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USB Xbox 360 pad lights: Won't. Stop. Blinking.
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By birthright,a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
By birthright,a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
I'm on Windows 7, and this is a new problem that I could easily solve with any kind of tape but the clear kind. But I want it solved properly.
My USB 360 pad's lights won't stop blinking. This is really, really irritating! It distracts me from what's going on on-screen in a big way. I don't understand why it bothers me so much. I mean I have an entire other monitor filled with distracting stuff but it's these 4 little LEDs down at the edge of my peripheral vision that set my teeth on edge.
I tried installing Microsoft's "accessories" driver to see if it would clear up the blinking. All it does is add a little popup that tells which pad number (and battery status for wireless controllers) you're using when you push the guide button.
Googling such generic terms as "xbox 360 controller windows 7 blinking/flashing" gives generic useless results, mostly forum posts about people whose pads don't work at all. Mine works properly as far as I can tell, so these searches haven't done me any good.
So I put it to the group. Does anyone know how to stop the LEDs on the face of a USB 360 controller from constantly blinking?
My USB 360 pad's lights won't stop blinking. This is really, really irritating! It distracts me from what's going on on-screen in a big way. I don't understand why it bothers me so much. I mean I have an entire other monitor filled with distracting stuff but it's these 4 little LEDs down at the edge of my peripheral vision that set my teeth on edge.
I tried installing Microsoft's "accessories" driver to see if it would clear up the blinking. All it does is add a little popup that tells which pad number (and battery status for wireless controllers) you're using when you push the guide button.
Googling such generic terms as "xbox 360 controller windows 7 blinking/flashing" gives generic useless results, mostly forum posts about people whose pads don't work at all. Mine works properly as far as I can tell, so these searches haven't done me any good.
So I put it to the group. Does anyone know how to stop the LEDs on the face of a USB 360 controller from constantly blinking?
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I just uninstalled the device from the Device Manager AGAIN and rebooted. EVERYTHING IS NOW FINE.
I'm going to leave that first post there in case anyone else is having this problem.
Restarting the device in the device manager should also work. If you have devcon.exe on your machine you could even write a one-liner batch file that looks something like:
You can get the device ID from the device manager (details tab, hardware ids in the dropdown box). I had to do that for my WiFi adapter because every so often my ping would skyrocket, which was fixed after being restarted.
1) Disconnect everything plugged into a USB port (except your mouse/keyboard).
2) Download USB Oblivion.
3) Run it and let it clean your registry of all traces of USB devices.
4) Restart your computer.
5) Connect the Wireless adapter for the 360 controller and wait for the drivers to reinstall.
6) Turn on your controller and sync it to the wireless adapter.
That should be it! My controller now properly shows the top-left light, and no more insane blinking!
Once everything was back to normal on the controller, I left the controller on while I hooked up my other USB devices, just in case. Everything's perfect now.