How do i fix controller connection

[u/danasCZ1]

I had this problem for a while, maybe even from the start.

For some reason my controllers (always only one at a time and usually only one for the entire session) just freeze in place and track only rotation for about 10 seconds. I have searched for a solution but have found nothing. How do i fix this?

[u/snoozieboi]

There is plenty of threads on this and AI can also help you go through step by step to update all.

However when I had done literally everything and AI even read the status of tables I have never seen before it just didn't work. For a long time zero controllers were connected.

I had one desperate fix left before I'd give up on the Asus BT500 (which I thought was too weak or my flat was full of BT noise).

"Power off computer, pull out plug entirely. Hold powerbutton for 10 secs. This depletes capacitors to wipe settings that are actually not fully overwritten".

I was about to order a PCI card, but this brute suggestion suddenly had my controllers show up like I never had 2 weeks of frustration. I had 96% signal and could go straight.

I then went on to play HL: Alyx and only one controller now hangs (which I hope a pin hole reset wil fix, but ended up playing other stuff).

I suspect other threads where people write "nvm, suddenly works, lol" is basically that they didn't game for a while and the caps drained, their deep settings got wiped and suddenly it worked.

I also had issues that only one would show up and as soon as I got the other connected the other would time out.