Lanx
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ShakyJake
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I have never EVER had any luck getting wireless gamepad controllers to work on a PC. *Any* PC. They will work briefly (like for a few minutes) and then randomly die. I have a PS4 / PS5 and they have never had an issue so I don't think it's anything in my environment.
Any tips? Not sure what to even try.
Any tips? Not sure what to even try.
Lanx
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what brands?
ive had 3 8bitdo and each newer one got easier to recognize
initially i had problems, i even went and bought the 8bitdo adapter, until i got an external bt adapter, no issues
i also have a gamesir with its own adapter, no issues
imo try ugreen
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I dont know if its the same problem or not. But when I stopped using my MOBO's BT and started using adapters, the connectivity massively improved. When I moved the adapter from the rear of my metal and glass case to the front of my case (facing me) that basically cleared up any connection issues.
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Lanx
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8bitdo has the ultimate2 on sale cuz of prime day for 40bucks, it's got tmr sticks this just doesn't have switch support, add an extra 10bucks for that one actually i should test out my ultimate2 on my switch 2, supposedly it can turn on the switch2
ShakyJake
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Yeah, I think this right here is the problem. All this time I've been trying to use generic/onboard bluetooth adapters. I have a Gamesir pad and will try using it's supplied adapter.
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Control
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Yeah, second this. I've had tons of issues with bluetooth. My motherboard adapter is trash and so are lots of the external ones. I think a lot of devices use trash receivers too.
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Do you have the mobo's bluetooth antenna connected? I had never bothered to connect mine for a while. The first time I tried to connect a bluetooth controller, it would constantly disconnect even when it was less than 5' away from the PC. I connected the antenna and it was much better.
That said, using a wireless dongle is much better since as the others have said, most mobo bluetooth is trash.
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For one PC, I had to buy a USB bluetooth dongle which I plugged into the front. Yeah the other one is on the motherboard and I definitely did not use an antenna. In fact I don't even recall it coming with one. Perhaps I missed it.
Anyway, using the provided Gamesir dongle everything worked fine this evening. Thanks, guys.
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Lanx
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yea my gamesir and dongle was low lat enough to keep up w/ expedition33, and they kinda make it nice where they give you dock that has a dongle passthru so you don't take up so many usba
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