Exactly. I used gameports years ago. Windows never did like combining 1
port from a game card and 1 port from the motherboard. You either need a
game card with 2 ports or a splitter which only works on certain games.
Just join us in the 21st century and get usb controllers. Microsoft likes
to force us to upgrade hardware. I think I still have a keyboard around
with a plug that looks like a PS2 plug but fatter, but I don't try to use
it...

"Yves Leclerc" wrote in message
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On 23/08/2006 "Steve" steve wrote:
I have a gameport enabled on my Creative (Audigy 2 ZS) sound card. It
works
fine with either MS Sidewinder Forcefeedback pro joystick or my CH
ProPedals.

I'm now trying to configure the standard gameport on the motherboard, so
that I have two gameports available, but I can't get it to work.

I've enabled the onboard gameport in the BIOS and XP see's this as a
Standard Gameport. Device manager also reports that it is functioning
correctly and reports no conflicts (I've been careful to ensure different
adrees ranges for the two ports).

However, the game controller wizard reports the game controller as "not
connected". The other symptom is that in the Device manager properties
panel the "Device Usage" section is "greyed" out so I can't choose "use
this
device".

The cost of moving to USB versions of these devices is pretty big.

System is Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.6GHz with 1GB DDR400 Corsair XMS memory and
250GB Maxtor Sata hardrive
PSU is 450Watts and OS is XPSP2.

Are two gameports actually supported by XP? Anyone have a fix?

Many thanks in advance

Steve



You can not have two Gameport connectors configured. Each use the exact
same resources and XP will/could have conflicts.

If you want to have two Gameports, you need to locate a joystick cable
which
splits into two ports. I have one made by Gravis.

BTW: Gameports have been "discontinued." Microsoft no longer provides
any
drivers for them and have completely "drop" the Gameports in Vista. I am
not
sure about serial/parallel ports support in Vista. I know that newer
motherboard no loner have any serial, parallel or PS/2 (mouse/keyboard)
ports.
You get more USB ports nowadays.

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Y.