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Need help with Xbox 360 wireless controller

Hi!

I lately found out that you can connect your xbox 360 controller to PC. Although I have a wireless controller. Without wanting to buy the wireless reciever I looked for other methods. I the found out that you can connect your wireless controller to the PC using the recharging cable for the rechargable battery pck, although this hasn't been working for me. When I press the Xbox guide button it flashes and flashes but the computer isn't picking up on this. Can anyone help!?

Thanks!

Paul

[521 byte] By [SovietChimp] at [2008-2-17]

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# 1

Hi Paul.

Are you running Vista or XP? Do you see a USB message when you plug it in to the PC? Does it try to install drivers?

I think the charging cable only supplies power -- It doesn't actually connect the device to the USB hub.

DaveLee at 2007-10-3 >

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# 2

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

I'm running Windows XP, it's USB so the icon for installing a driver comes up. I don't have a disc for the controller. So I'll either have to buy a wired controller or the receiver?

SovietChimp at 2007-10-3 >

# 3

I stand corrected. The controller is discoverable over the USB charger.

However, I was not able to get it working last night, even after downloading drivers.

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/download.mspx

I tried "Xbox 360 Controller for Windows" and "Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows". I suspect the device ID's are slightly different, and these drivers did not work.

I'm afraid your back to the original options of purchasing either an "Xbox 360 Controller for Windows" or the Wireless Gaming Receiver.

David

DaveLee at 2007-10-3 >

# 4

i disagree i pluged in my wirless with a charger and it continuasly vibrated wich leads me to believe it will still trying to figure out how tho

tarzan1014 at 2007-10-3 >

# 5

is there a way to get this sorted with out buying the extra stuff

psyuk at 2007-10-3 >

# 6

Hi I have the same problem. I'm using XNA to begin writing xbox games but not sure how I can get the wireless drivers to work on windows using usb charge cable. Anybody figure anything out yet?

Tomoprime at 2007-10-3 >

# 7

"is there a way to get this sorted with out buying the extra stuff"

As far as I am aware, you need this product:

[1] http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessgamingreceiver/

DaveLee at 2007-10-3 >

# 8

Yeah I went out and picked up one at ebgames for $20. It works fine. Thanks everyone.

Tomoprime at 2007-10-3 >

# 9

This is all well and good as long as you don't care if you have trigger buttons or not in MANY PC games. I called MS about the hardware and driver problems and when they told me the driver worked just fine I told them it did not and pointed them to resources that have fixed the trigger buttons. I am using that driver now but of course that means I have no working headphone, when I need the headphone I roll back the driver and just go without the trigger buttons. I play Final Fantasy XI

I am very disappointed in the controller itself (I had to return 2 for defective left analog stick and 1 for defective headphone jack). This is a $60 slap in the face and noone would take it back for refund opened. The controller is fine now fix the driver Please.

ZakAdelman at 2007-10-3 >

# 10

I just bought MS Xbox 360 wired controller and using windows vista 32bit. Vista unable to locate driver device, even download driver from ms.

meng72 at 2007-10-3 >

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