PS2 issue

Anyone have this problem before?

My (only) PS2 controller may be on the fritz, as I'm hoping it's that and not the system port. When I went to play around in Freaky Fliers it will randomly switch off the analog (as in; the little red light goes off) and then in Simp Road Rage it would say it was unplugged, and this would happen at least every few minutes. When this happens I can just hit start or hit the analog button and it's fine, but it obviously shouldn't be doing this. Now, while it is funny to all of a sudden start running around in circles... it makes it difficult to win races. It could just be dust, or that I haven't used it in several months, hopefully it's an easy fix. Anybody have controller issues? Maybe I've *lightly tossed* it on the ground in frustration too much. ;-)

°James°

Hmm. It might be dust. Clean around the analong sticks and around the buttons and blow air into the port and the controller plug.

Also I'd run out and buy another controller just in case so you can also check to see if it's just your originall controller or the port, but I think it might just be the controller.

Well, I suppose it was just dusty, I took it out of port and blew out both, plugged it in and ended up playing Dark Cloud 2 for a few hours.... without any problems. Still, I should pick up another controller at some point. Thanks!

°James°

That's good! Yeah, extra controllers are useful. I need to get a couple of extra ones myself.