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so, apparently my gamepad charger seems to be malfunctioning, as everytime i plug it in, the gamepad just dies. it wont even show any charging light, no picture, wont turn on, nothing....that is, until i unplug the charger. then i can turn it back on and it works as normal, as you can see on pic related.
now, i can get a replacement for this thing for less than 10$, but i'm curious: what the heck is the charger doing to provoke this? i dont really understand how these things work. is it overvolting so the pad just locks down for safety or something?
a damaged charging port is out of the question as the behaviour is the same on both the normal charging port on top and the cradle one on the bottom.
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I would see if anyone you know has a Wii U and if you can try their charger and use yours with their gamepad. Could also be a faulty battery or gamepad
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No, it's not normal to be playing video games at this age.
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>>59203733
yep, im planning on doing that tomorrow. if it's the battery, i can also easily and cheaply replace it, but if it's the pad itself it's gnna be a bitch
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>>59203688
just tested some more stuff, and it seems more likely to be a faulty charger
>gamepad wont work without the battery unless you plug it in first (except mine wont work at all while plugged in)
>i took the battery out and then plugged it. nothing happened at all.
>after fidgeting with the charger cable a bit i got an orange blinking light in the pad which means missing battery, which seems logical
it stopped after that and i havent been able to get it back no mater how i twist or turn the charger.
ill try something else. ill plug the charger into my watt-o-metter thingy and see if it's actually pulling any current from the wall
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