I'm not the most experienced gamer, but I do enjoy my Black Ops and Red Dead Redemption. I got my PS3 on Craigslist in nearly mint condition shortly after the PSN crashed (everybody was selling their systems after that. I got a great deal, and none of my information was compromised, haha). It came with a controller, and I bought another on eBay for multiplayer. The one I got on eBay turned out to be a generic and needs an adapter plugged into the USB. Not the best controller in the world, but it does okay. The original controller recently went completely dead -- wouldn't respond when I plugged it in or pressed the PS button. After doing some research, I wonder if it was as simple as pressing the reset button, but oh well. Anyways, to my issue...
This morning, I got two new Sony controllers, yay! too bad they won't sync... The same thing happens with both. I press the PS button and the 4 buttons flash for a few seconds, but instead of connecting to the PS3, they turn off. Nothing happens when I plug them in. The cord does work; I tested it with my generic, and it charges that. Exact same thing happens with the lights whether the controller is connected to the USB or not. I've tried resetting both, from lightly poking the buttons, pressing them normally, holding them for 1 full second, 3 seconds, and 5 seconds...
I think I have a very vague memory of my friend bringing over her controller shortly after I got the PS3 so we could do multiplayer on black ops, but I think it didn't sync either. We didn't try resetting hers.
Sooooooo.....am I a PS3 retard or is there something screwy with the system itself, or what? I'm super frustrated and would really like to use my new controllers...any help would be greatly appreciated!!
