'll work then. I've tested unsoldering the LED and resoldering to confirm my findings.

[moeburn]

@SCIIspacedude Well it sounds like you have a voltmeter, so hopefully you have an ohmmeter, you can use that to check your soldering by putting one lead on the exposed end of the USB cable, and the other lead on the opposite side of the board from where you soldered (the metal goes through to the other side), and check for 0 ohms. You could also test the usb cable itself as well this way, but it is kind of difficult to put a lead on the individual pins on the male end.

[SCIIspacedude]

@moeburn Small update. I tried to re-solder the wires, no luck. I originally didn't drop the voltage down from 5v but I've tried adding a LED just now. It dropped the voltage down to 2.5, which is a tad low, I think? It didn't change anything, tho. Secondly, I tried another USB cable + duing the whole thing again with a new reciever card that I also had. Still, no good news to report. It might be the voltage, still, but then again other people have had success with 5v.

[hardwire78]

have a look on this article to get syncing working diru[dot]org/wordpress/2011/03­/wireless-xbox360-controller-o­n-a-pc-without-the-commercial-­dongle/