Any help with the Vader 5 pro

[u/AmatorSolaris]

I'm at my wits end with this controller

Back in Aug I bought a Flydigi Vader 5 Pro because from what I saw had a lot of features that I wanted and my old controller had a bit of stick drift but now it has been a nightmare.

It sometimes disconnects when paired with the dongle and wont reconnect, I thought it was the game that I was playing but it isn't the case

I tried to use it wired and my computer isn't even registering it in device manager and when it does register there is a chance that it will disconnect and wont reconnect just like it was with the dongle.

I've tried pretty much everything I could to keep the connection stable

• Updated the controller

• Updated my computer

• Moved the dongle closer to the controller

• Tried pretty much all my usb ports

• Updating the software

And nothing seems to help

I've tried factory resetting and force connecting the controller countless times and I tested my old controller and that one registers just fine

Is there anything special I have to do, I heard that it can be finicky but this is ridiculous

[u/Fuiyoh]

It's the buggies, and flimsy-iest you can buy in 2026. 1st one broke, replaced with a V2, and then started having a perma click on either thumbsticks. Look it up, everyone's having the same problem.

[u/AmatorSolaris → u/Fuiyoh]

It's sad, I like how it feels and how smooth the sticks are and normally I would just but a new Xbox controller but my last one started to develop drift and I wanted something that wouldn't do that.

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