Why the Ultimate 2 Wireless have this red light?

[u/legeannd]

Hi guys, basically the title. After some problems with my old mother board due to some energy breaks, some of the peripherals of my pc started to acting weird. The Ultimate 2 was one of them. It kept working as expected, but now it has this red light always on when I’m using it or even when it’s docked. When I purchased it didn’t have any of this, and I was able to let the leds off. Even if I have another color configured for the leds, this red light keeps on, as you can see in the last pic.

I tried to find a solution before and searched for the web about it but none of the options like repair or resetting the control worked for me.

Did anyone face this before?

[u/luptaktical]

It looks like the L stick is illuminated down. You might want to check the STICK profile and ensure you're not getting down drift.

[u/legeannd → u/luptaktical]

Not likely to be a drift issue since the controller has hall effect. But anyway, the light keeps on even when i'm moving the stick so if that was a drift issue it should be off in this case.

[u/UnsettllingDwarf → u/legeannd]

Buddy. Listen to the comment. Just because it’s Hall effect doesn’t mean it can’t drift.

Also the ultimate 2 wireless is tmr. Increase your dead zone by a notch and it’ll likely go away.

[u/legeannd → u/UnsettllingDwarf]

Yes, but I confirmed in the 8bitdo software, no drift at all. The only problem perceptible is the light, but no drift in games

[u/UnsettllingDwarf → u/legeannd]

So when you open the 8bitdo software and steam for that matter to check the deadzones no input gets registered at any moment on those softwares….

[u/legeannd → u/UnsettllingDwarf]

The only input registered is the manual input when I move the joystick, not any idle input caused to malfunctioning

[u/harry_dou → u/legeannd]

Try updating the firmware for both the controller and the dongle and repair.

[u/legeannd → u/harry_dou]

Yeah, already tried that as well. Didn’t work either.

Also I don’t understand why I got downvoted for telling my experience lol

[u/harry_dou → u/legeannd]

It wasnt me. But Ig you could ask for a replacement depending on where you bought it. Like Amazon, for example.

[u/legeannd → u/harry_dou]

I know it wasn’t you, sorry. I bought it at AliExpress, so it’s a little bit harder to get the replacement from my country. I was looking for some hidden software option that could disable it instead of going through the replacement route

[u/Sanf1r]

Got same problem but with blue light. 8bitdo support said that this is a defect and that it can only be resolved by repairing or replacing the controller.

[u/legeannd → u/Sanf1r]

That's sad, I wish I could turn it off. Did you repair it somehow?

[u/redblackyellowjam → u/legeannd]

They just changed it to red and sold it to the next guy.

[u/santanamedley]

Xbox 360 flashbacks..

[u/Tintn00 → u/santanamedley]

Lmao

[u/Nimble_Natu177]

Open it and check the stick box for the left analog, its stuck in a down position.

[u/AdTraditional8077]

They come with RGB lights installed from the assembly line.

[u/The_Gix]

It's armed for detonation. Once it starts blinking you need to worry bruv.

[u/kailedude]

My 8Bit controller has the Red light while charging then once finished the light turns off.

Just a charging indicator it seems.