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Re:SteamMachines by krackpot on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @11:49PM (#6448845)
Can you share where you got your no-name wireless receiver?
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Re:SteamMachines by bphogan on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:16AM (#6448919)
I got mine on Amazon. Believe it or not, it worked first try and it turned out to be a Microsoft one. Drivers were not an issue once I figured out that some of my USB ports were powered and others were not - it needs a lot of power to work.

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Wind...

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Re:SteamMachines by cheald on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:19AM (#6448925)
It was Amazon - this one specifically:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096PLB9O/ref=oh_details_o...

To get it working, you need to install the Microsoft Wireless XBox 360 Controller drivers manually, then go to the hardware manager and manually specify the official Microsoft driver as the driver for this device. Easy enough if you know your way around driver updates, but not plug-and-play. It works great, though.

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