[dougwilliams]

We had the same issue during some practice matches this last weekend. We had a new (this season) laptop and xbox controllers.

We believe we found the root cause when we the inner part of the USB connector fell out entirely. We will try and get this replaced by Dell under warranty.

One of our off season projects is now to find a more robust USB solution for competition play. We are considering soldering some controllers or cut-off USB extension cables to the innards of the USB connectors directly.

Does anyone else have a more robust USB connection solution?