{"id":11994,"date":"2022-04-17T11:43:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T11:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/?p=11994"},"modified":"2022-04-17T11:43:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T11:43:55","slug":"fixing-an-xbox-controller-broken-by-elden-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/11994-fixing-an-xbox-controller-broken-by-elden-ring.html","title":{"rendered":"Fixing an Xbox controller broken by Elden Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been enjoying Elden Ring on the Xbox but not so much when my controller broke. I recall the same thing happening with Dark Souls. Maybe it&#8217;s the way I play, but the problem is that the right bumper is used for a quick attack, which I use constantly. The bumpers seem to be less robust than the triggers, so after a while it breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately the current Xbox controllers (I have a Carbon Black) are easy to fix. The hardest part is getting the textured panels off the controller handles; like so many modern electronics cases, these are a press fit and have to be levered off while trying not to break or scratch them. Then you undo two screws each side using a Torx T8 security screwdriver and another screw under the label in the battery compartment. Then you can carefully remove first a central rear panel and next the rear bumpers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This revealed the problem: a small plastic tab had broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/xboxcontroller-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/xboxcontroller-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/xboxcontroller-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gluing the tab back probably would not last long; but fortunately compatible bumper parts are available for a few pounds on eBay. I bought two (one for next time) and everything is fine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been enjoying Elden Ring on the Xbox but not so much when my controller broke. I recall the same thing happening with Dark Souls. Maybe it&#8217;s the way I play, but the problem is that the right bumper is used for a quick attack, which I use constantly. The bumpers seem to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/11994-fixing-an-xbox-controller-broken-by-elden-ring.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fixing an Xbox controller broken by Elden Ring<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1519,1,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-uncategorized","category-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11997,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994\/revisions\/11997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}