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Hagen de Merak

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"Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Sun 24 Aug 12:51

Ok, i was wondering if anyone knows if the controller it comes with has warranty? i would of looked on the manual it comes with but i was stupid enough to throw it away

anyways, im asking because only a month after i bought my Gamecube, the controller it came with is already giving up on me, well not the entire controller, but the b button. It works and all (the button) but you dont know if your pressing it or not, it just stays idle.

btw, it happened right after i finished Wind Waker, too much sword swinging i presume.

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Dr Baghead

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"Re(1):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Sun 24 Aug 13:47

quote:
Ok, i was wondering if anyone knows if the controller it comes with has warranty? i would of looked on the manual it comes with but i was stupid enough to throw it away

anyways, im asking because only a month after i bought my Gamecube, the controller it came with is already giving up on me, well not the entire controller, but the b button. It works and all (the button) but you dont know if your pressing it or not, it just stays idle.

btw, it happened right after i finished Wind Waker, too much sword swinging i presume.

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I'm not sure if the controler itself has a warrenty... but nothing is stopping you from trading in the whole system for a new one if you can't just exchange the controller.

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"Re(1):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Sun 24 Aug 15:22

I believe that pack has total warranty on all the components that they include, while the defect not was caused by one.

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"Re(1):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Sun 24 Aug 17:51

GC's warranty is for all its components...at least here (Spain) and...well..Its a matter of common sense, if your pad doesnt show any external damage and it's not responding after just a month..just go to the shop, the ticket and a clean idea: not allowing them giving you a NO as reply.

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Hagen de Merak

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"Re(2):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Sun 24 Aug 20:12

Well, i found the receipt today, so i will pay gamestop a visit tomorrow, and hopefully they will exchange it.

Rolling Start
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"Re(3):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Mon 25 Aug 00:27

Here's something VERY strange, that will fix your controller, if they refuse to refund it, or just for anyone who has a "loose" B button (feels just plain wrong):

Take the controller like you'd hold it regularly, and twist it quite rouchly like you're trying to break it (like you're opening a pickle jar or something. Twist the left side towards you and the right side away from you). Sounds VERY silly, but it definately works. Has fixed all 3 of my controllers which experienced this problem. Hard to explain such a simple action in text, though...

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Grave

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"Re(4):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Mon 25 Aug 01:31

quote:
Here's something VERY strange, that will fix your controller, if they refuse to refund it, or just for anyone who has a "loose" B button (feels just plain wrong):

Take the controller like you'd hold it regularly, and twist it quite rouchly like you're trying to break it (like you're opening a pickle jar or something. Twist the left side towards you and the right side away from you). Sounds VERY silly, but it definately works. Has fixed all 3 of my controllers which experienced this problem. Hard to explain such a simple action in text, though...

AMAZING!

Dude, you really can't believe how happy this makes me. I had a GC controller no one wanted to use when everyone gets together to play games, which made at least one player out of four unhappy every time. I did what you said and the B button feels perfectly fine again. And to think I was considering buying a new one, once.

Insane... but cool. I gotta spread the word to other people who I know have had the same problems. Thanks!

Hungrywolf

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"Grave's TAG" , posted Mon 25 Aug 11:36

quote:
Here's something VERY strange, that will fix your controller, if they refuse to refund it, or just for anyone who has a "loose" B button (feels just plain wrong):

Take the controller like you'd hold it regularly, and twist it quite rouchly like you're trying to break it (like you're opening a pickle jar or something. Twist the left side towards you and the right side away from you). Sounds VERY silly, but it definately works. Has fixed all 3 of my controllers which experienced this problem. Hard to explain such a simple action in text, though...

AMAZING!

Dude, you really can't believe how happy this makes me. I had a GC controller no one wanted to use when everyone gets together to play games, which made at least one player out of four unhappy every time. I did what you said and the B button feels perfectly fine again. And to think I was considering buying a new one, once.

Insane... but cool. I gotta spread the word to other people who I know have had the same problems. Thanks!

Great Tag, Grave. And Rollingstart, thanks for the tip. If my controllers ever get like that I'll try it out (though my wavebird seems to love me back and has not had any problems.

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Rugalbernstein

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"Re(5):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Mon 25 Aug 12:51

Indeed, that's a good tag, Grave. I witnessed a Capcom/SNK fan altercation in front of an SNK vs. Capcom cab yesterday... It was quite funny.

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"Re(6):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Mon 25 Aug 12:59

quote:
Indeed, that's a good tag, Grave. I witnessed a Capcom/SNK fan altercation in front of an SNK vs. Capcom cab yesterday... It was quite funny.

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Hagen de Merak

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"Re(2):Regarding the Gamecube's warranty" , posted Tue 26 Aug 22:04

quote:

I'm not sure if the controler itself has a warrenty... but nothing is stopping you from trading in the whole system for a new one if you can't just exchange the controller.

Looks like it's up to nintendo to decide if i will get a new controller or not. I went with my problem to gamestop and they told me i only had 10 days to exchange the product, and like i stated earlier, its been a little over a month since i purchased it. So they told me to call nintendo, so i did. i was on hold for over an hour. so i said "screw that" very loudly and sent them an e-mail. if they dont do anything, i'll try your method, rolling start, seemed to work for you and grave.