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Repair guides, disassembly, and troubleshooting information for the second generation Sony PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. Identified by model number CFI-ZCT1W and motherboard model BDM-020.

L1 button replacement doesn’t fit

I got a replacement L1 button for this but it’s much shorter in depth than the L2 button and doesn’t fit. Any advice? This is the second place I’ve ordered these buttons from and they don’t fit. Thanks!

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Hi!

Can you share some pictures with us regarding the buttons? Thanks!

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Thanks! The short one is the replacement L1 and the tall one is the original L2.

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Hi!

I can’t see the picture unfortunate :(.

Here is how to do it: Adding images to an existing question

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@mollygarza Molly, I edited your question to add the picture; iFixit's website doesn't allow pictures to be posted in comments, only in questions or answers.

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@dadibrokeit, thanks!

@mollygarza, the buttons look fine! It’s normal that the L1 and L2 buttons are different! When you compare them in the following guide: Sony DualSense Controller L1 and R1 Button Replacement

Do they look the same? Or is it different? Which version do you have? And can you show both buttons (original L1 and replacement L1)? Thanks!

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Unfortunately I don’t have the original L1 button- it must’ve popped off and disappeared. We have 3 boys. 😵‍💫

I am including a pic of the device info and also the original and replacement R1 buttons for the sake of comparison. You can see they are quite different.

Thanks so much for your help!

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Hi Molly!

Alright, if they are physically different, then my guess is that you have the wrong buttons. I know that there is a V1 and V2 version (like the PS5 and the PS5 Slim). I know that the difference are really small between them! It could be that the L1/2 and R1/2 buttons are different… this would be my guess. Maybe for the best to buy the V2 buttons as well (if you did bought the V1 ones)

My pleasure! Hopefully this is the case!

EDIT: yeah, it’s for sure. They sell V1 and V2 buttons all over. Here you can buy the V2 buttons: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050047...

Here is the V1: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32568061...

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Thank you. I’ve looked around for anything that specifies a difference and can’t find it. This is the 2nd set I’ve bought (1st was from Amazon). 😭

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Hi Molly!

My pleasure! I just updated my previous comment with the links for the V1 and V2 button set :)!

Hopefully you can compare them and buy the correct one!!

Please let us know how it goes 😃

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Thank you. I’m pretty sure I did order the V2 now that I look back at the website and the controller I have is v2. Thanks for your help. Hopefully I can figure something out! Appreciate the links!

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