So I found quite the deal yesterday. Stopped in Target, and found a pair of Dream Gear Type 6 wireless pads for PS3 for the low price of $8.49 each! Sure, they’re third party, and they may or may not be good, but for the price, why not pick ‘em up!

I have yet to try them in my PS3, but I did figure on trying them on my PC. It’s USB powered, so there’s no harm in seeing if it doesn’t detect and prove to be usable.

The good news is that it did detect. Showed as a HID with 20 buttons (I presume even the directional pad shows as buttons). BUT, the bad is that it would not make a wireless connection.

My best guess for this is that the menu button and the PS3’s menus can set a player and then can pass controller data. The PC can’t do this, so the four menu buttons just continually blink.

Anyone provide some guidance on how to get this working?