Once you’ve run through all four calibrations, you can click “Finish” to move on to the testing portion of the process.

Or, if you’re feeling handy, you can buy parts like thumbsticks online and replace them yourself. Unfortunately, while the software side of calibration does help you to find out how well your controller is responding to your movements–and even course correct for a faulty thumbstick to an extent–the only hardware fix when it starts to get worn down like this is to head down to the store and pick up a new controller altogether. 3) Click the Update button next to the Xbox controller driver to automatically download and install the correct version of this driver (you.

Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers. 2) Run Driver Easy and click Scan Now button. RELATED: How to Control the Windows Desktop With an Xbox or Steam Controller But with the Pro version it takes just 2 clicks: 1) Download and install Driver Easy.

As you can see in the example above, the X-axis of my right thumbstick actually rests around 52%, the product of old age and a lot of intense rounds of Halo Online. Swing it up and down, and as long as you see the numbers “0%”, and “100% at the extremes of both the top and the bottom of the thumbstick’s range of motion (as well as resting in the middle at 50%), your controller is properly calibrated. The same goes for the Y-axis (vertical movement).

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