xbox 360 controller on vista

Ruz · Aug 2008

I am presuming the only way for my laptop to detect the xbox 360 controller is to buy the wireless receiver for it or buy the hard wired version.

Which is the better option.

damn I was hoping that my laptops wireless could just detect the controller

Havok · Aug 2008

I think a wired controller would be better. That is better than having a pc exclusive adapter in my opinion. Even though it is $10 more, it can come in handy if your wireless controller has a problem. But it is really up to you.

James Edwards · Aug 2008

I tried the wireless receiver and couldn't get it to work. Wired is fully plug and play though. Not worth the hassle imo.

Marine · Aug 2008

could you plug the wired one in with the charging cable? or does it just supply power?

Conor · Aug 2008

Marine - the play and charge kit is power only, not data.
I've used a wired and wireless 360 controller with adapter on my laptop without problems. I used the wired one for playing games at home and the wireless one for giving presentations where I might need to hand the controller around.

Ruz · Aug 2008

ok thnks. the wireless ones are fairly cheap so i may give it a whirl.

Asherr · Aug 2008

Conor wrote: »

Marine - the play and charge kit is power only, not data.

hmm no wonder i couldn't get mine to work even though the play and charge kit will allow Vista to detect that a controller is plugged in. :poly118:

xbox 360 controller on vista

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