Yeah some of those aftermarket cables have shoddy connections at the controller end of things, and since it’s a friction fit… you might benefit from doing some cleaning of both the controller contacts and the cable contacts. If you’re using the wireless rechargeable battery pack with USB cable you can pop on and off (I used to go this route), then the pack may still have this power safety feature in it, which could be causing issues. I know you can use the controller with the cable inserted but without the battery pack installed, but I’m not sure how the controller handles sudden loss of the battery while operating… you could test this theory by plugging in the cable with battery, then mid-game pull the battery out… see how the controller reacts.
It might also be two things… shit cable connections when using the cable and shit battery power safety feature when using the battery? Who knows.
Awesome! I just roll with AA alkaline since the rechargeable packs always kinda sucked… but I might reconsider.
hardware collection
I notice as I spend more and more time on this planet, I identify certain pieces of hardware that work great… so I latch on to them. My original Microsoft Natrual keyboard obession… Microsoft IntelliPoint USB mouse… and… another Microsoft hardware product… the xbox 360 controller. Hmm… I guess I’m some kind of Microsoft hardware fanboi… never put it together until just now.
That’s not to say Microsoft makes great hardware… they don’t… they make 99% dogshit like every company… but every once in a while they put out a fucking gem… and they are just bad ass workhorses.