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Repair and support for the controllers that shipped with the PS3. Released in November 2007 (Japan only) and 2008 (other countries), the six-axis lithium battery powered controller (CECHZC2) is straightforward to repair.

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Why won’t my ps3 controller turn on?

I recently bought a used ps3 controller unopened but definitely dropped before. It was missing a trigger. I assume some kid pulled it out. Anyways I tried to turn it on and it didn’t turn on. I even swapped the batteries. With a charged battery. Nothing happened. I opened the board and removed everything’s cleaned the board with 99% ipa. Put it back together. Plugged it in and still nothing. I thought maybe it was the charging port. So I removed the port and replaced them. No idea why it still won’t turn on. Any ideas? Is there a dead chip?

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Hi Amber!

Yeah it's definitely the motherboard which died and need an replacement.

Could be a lot of things from fuses to the Toshiba IC which died...

I recommend to replace the motherboard completely, this will get it back to working.

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