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Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Veteran
Posts: 16647
Registered: 03-31-2005
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On my PSP Slim manual, on page 20, it says "At a scene where the symptoms appear, move the analog stick in a circular motion. This will help you determine the optimum operating range." but I learned on one of Bone of World's thread, he mentions in his manual it stated:
The odd thing is, in the manual, there is a note that says,
"For best results, go to Settings/System Settings, and then with the System Information screen displayed, rotate the analog stick in a circular motion. This will adjust the analog stick's range of movement."
I can confirm that this works. On one of my PSP systems, my character would always drift to the left, sometimes in a slow circular motion. After going to system settings, and having the system information displayed (ie, MAC address, version, etc), and twirling the analog stick around, I no longer have this problem! I have shut my PSP down completely several times thinking this was a fluke but every time I boot up, my analog stick is now perfectly calibrated.
I have twirled the stick around while in-game, and that does help for a little while, but twirling it around in the System Information display seems to have a more long-lasting effect.
Just thought I'd help those with analog stick problems out. No need to tear open your PSP to fix this.
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09-07-2007 06:31 PM
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Re: Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Veteran
Posts: 16647
Registered: 03-31-2005
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Bone of World wrote:
So you can confirm that this works on the old PSP analog stick as well as the new one? Because this was never mentioned in the old manuals.
I certainly can confirm this works on the older PSP models. Whenever I would boot up GTA: VCS, and it loaded the game where I was in my safehouse, or Monster Hunter Freedom 2, my guy would walk slowly leftwards. Usually I would twirl the stick around in-game and it helped calibrate it, but if I turned the PSP off, then back on and loaded the game, there he was, walking in a circular motion again. With the advice given in the new manual, this seems to have helped dramatically because I haven't had my character drift at all now, and I have since then turned my PSP on and off several times!
Also, if I tried to calibrate it in-game, and it seemed to work for a while, I could still flick the analog stick to the left and then my guy would go right back to drifting leftwards. With the new procedure, I can flick that stick all I want and he still stays in place.
Message Edited by Cykotica on 09-07-2007 09:45 PM
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09-07-2007 06:42 PM
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Re: Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Lagger
Posts: 566
Registered: 05-16-2007
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This would happen all the time to me on Socom FTB2.
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09-07-2007 06:46 PM
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Re: Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Jenova
Posts: 1750
Registered: 02-08-2006
Message 7 of 48
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Awesome find Cykotica! I wonder why Sony didn't include this in the original PSP manual. 
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09-07-2007 06:57 PM
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Re: Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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 PlayStation MVP
Posts: 19433
Registered: 03-24-2005
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Cykotica wrote:
Bone of World wrote:
So you can confirm that this works on the old PSP analog stick as well as the new one? Because this was never mentioned in the old manuals.
I certainly can confirm this works on the older PSP models. Whenever I would boot up GTA: VCS, and it loaded the game where I was in my safehouse, or Monster Hunter Freedom 2, my guy would walk slowly leftwards. Usually I would twirl the stick around in-game and it helped calibrate it, but if I turned the PSP off, then back on and loaded the game, there he was, walking in a circular motion again. With the advice given in the new manual, this seems to have helped dramatically because I haven't had my character drift at all now, and I have since then turned my PSP on and off several times!
Also, if I tried to calibrate it in-game, and it seemed to work for a while, I could still flick the analog stick to the left and then my guy would go right back to drifting leftwards. With the new procedure, I can flick that stick all I want and he still stays in place.
Message Edited by Cykotica on 09-07-2007 09:45 PM
Good news, especially for old PSP users. There have been a lot of posts about erratic analog stick behaviour in the past. Let's hope this solves the problem for everyone. Makes you wonder why Sony never put this info in the old user manuals?
 
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09-07-2007 07:02 PM
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Re: Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Fighter
Posts: 724
Registered: 11-08-2006
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this is on the online manual somewhere, this feature started on firmware 3. something, but this didn't help my psp out
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09-07-2007 07:16 PM
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Re: Trouble with your analog stick drifting? Try this!
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Game Fanatic
Posts: 3848
Registered: 12-29-2006
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thanks, i will be sure to do this. Sometimes it would drift downwords.
Im leaving PSU on 10/12/08. View my reitrement thread here: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.i
d=music&thread.id=339717 It got locked for some reason...
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09-07-2007 07:20 PM
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