Controller problem...

Hey ,Hows everyone doing? Let me get straight into it. I have a Gravis Gamepad Pro and i've had it for about a year now. It was working perfectly and whatnot. Yesterday my fuse box to my house went out, and half of my house had no power. When my mom reset it, she did the whole thing and our entire house lost power for a second and then it came back on. I had my computer on at the time along with my controller, and when the power went out, so did my computer. Well that was yesterday, and today i try playing a game and it doesn't recognize my controller. I reconnect it and a little yellow windows bubble pops up that says "One of the USB devices attached to the computer has malfunctioned and Windows doesn't recognize it..." So i was like damn... What i am wondering, is there anyway i can fix this? I mean i only had a 1 month warrenty and i'm pretty sure i lost the receipt. Can i just throw my controller in the garbage? Or can i do something about it?

*Note my controller receives power when connected, but i now have to keep the controller cable a certain way or it loses power.. Not sure why

 

Nevermind, i ended up fixing it. But there is still that pain of having to hold the cable to one side for the controller to work Oh well, i'll find a way to manage.