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Article #2134Re: MS Sidewinder 3d Pro "Not Connected" with WindowsME + Gigabyte/VIA AMD Athon + Soundblaster Live! Value
From: Kurt Mayer (Intuitive Technology...
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:00
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Switch on the base of the stick is not for switching from analog to digital (or vice-versa). The Sidewinder determines that itself internally. Deathwalker <ianlincoln@clara.co.ukspam> wrote in message news:8t4oh0$oe0$1@news.creativelabs.com... > My closest solution is change the setting on the base of the stick to > analogue. Then go into sw 3.02 and custom configure as a 4 button flight > yoke. > "Kurt Mayer (Intuitive Technology)" <kmayer@aglance.com> wrote in message > news:8t4dtr$gkn$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > Okay, I've driven myself sufficiently crazy trying to solve this myself. > > > > I have recently built out a Gigabyte GA-7ZX Series motherboard using VIA's > > KT133 chipset with the AMD Athlon 850MHz Tbird. This board comes with the > > SB CT5880 (PCI128) onboard, which I've disabled via a jumper because I > have > > also installed the Soundblaster Live! Value card. The operating system is > > WindowsME and I've verified that all drivers are current for all the > devices > > installed. > > > > This all works fine together until I try to use my MS Sidewinder 3d Pro > > joystick. It shows up as "Not Connected" in the > ControlPanel.GamingOptions > > tool. > > > > I've seemingly tried everything at this point to correct this but to no > > avail. Has anyone else experienced this problem and been able to get > around > > it? (by the way, I still get the same problem when I remove the SB Live > > card and connect the joystick to the onboard gameport of the PCI128) > > > > Kurt > > > > > >
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