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Steps

8

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Sections

3

  • Rear Cover
  • 3 steps
  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Vibration Motors
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Cover
  • Remove the five 7.2 mm Phillips screws securing the rear cover to the controller.

Remove the five 7.2 mm Phillips screws securing the rear cover to the controller.

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Step 2

  • Press on the rear cover between the analog sticks and slightly lift the lower edge of it away from the rest of the controller.

Press on the rear cover between the analog sticks and slightly lift the lower edge of it away from the rest of the controller.

Step 3

  • Push the rear cover slightly toward the top edge of the controller to clear the front edge of the #2 triggers.
  • Pull the rear cover away from the rest of the controller, being careful not to pop off the #2 triggers.
  • If you happen to accidentally pop off the trigger buttons, we have a trigger button guide to reattach them.

Push the rear cover slightly toward the top edge of the controller to clear the front edge of the #2 triggers.

Pull the rear cover away from the rest of the controller, being careful not to pop off the #2 triggers.

If you happen to accidentally pop off the trigger buttons, we have a trigger button guide to reattach them.

Step 4

              Battery
  • Lift the battery off the motherboard for enough clearance to access the battery connector.

Lift the battery off the motherboard for enough clearance to access the battery connector.

Step 5

  • Carefully pull the battery connector away from its socket on the motherboard.
  • It may be helpful to use a pair of tweezers or pliers to grab the battery connector when you disconnect it for the first time. Only pull on the connector. Do not try to remove by pulling on the red and black wires.

Carefully pull the battery connector away from its socket on the motherboard.

It may be helpful to use a pair of tweezers or pliers to grab the battery connector when you disconnect it for the first time. Only pull on the connector. Do not try to remove by pulling on the red and black wires.

Step 6

              Vibration Motors
  • Pull the vibration motor out of its plastic frame, being careful not to strain the wires connecting it to the motherboard.

Pull the vibration motor out of its plastic frame, being careful not to strain the wires connecting it to the motherboard.

Step 7

  • Use a soldering iron to de-solder both vibration motor wires from the motherboard.
  • Not too much experience with soldering? Check out our soldering guide for detailed instructions.
  • The positive (red) wire connects nearest the top of the motherboard.
  • When soldering on circuit boards, be sure not to overheat the connection as permanent damage may result.

Use a soldering iron to de-solder both vibration motor wires from the motherboard.

Not too much experience with soldering? Check out our soldering guide for detailed instructions.

The positive (red) wire connects nearest the top of the motherboard.

When soldering on circuit boards, be sure not to overheat the connection as permanent damage may result.

Step 8

  • If desired, repeat this procedure for the other vibration motor.
  • The two vibration motors are non-interchangeable, as the left motor has more counterweights than the right motor.

If desired, repeat this procedure for the other vibration motor.

The two vibration motors are non-interchangeable, as the left motor has more counterweights than the right motor.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Stathis Kiriakos - Aug 8, 2013

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That is not how the innards of a European Model DS3 controller are. Wrong guide. Not useful at all

Davide - Dec 16, 2020

Just because the internals are different and it doesn’t match what you own, it doesn’t mean you need to discredit him…

f1pp3r - Feb 19, 2022

montgomeryjohnny - Jul 15, 2018

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My DS3’s rumble motor died out after 8 years of use so i went out and came to know that there’re many such motors available on market,so i wanna know exact specifications of the rumble motors (both left and right ones) on Dualshock 3 controller,like Voltage,RPM,Dimensions,weight and so.

Please can you provide me the required info ?