⟐ Answered 7월 28, 2024 at 17:57 GMT-7

I got some wd40 to help with a stick drift issue, but some of the wd40 got onto one of the controller buttons, and now it's not responding to my input. I'm still able to press the button, but it doesn't make the same sound compared to the rest of the buttons on my controllers when i press them. It's been quiet after i heard a crunching sound when i pressed it after the wd40 i put on the joysticks was able to dry.

What do i do? Am i able to fix it, or do i need a new controller all together?

⟐ Commented 6월 11, 2026 at 12:28 GMT-7

I'm looking for some advice regarding a Meta Quest 3s repair issue.

My headset was fully functional before the repair. I replaced the left speaker bracket/assembly and also repaired a damaged USB-C port after fall damage. Since completing the repair, the headset will no longer power on or charge.

I have already tried:

• Multiple known-good USB-C cables and chargers
• Long presses of the power button (30+ seconds)
• Various button combinations involving the power button
• Testing with another known-good battery
• Checking the power button itself and its connection

The headset remains completely unresponsive:

• No charging indicator
• No LED activity
• No display activity
• No vibration or signs of life

At this point, the only thing I have left to do is start checking voltages and tracing power rails on the board.

Since the headset was working before the repair, I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on what could have happened during the USB-C port replacement or speaker bracket replacement.

Are there any common failure points, fuses, protection circuits, damaged traces, disconnected flex cables, or components near the USB-C port that I should check first?

Additionally, I have carefully inspected all internal connections and flex cables multiple times. I found no signs of physical damage, torn cables, bent pins, improperly seated connectors, burn marks, corrosion, or damaged components. All connectors appear to be fully inserted and locked in place.

Visually, the motherboard and surrounding components look completely normal, with no obvious signs of shorts, overheating, or accidental damage during the repair process.

Any additional troubleshooting suggestions would be greatly appreciated before I start probing power rails.

Thank you.

⟐ Answered 6월 03, 2026 at 6:42 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 6월 01, 2026 at 18:02 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited 5월 08, 2026 at 13:12 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 4월 27, 2026 at 7:53 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 4월 27, 2026 at 7:26 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 4월 25, 2026 at 10:08 GMT-7

If you connect an external battery,

Will it play normally?

⟐ Answer edited 4월 16, 2026 at 19:57 GMT-7

Thank you in advance

Current unit followed same flow except I’ve been able to get it partially working but not usable after multiple restores and software reinstalls.

it will boot but shows Finding Position in Room. Then without interaction it will show the menu bar at the bottoms, then flash back to Finding Position. Pass through works intermittently. When it does work the room has waves, jumps between zoomed to unzoomed views, sections of the room to sides flash in front of me, the view has fractures in it, there are what are best described as lightening bolts across the screen with combined views of what’s in front of me and to the sides. Menus, if I can get them to come up, slide in and out of view or change distances and positions, controller functionality is intermittent…the list goes on. I’m sometimes able to get it stable enough or click fast enough to get to some menu choices so have cleared and tried to reset the boundaries although redraw may not have completed. No experimental features are on so “lie down” is not enabled but I’ve been able to reset the experimental features (none were enabled)

No external damage to any of the cameras. The device has never been dropped. If i try long enough to work through menus the top front gets very warm/hot which I think is where the heat sink is located.

Is this all due to a failed tracking sensor? Bad mb? Both?

⟐ Answered 3월 16, 2026 at 12:04 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 3월 11, 2026 at 8:56 GMT-7

The meta quest forum and the reddit community offered the idea to factory reset and to update using the side load update through the official meta quest web and the original problem of the menú just appearing and the controllers bring useless i reset it and the result was that the proximity error disappeared but the black screen is still there

Soy dueño de un casco Meta Quest 3S y el problema que ha ocurrido es que la pantalla del casco se queda en negro pero aún emite sonido se puede escuchar el abrir y cerrar de menús y se puede ver qué la pantalla sigue funcional ya que se pueden ver la animación de inicio y el menú de booteo es funcional se ve y funciona pero los menús, opciones de apagado y avisos de apagado no son visibles al igual que las cámaras

La comunidad de meta Quest en reddit y el foro oficial me han dicho de formatear el casco y utilizar la opción de actualizar a través de side load desde la página oficial de meta Quest una vez actualizado el error original de la pantalla de buscando posición en sala no fue un problema pero la pantalla en negro sigue siendo un problema constante

⟐ Answered 3월 11, 2026 at 6:09 GMT-7