{"id":216,"date":"2009-12-23T19:58:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T00:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d-h-o.us\/home\/?p=216"},"modified":"2022-09-07T18:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T23:50:44","slug":"playstation-3-controller-blinkingnot-connecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dho.co\/index.php\/playstation-3-controller-blinkingnot-connecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Playstation 3 controller blinking\/not connecting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally got around to dusting off my playstation and I found I had a horrible problem with my controllers.  The controllers would blink and not connect.  The controllers would blink for about an hour before turning off.  I tried googling this and could not come up a solution, it seems some people have even exchanged controllers to fix this issue.<\/p>\n

Stumped, I decided to plug the controllers into the PS3 via mini-USB and this fixed the problem immediately!  After discovering this everything fell into place.  I often charge my controllers from my computer, since it is much more convenient, and it seems  if you plug the controller into a computer with bluetooth capability (such as a Macbook) that the controller will bond with your computer and forget the PS3.<\/p>\n

Solution<\/strong>: plug the controller into the PS3 via mini-USB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally got around to dusting off my playstation and I found I had a horrible problem with my controllers.  The controllers would blink and not connect.  The controllers wouldContinue readingPlaystation 3 controller blinking\/not connecting<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[78,22,77,76,79],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-controller-blinking","tag-dho","tag-not-connect","tag-playstation-3","tag-playstation-controller"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t