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I have two move controllers and both were low on battery life so I charged them both on my way to bed. The next morning one worked and the other did not. When connecting to a power source it blinks quickly then goes dark. It does the same when I use it to try and power up the PS3. Where the working one flickers and eventually syncs giving a solid red light at the bottom of the controller the malfunctioning one will not. It flickers then goes dead without ever having turning on the PS3.
Sounds daft, but have you tried hitting the reset button on the back? Similar to the six-axis controllers look for a little hole big enough for a paperclip and depress the switch for approx 10 secs. Then try and sync the device.
Great!! I hit the reset button and my Move controller start working again. I thought that the battery was malfunctioning.
I had this problem with my son’s motion controllers. I took the batteries out and charged them separately using a bench power supply set to 4.2v and 1.3A maximum. Once the current had dropped below 700mA I reinstalled them and they now work normally. It appears that when the batteries are deeply discharged, the USB charging can’t cope and they need some more powerful charging. I hope that helps.
