Desperately Need help making Xbox controller to USB adapter *sigh* This has been consuming my whole day, what was supposed to be a simple splicing job has turned into a nightmare. I've googled and looked at every tutorial I could find. I cut off the end of the Xbox Break away cable that connects to the xbox taken all of the wires inside (Minus the Yellow) and then twisted them with their corresponding wires from a standard USB cable and then Soldered them together , wrapped each wire in Electrical tape and then wrapped tape over all of the wires together and when I plug it into my computer it short circuits the USB controller on my PC. If I have it plugged in while trying to boot the PC I get "USB DEVICE OVER CURRENT STATUS DETECTED" So I've been cutting more and more wire off of the USB connector and Break away cable re-doing this over and over trying to figure out what I've done wrong. If I simply plug the USB connector into the PC without it being soldered to the Breakaway cable Nothing happens as if you were to plug it in without connecting it to something. This has driven me INSANE, After many hours i've even attempted to open up an Xbox controller and solder the USB cable directly to the PCB where the normal cable goes. That just resulted in a short circuit too with some burning as well that produced smoke.(Edit: I've confirmed now that I killed the controller) OH:OH: Can anyone give me a helping hand, i'm about ready to give up on this and I REALLY don't want to.
Last time I did this I just matched the colours up in the cable, it works and still does. I think you just leave the yellow wire unused on the xbox pad side, Im sure this is 12v or something for the vibration function. Pad - USB Red - Red Green - Green Black - Black Yellow - Not Connected
I think it might possibly be the USB cable I used, so i'm gonna try another one today. AND it doesn't get detected by windows, If I have anything on the same USB controller it short circuits and the other ports on the controller are shorted as well. For example I have a flash drive on my USB port 1 on the front of my Chasis and If I plug the USB into the second port on the front the Flash drive is unusable.
Well I've given up. I did everything on a second USB cable to the same results. 2 Wasted USB cables and 1 Wasted Breakaway Cable +1 dead controller.
I tried the Front USB ports. And I did try one Rear one yesterday to no avail. Just tried the rear again and it shorts out that controller too resulting in this
I have had similar problems when trying to make my own micro-usb cable using a USB cable with the mini-usb end cut off and new connectors sourced from eBay. My phone would recognize it was plugged in and would "charge" but never take in an actual charge and I never could figure out what was going on. Still haven't figured it out. Only thing I can figure is that there was some tiny, tiny short somewhere. I've personally just used some commercially made adapters that all work great. danhans115's diagram is correct except you also connect the white wire in there as well. White and Green are both data lines. Only real thing I can think of in your case is that something is shorting red and black which basically will draw infinite current causing such an error message.
If only we knew what it was. Because if you try to boot the PC with it plugged in it says "USB DEVICE OVER CURRENT STATUS DETECTED"
Open the Xbox and Remove control port #3-4, cut out control port #4 and solder USB wires to control port #4. Do NOT use USB extension cable for this mod, use an actual USB cable from a printer.
I found this tutorial awhile back. Bookmarked it. http://www.instructables.com/id/XBOX-Controler-Via-Usb/
Are you checking your connections for shorts with a multimeter? If you don't have one a battery, resistor and led light should be good enough to show you if you have a short in your connections. Do other devices that draw power from USB work on the machine you are using? ex. Harddrive with out external power supply. Have you tried the controller on another machine? It would be good to rule out the PC.
