SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick is disabled in Flight Simulator 2002.

Thanks a lot Joshua.
I will try your suggestions, and will post you a new
message.
Dani.

>-----Original Message-----
>What kind of sound card do you have? Some of the lower

cost cards and some

>of the onboard ones have problems with their gameports

that sound like what

>you describe. A test you can try to see if you have a

card that has this

>problem is to open the Game Controllers control panel

and check that it's

>status is Ok. Then start playing some high bitrate sound

or video files. If

>the status starts to go Not Connected then that is

probably the cause. Keep

>in mind it may not necessarily happen using this

experiment. It could be

>that your sound file just isn't stressing the sound card

as much as the

>game. If you have a fast connection you could download

the DirectX SDK and

>try to see if the DirectInput samples included with it

can acquire the

>device.
>
>Joshua Smith
>DirectInput Test Lab
>Microsoft
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confers no rights

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>"Daniel Groisman" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

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>> Although the Control Panel/Game Controllers utility
>> detects and calibrates the Microsoft SideWinder Force
>> Feedback Pro joystick with status OK, and the Enable
>> Joystick feature is checked in the Setting main screen,
>> the joystick is disabled in all the flights.
>> I didn't find the problem answer in the web.
>> I reinstalled the joystick driver (Auto Detected by the
>> computer).
>> I reinstalled Flight Simulator 2002.
>> I reinstalled the sound drivers and DirectX.
>> Since it seems that Windows XP doesn't support this

kind

>> of joystick, it worked great before I had to change the
>> motherboard.
>> Please help.

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Regarding your suggestions:
I played many audio/video clips at 128 kbps, and the
controller status stays OK.
I downloaded DirectX SDK 8.0, and opened some sound
tools/utilities. There is a lot of direct input samples
and I don't know exactly which of them should I run.

Some system info:
The Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick is
not a USB device.
Audio Adapter: SiS 7012 Audio Device
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack: Service Pack 1
CPU Type: Intel Celeron 4A, 2200 MHz (5.5 x 400)
Motherboard Name: Epox EP-4SDA(+) (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM,
Audio)
Motherboard Chipset: SiS 645
System Memory: 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X (64 MB)
3D Accelerator: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

Thanks in advance for your kind response.
I really need the joystick functionality.
Dani.

>-----Original Message-----
>What kind of sound card do you have? Some of the lower

cost cards and some

>of the onboard ones have problems with their gameports

that sound like what

>you describe. A test you can try to see if you have a

card that has this

>problem is to open the Game Controllers control panel

and check that it's

>status is Ok. Then start playing some high bitrate sound

or video files. If

>the status starts to go Not Connected then that is

probably the cause. Keep

>in mind it may not necessarily happen using this

experiment. It could be

>that your sound file just isn't stressing the sound card

as much as the

>game. If you have a fast connection you could download

the DirectX SDK and

>try to see if the DirectInput samples included with it

can acquire the

>device.
>
>Joshua Smith
>DirectInput Test Lab
>Microsoft
>-----
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

confers no rights

>
>
>"Daniel Groisman" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message

>news:252a01c3af70$567cc000$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>> Although the Control Panel/Game Controllers utility
>> detects and calibrates the Microsoft SideWinder Force
>> Feedback Pro joystick with status OK, and the Enable
>> Joystick feature is checked in the Setting main screen,
>> the joystick is disabled in all the flights.
>> I didn't find the problem answer in the web.
>> I reinstalled the joystick driver (Auto Detected by the
>> computer).
>> I reinstalled Flight Simulator 2002.
>> I reinstalled the sound drivers and DirectX.
>> Since it seems that Windows XP doesn't support this

kind

>> of joystick, it worked great before I had to change the
>> motherboard.
>> Please help.

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