Xbox 360 Wireless Controller will not connect to PC

[Guest]

I am unable to get my Xbox 360 wireless controller to connect to the wireless
receiver under Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit. The wireless controller is
using a standard battery pack. My PC is running a eVga's Nvidia 680i
motherboard, which is controlling the USB ports. The wireless receiver plugs
directly into one of the motherboard's rear USB ports.

If I power the controller on before I turn on (or reboot) the computer, the
controller will connect when Vista boots, but I am unable to play game with
the controller. Launching Solitaire, for example, causes the joystick to
connect and the green light highlights the top left quadrant of the menu
button (1). This sounds good, but I can not control the game...

If I boot up Vista then turn on the controller, all four lights on the menu
button lights blink and never stop. At this point the controller is not
listed in the "Game Controllers" control panel. I can re-sync the controller
to the wireless receiver, but the menu button lights still blink and the
controller will still not show up in the "Game Controllers" control panel.

The very first time I installed this controller, I was able to play
solitaire with it. After a reboot, nothing. I may have used a different USB
port when I moved the receiver to the other side of my desk. Returning the
receiver on the original USB port doesn't help.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

If you run msconfig from the search box, is the xbox receiver program
enabled on the startup tab?
Is the receiver's light lit when the system finishes loading?
Dumb question perhaps, but have you tried changing batteries?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

The xbox receiver is enabled in msconfig. The light on the receiver is green
and I did try different batteries.


I returned the controller to the store and purchased a new one. The new
controller seemed fine at first, but the same problem is back.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Then I would next reinstall the receiver software, but not from the supplied
disk. Get the latest version from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/g...ssories Software 1.1 64-bit for Windows Vista

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I have already installed this software, Xbox 360 Accessories Software 1.1
32-bit for Windows Vista. In fact, this is the only driver software that I
have installed & un-installed & re-installed. I never installed the software
that came on the CD.

As a side note. I can occasionally get the controller to work, but when I
play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six VEGAS the controller will not work, even though
it will work with Solitaire and it does work with the wired 360 controller.
The menu button highlights the #1 position (green light at the top left of
the menu button), but no game control...


Thank you for your assistance.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

That game is listed as "Supported OS:Windows XP (only)" here:
http://store.ubi.com/item.jsp?item=68321&category=PC

So it doesn't surprise me that the controller won't work for it.

As to the general problem, if you've already uninstalled/reinstalled the
software, then I would next remove and reinstall all USB devices via device
mangler, er manager.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

I am also have trouble connecting, I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate and I
loaded xbox360_64eng rev 1.1 before I nstalled the usb receiver. Checking
the driver in the system devices shows the driver is working properly for the
receiver. When relinking the contoller the quadrant lights spin around but
then all 4 flash never locking on a channel. Any thoughts

 

[mithrandir]

This solution doesn't seem satisfactory to me. I am experiencing the
same problems, but I don't have the same USB controller the previous
poster, so it would seem logical that the problem isn't the USB
controller. My wireless xbox controller worked fine when I first
tried the receiver, but now that it has been a few days and I've
rebooted a time or two, the light just blinks at me.

Any other ideas? Anyone else still have this problem and don't want
to go buy new hardware?

 

[zelaya.lopez]

This solution doesn't seem satisfactory to me. I am experiencing the
same problems, but I don't have the same USB controller the previous
poster, so it would seem logical that the problem isn't the USB
controller. My wireless xbox controller worked fine when I first
tried the receiver, but now that it has been a few days and I've
rebooted a time or two, the light just blinks at me.

Any other ideas? Anyone else still have this problem and don't want
to go buy new hardware?

HOLY SH!T. I Usually don't post on forums but going through this whole
ordeal, I had to put my 2 cents in so that other people don't go
through this.
Its true. This receiver needs juice...A LOT of juice, no you'll need a
USB hub with its own power supply to get it to sync. I used the little
USB hub that comes with ROCKBAND for the X360 to test this and BAM!
Works.
Its stupid, I know. MS needs to fix this driver so it doesnt require
its own USB hub.
Cheers!

 

[TonyZi]

Hi! Count me in too! I just bought it and it worked like a charm for a reboot
or two. I didn't do any changes to my system and all of a sudden, the
controller doesn't find the receiver and on the top of this it completely
KILLS my Logitech G7 until I reboot my computer without the receiver plugged
in! So apparently this is not only a USB power issue, but ALSO a driver issue
too! It conflicts somehow with ALL Logitech's stuff. But, I ordered a POWERED
USB HUB and if that doesn't help me to get work my 360 Receiver, then I have
NO CLUE what to do anymore! I think this solution should be better than
buying a PCI USB HUB, since that would suck even more power from your PSU.

If the POWERED USB HUB helps me at least on getting this damn thing to work
BUT kills my G7, then I guess I'll just have to buy a Microsoft branded
mouse too. That's OK too, if I'll just get this thing to work!

 

[TonyZi]

I can confirm now that both "fixes" work, PCI USB Card and a POWERED USB HUB.
And my mouse is also working correctly! So unfortunately the only cure is to
buy more USB's. Then it finds the controller and no more conflicts. Still
very Bizarre.

 

[ChrisJAllen]

Worked for me by adding a USB hub that utilized 2 USB ports on my PC
(Power USB hub). I had just purchased this receiver and used a default
controller from my XBOX 360 i own. Weird... Thanks to everyones post!
I now have loaded pinnacle and can play just about ANY game with my
XBOX controller! GRAW and COD4 here i come!

 

[Sean S]

I am having the same issue with the controller being unable to sync with my wireless receiver. However the controller works fine with my xbox 360. The only time i can get it to sync is right after i reinstall the drivers. After reboot it doesnt work anymore.