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PS4 Controller model CUH-ZCT1. Released in November 2013 by Sony Computer Entertainment, this six-axis, 3.7 V lithium ion battery controller is uncomplicated to repair. (NOTE: Teardown guide is NOT for this model)

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Water damaged, PS4 controller, how to diagnose and repair?

After a late night I stupidly deposited my PS4 controller on top of the dishes in my sink. The next day after looking all over for the controller, to my dismay, I noticed it perched atop my dishes. As I removed it small droplets escaped from the PS button and L/R handles. I waited until it dried sufficiently. Then I plugged it back into the HDMI charging cord. I waited a while since there was no light showing residual charge.

I turned my console on and could not get the PS button to respond, thereby barring me from its use. After charging it for a while, a blue light flickered on and off intermittently. Is there someway I could salvage my controller?

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Work the same with apple juice?

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Can i have some help plz my little boy has !#^&@@ on his ps4 he's was sleep walking we left it to dry for 3 days but it's just saying ova heating he's only had it 3 months plz help he's devastated and I don't know what to do thanks

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It's not his controller it's the ps4 that's not working

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Some put my ps4 controller in washer for clothes . My found my controller ps4 put blow dry on 20 mins now it changed for day 2 .took off not turn on what now ?

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I spilt so water on my controller and the x and the R buttons were working then it started vibrating so I shaked it and it worked again

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v16440, first thing you want to do is to stop using your controller and no longer plug it in. then use these guides to remove your battery. disassemble your controller and clean every parts with a high grade 90%+ isopropyl alcohol and a small brush. Check for burned out or missing components. Once you ensured it is clean, '''replace the battery and reassemble your Dualshock. then re-evaluate and see what you get. Water damage is the toughest to troubleshoot and to repair, so let us know what you find. Hope this helps, good luck.

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This is the best service and shortest wait fro a response I have ever received! I will follow your guide and cross my fingers!TKS

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Best of luck to you and let us know what you find:-) BTW welcome to ifixit:-))

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How did this go?

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Would 50% isopropyl alcohol we sufficient?

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nope, way too low IMO

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I had a similar problem , my 1yr old son threwmy controller in the mop bucket, it wasin there for almost a day.. when i took it out water came out from everywhere.. i let it dry for two days . Then i plugged it . . The red light came on for one second then turned off... so i decided to open it.. (youtube open controller ). Then i unplugged the light, and battery. . Put a blow dryer on it. On cool, not hot.. . And after 10 mins . Put the battery in, light in . And it worked. .. saved me 50 bucks.lol. hope this helps you out.

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thank you soo much it worked :)

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did all the button work mine don't that problem I'm having

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So if I take out the battery can I just pour the alcohol into the controller? Nothing looks messed up. Dropped it in water the other day and all I get now is flashing purple lights which I can't find the meaning anywhere!

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Irene, blow dryer's air can carry a static charge which is a big no-no with electronics. It's wonderful that it worked on you and got lucky but next time just dip it in uncooked rice and leave it overnight somewhere dry.

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Worked for me!! Thank you!

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Ok so I had some spare pure alcohol left over from an iPhone repair. You can get it on eBay. I put the hole 100mill bottle in to the ring around the joy sticks and kept shaking it for about 15mins (aggressive shaking) then I put my girlfriends hair dryer on full power like Jeremy clarkson. Full power (cold) don't be tempted by hot it warps the battery casing. And it came back to life I hope it helps you guys/girls.

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I did take the back off and disconnect the the battery for the hair dryer prossece.

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Will the rice help it, my pad is just vibrating none stop :(

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ryancasey follow the directions in the first post @oldturkey03 oldturkey has given you your answer if you just accept it and do the work you can fix you controller. There is no fix with rice , rice is for eating and that's it , it fixes nothing

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That's not true, I know many people that have repaired their phones via bag o rice. Ps controller, I don't know about

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Jim is absolutely right - people have to stop the insanity with rice..

Electronics are processed under high temp dry air.

Not by sitting in wet environment for days to cause every micro circuit to corrode.

Hair dryer tactic by some are not using common sense.

The outlet temp can exceed 500F or more.

Plastic is shape molded at 350-450F.

This is fine if item is down wind where

your hand can feel warm air flow at

distance of about 150-200F - which is more than likely 3ft away or more,

and left there for a good 4 hrs where the warm air is flooding item fully, like placed in a

box where airflow blowing into it surrounds the item,, like an easy bake oven.

Same with any wet electronic device,, and Zero Rice.

Who ever came up with that nonsense should be dragged to city center and flogged like a pirate.

Best steady heat source for this process is bathroom electric fan forced floor heater.

They are quiet, and cheap, and really come in handy when it's just too darn cold to take a bath.

Cheers

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My 3 year old dropped her older sister's brand new red dualshock in the kitchen sink which had dishes and soapy water... When I took it out, the dishwater was just leaking out from everywhere... Not good...

My first thought was dry it out and see if the gaming gods had pity but my faith in them was weak, I placed the controller on a heat vent anyways and left it for days, when it was 100% dry I turned it on and there was signs of life but while in game some buttons were unresponsive even though they were responding on the main screen of the playstation.

I was just gonna toss it and buy a new one but while searching for a solution online I found this site and thought of all the times I had a defective product after use and abuse and thought to myself, hey give it a try, buy their products and see what happens...

I got the Pro Tech Toolkit, crossed my fingers and went at it, it's a little nerve racking at first but then you just get into it. I followed the guides but found that the phillips 00 was a little loose and tried the phillips 0 instead which was spot on and carried on...

