sidewinder force feeback wheel and windows xp pro

[psych]

I have the original sidewinder forcefeeback wheel,non usb
type,just wondering if there is a patch for it since it
no longer seems to work properly because i upgraded from
win98 se to winxp pro,thanks in advance

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Connect the device to the PC, go to the Control Panel and click on Game
Controllers..... use the AutoDetect feature. XP has the drivers built in.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"psych" > wrote in message
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> I have the original sidewinder forcefeeback wheel,non usb
> type,just wondering if there is a patch for it since it
> no longer seems to work properly because i upgraded from
> win98 se to winxp pro,thanks in advance

[DeNnY]

you may not believe this but i rang M$ about my precision
2 joystick with a similar problem. "get a cold glass or
water and dip the USB socket into the water up to the
holes so to fill the innards with water" is what i was
told. This de-statics the device which "is a inherent
problem with all M$ game controllers". Be careful not to
rub it dry as this may re-static the device. Give it a
good shake and dont worry about drops of water. Mine
didnt blow up. Works fine but requires this method
repeating every now and again. Unfortunatly when the
problem starts its a pain forever.

DeNnY

>-----Original Message-----
>Connect the device to the PC, go to the Control Panel and
click on Game
>Controllers..... use the AutoDetect feature. XP has the
drivers built in.
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"psych" > wrote in message
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>> I have the original sidewinder forcefeeback wheel,non
usb
>> type,just wondering if there is a patch for it since it
>> no longer seems to work properly because i upgraded from
>> win98 se to winxp pro,thanks in advance
>
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