Joystick

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Joystick

Was not sure where to post this, so here goes.

I have a MS Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick, old but still in working order. I am presently doing a trial with "Silent Wings" flight sim.

Now I know my Joystick is MS but when plugged into a usb port on my Mac it does work sometimes and sometimes not, it seems to "drop out". I know it was never supplied with a driver for Mac which is a bummer as it is a good product. (no driver at MS either....surprise, surprise.

Does anyone here know of a generic driver that may enable my joystick to work on a more reliable basis. If this is this question in the wrong place, can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Peter

iMac 24inch 2.8ghz 4Gb RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.7), iPod Classic 160Gb, iPod Touch 16GB

Posted on Jun 13, 2009 1:40 AM

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Answer 1

Peter Bovis Author

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Jun 13, 2009 4:52 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

Hi Kenichi

Thank you for your reply and steer. It didn't work for me, in fact my joystick is now not working at all in the up/down and left/right axis. I have trashed the driver but my joystick is stuck and will not paly at all now hmmmmm.

I will register with the Silent Wings web site and see if any of the "Top Guns" can help with a solution.

Good try but not this time Kenichi!

Thanks

Peter

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Peter Bovis Author

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Jun 13, 2009 7:31 AM in response to Peter Bovis

Kenichi

I have managed to get my joystick working again however I have not properly solved the problem of it dropping out.

I have posted a question on the Silent Wings forum to see if they can help.

Thanks again

Peter

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Answer 3

Jun 13, 2009 12:07 PM in response to Peter Bovis

To uninstall USB Overdrive, there should be an uninstall option in the installer, or a separate uninstall utility that comes with the download. You need to use that function instead of just deleting the driver.

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Peter Bovis Author

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Jun 13, 2009 2:02 PM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

Yes, agreed, I removed it correctly.

Thanks, I am still looking for a solution, the Silent Wings forums are not as active as the ones here so an answer will probably take a little time.

I expect they are all out flying.............

Regards

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Answer 5

Jun 13, 2009 2:26 AM in response to Peter Bovis

You can give this third-party driver a try, to see if it meets your needs.

http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html

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