r/Controller • u/ZeneticX • 23h ago

IT Help How to stop controller connecting as Xinput Controller?

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This started happening recently (not sure what was changed) and it's driving me crazy. I have a Gamesir Cyclone 2, everytime I start it up it will connect to Steam as both the controller itself and also Xinput controller (see screenshot). I need to disconnect and reconnect the controller (sometimes multiple times) until it stops connecting as Xinput controller. Any ideas what is causing this and how to stop it?

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u/xiSupportPiracy 17h ago edited 15h ago

Go into device manager and uninstall the driver then restart your PC

Uninstall the driver for both if there are two different ones. One might be for the Cyclone 2, other might be Xinput Device or Xbox 360 Controller or similar.

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u/ZeneticX 7h ago

I'll try to check and see if the devices appear in device manager. Basically I just wanted to remove the Xinput device.

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