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| Thread ID: 63112 | 2005-10-30 03:12:00 | M/S Sidewinder in XP Home | miknz (3731) | Press F1 |
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| 400327 | 2005-10-30 03:12:00 | hI, I had an urge to crank out ms flight sim 2002 for the first time since getting my new PC at the beginning of the year. I had to go to DSE and get a "game port to USB" adapter and when I plugged it all in XP detects the stick and it comes up as a "4 button, 4 axis" stick which, I thought, was good. when I went to calibrate it it doesnt show any movement in the calibration box. I had a google and there seems to be conflicting reports on whether the ms sidewinder precision pro is compatible with XP. I also searched the forums here but there doesnt seem to be any other posts relating to this problem. This (dse.resultspage.com) is the link to the adapter I bought. I know that someone here will be able to help Thanks in advance mik |
miknz (3731) | ||
| 400328 | 2005-10-30 03:24:00 | Can't help you with your sidewinder, but I would suggest you get a Logitech extreme 3d pro. It's a usb connection. I use it with ms flight sim and I can't fault it. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 400329 | 2005-10-30 03:28:00 | Can't help you with your sidewinder, but I would suggest you get a Logitech extreme 3d pro. It's a usb connection. I use it with ms flight sim and I can't fault it. But I already have a joystick and I want to be able to use it as tis still in great condition, surely there must be a solution to my problem |
miknz (3731) | ||
| 400330 | 2005-10-30 03:44:00 | I know it's a silly question, but have you installed the drivers for it? | JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 400331 | 2005-10-30 03:57:00 | As far as I was aware the drivers needed should all be in XP. Like I said before, XP finds the stick but it just wont accept the movements when I try and calibrate it. | miknz (3731) | ||
| 400332 | 2005-10-30 04:08:00 | Both the DSE site and this one: www.usb-port.com mention software drivers are included, so I'd have thought a driver was required to be installed? |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 400333 | 2005-10-30 04:26:00 | There was no disk in the box! Is this (www.pccables.com) bad news? |
miknz (3731) | ||
| 400334 | 2005-10-30 04:27:00 | Well I tried a sidewinder and I had to load drivers from the included disk. I didn't like the sidewinder so I swapped it for the Logitech. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 400335 | 2005-10-30 04:31:00 | Have a look here for drivers www.microsoft.com |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 400336 | 2005-10-30 04:49:00 | Drivers are included with XP, and the old driver pack for your era stick is not XP compatible. Simply select Sidewinder (auto-detect) from the list of controllers in your control panel. |
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