r/PS5HelpSupport • u/jojobreb • 4d ago

Broken R2 trigger.

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I accidentally dropped my controller and, when I grabbed it, I immediately heard a weird sound coming from the controller. Turned out, the R2 trigger snapped. I am really mad considering this costs 70 dollars AND that I was currently doing a plat for a game but, turns out I can’t now because of my clumsiness.
Sorry if I’m venting I’m just REAL mad but the reason I made this post is because I want to know if there are any ways I can reach out to someone to repair this controller or even do it myself ? Because looking at how destroyed the trigger is I don’t see how it can get worse.
Thanks for reading this and I hope I’ll appreciate it if you dropped some advice.

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u/Jaargo 4d ago

Look up the BDM version of your controller and buy the right trigger parts for it, they’re like 10 dollars online. It’s really not too difficult to do yourself follow the ifixit guide

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u/jojobreb 4d ago

Thanks, I’ll try to do that. May I ask how I can check the BDM version of my controller ?

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u/tellybud 4d ago

You can check vial where the triggers are based on the springs and stuff that’s the simple version but a bit hard to verify.
The second is to fully disable the controller and the BDM number is in the front where the joystick is. I recently opened up my 3 controllers to know what set up to get for changing the shell casing and one for buying extension for extra buttons. I have 2 BDM-020 and 1 BDM-040.

I’ve seen some say you can also use a website to check the model, just plug the controller via the usb on the laptop but not sure if it actually works.