I placed tiny screws here, opened the top part slowly and a spring popped out... Gotta put it back, then a rubber thing falls out... The important part in all of it is don't panic, just pay attention to detail and put them back in, all the little tools are in the kit, the little bent tweezer like thing is so precise, I couldn't stop thinking of brain surgery lol but will not attempt!

I got down to where the buttons get into contact with the plastic film thing on the motherboard, I rubbed the areas that contacted each other with a Q-Tip dipped in Isopropyl Alcohol 99%, the tips turned greyish and used a dry one to clean it up more, did the same for the ends of where the 2 ribbons connect. I allowed it to dry which was pretty quick just by slightly fanning it with my hand, it evaporates in a flash. When everything looked dry, I placed everything back together and crossed my fingers again, my hopes to be honest were hardly existent but it actually freak'n worked!

I'm still patting myself and smiling without an audience, more than happy about my purchase :)

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Lol. Just get to the point next time and stop wasting people's time with all that nonsense

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do you have too like really really have too pull it apart and do your tech stuff to fix it or is there another answer to fix it without pulling it apart cause i dont feel safe to do so pls be a way GOD pls

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or am i just f'ed

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I gotcha....way easier way for ya man....go to ur buddys house....spot his ps4 controller.....slide it in ur pocket and then grav ur stomach and say u got diarrhea panic amd run home....BOOM free controller....no tech work

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I spilled tea on my controller

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How can I fix it

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I &&^&@@ up big time ,I was tryna make my controller a little bit heated coz it was too cold and so I put it in the microwave and that $@$* done went crazy and dysfunctional and it ain’t working no more any one got any ideas ?

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I don’t know if your serious or not but if so your a dumbazz

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Did it blow up? huhuhuhuh that would be cool! huhuhuh! uhhhh well? Uhhh hey beavis! you should like do something as cool as this dude did huhuhuh

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I need help a problem as well all ideas are good i haven't tried them but i want to see if something else i missing my controller got juice on it i tried to clean it but some how got in the controller but it worked for 10 or 20 min then i tried to charged it for 10 hrs then the light stared working i try play game with it mostly everything but some buttons were still not working then later some button were going crazy so i don't know want to do should the thing u guys i saying we should do or something else

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Well as of the 08th Jan 2019 I mistakenly threw my ps4 controller in water (a backet full of water) i tried to dry the controller but unfortunately it did not work, tried plugging it in the charging port but funny colours such as pink, red, and purple started showing up which never did before, but after that i did the same thing as i did with my phone, putting the controller into a bowl full of dry rice(not wet rice) for 24 hrs, as we speak my controller is charging with its normal flashing light orange that normally comes on when I charge and it still plays well. Try that if u come across water damage problems it saved me 1000 rands

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did it really work

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You honestly might want to just get another PlayStation 4 controller. Using the one with the water in it can catch on fire or stop in the middle of a game you are playing.

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I had same issue…i dried the ps4 controller and replace the battery …now it works 100%

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Can I use 70% alcohol

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Put in rice, the rice will absorve the moisture ! Trust me

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Hey dude will the rice fix the pad, I just spupidly dropped mine in the dogs water bowl :( it's in rice now but it's just vibrating constantly

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even if rice did absorb the moisture it wont fix the problem which will occur after , the corrosion of the circuitry. The fix is to take it apart and clean it as best you can with IP alcohol

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leecr185 trust me, rice does not do anything. It will not fix corrosion nor will it fix short circuits and water damaged components. Poor research and a poor excuse for an answer....

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My brother dropped my controller in the dogs water dish It touched the water a littlei tried shaking the water out and blow drying it was working earlier but it would turn off now it won't turn back on

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Rice will not help with the water/moisture problems.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/30047/rice-i...

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Hey guys my controller was in the rain and it got soaked the speaker and buttons it turns on but weird lights colours appear I don't want to diassemle it

Plz if there is any way email farrelldarren678@gmail.com

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You should be fine, mine did the same thing after I spilled juice on it and I took it all out and just left it somewhere to dry for a week or so now it works fine

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My lil nefew put water by the L2 butyon and it stopped working and its hard to play games any help anyone?

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My lil nefew put water by the L2 button and its hard to play games and i have no clue what to do can anyone help?

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I somehow spilled half a litre of Belgian beer (Stella Artois) on my controller right after work…

The first minutes beer came out of every opening of my controller (nacon revolution pro 2 controller for ps4 & pc).

Then ps4 popup: “connection to controller lost. “

While panicking disconnected and re-connected the controller a few times. Untill all lights faded away. 30min later it worked again for a minute or 2.

Ever after This point my controller starts to trigger different buttons on the actual button activation. (ex. Left stick up > trigger psn button, triangel > trigger start button). Also sometimes a button stats on hold even when deactivating or activating another one. (scroll down left stick, freezes so only that command activate, pressing anything else or put that stick into another direction does nothing New).

For now I'm about to dry, and clean with ipa 98% and soft brush.

If you know a way to fix it tell me please.

Only now I regret buying an expensive controller…

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Hi, the process of restoring a water damaged controller you can watch in this video https://youtu.be/OUNQgyGQfh8

The video shows how to repair the DualSense controller, but for a correct understanding of how to do this in the case of a Dualshock, it will be quite clear.

To successfully repair, you will need isopropyl alcohol and a screwdriver-type PH0.

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I have problem with my dualshock i clean with alcohol and when i try to start ps button not working and can someone help my?

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I accidentally drop a little bit of water in ps4 controller ps button and now it doesn’t even want to turn on and it’s showing a red light but it stoppped when i throw it in the wall

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