Spikes in CH F16 Combatstick (Not the USB one)

[Saintaw]

Hello,

I have some spikes in my Joystick sometimes (makes a suddent left turn for a 10th of second or so, once on a while...)

Any trick on fixing this ? I am using the last Win98 drivers, both for the Joy and the Soundcard (SB Live Player).

Is my Joystick getting old ?


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Saw/Saintaw
BISHOP'S FINEST FLYING BRICK
Dweebs from Belgium

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[Lephturn]

Sounds like some joystick maintenance is in order.

Have you ever cleaned the pots in that CH Stick?  It might be time.  

I have an old Sidewinder, so I don't need to do this stuff, hence I have no idea what to use to clean it.  Maybe some CH veterans can chime in here?  Failing that, drop in to your local Radio Shack and tell them what you need.  They should have something you can spray in there to clean it out.



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Lephturn
The Flying Pigs

[Ripsnort]

Saw, as Leph said, clean the pots,however, this is only a temp fix.  I emailed CH Products for some new pots, no charge. Once they got here, I went to an electronics store and matched them with what the store had in stock.  You might want to remove one of your pots and check an electronic store for a match instead of waiting for CH to send them to you (might take awhile being in England and all, CH is in California)

You also might try dampening them out in the JS panel, you can get by with dampening them, but again, it's only a temp fix, they will get worse eventually.

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Brian "Ripsnort" Nelson
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(Formerly VF-101 Grim Reapers~Defected~)
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want a computer in their home."
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[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 02-11-2000).]

[Saintaw]

Thanks guys,
I am a bit affraid of opening that Joy myself...I HATE springs, if u see what I mean, especially putting them back in  

I will go to a store nearby and ask them to do that...

cheers


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Saw/Saintaw
BISHOP'S FINEST FLYING BRICK
Dweebs from Belgium
 
DCO 186th Wardogs (Falcon4 Squad)
 http://www.wardogs.org/
"Firepower Mate, that is what separates the men from the boys..."

[This message has been edited by Saintaw (edited 02-11-2000).]

[Kieren]

Got one myself, and have the same problem. I doubt it is in need of cleaning; it is only a few months old. I find that recalibrating every time I log onto AH helps.

[Ripsnort]

Springs stay intact with disassembly of the CH sticks, carefully push the stick thru the bottom of the base, it's really easy compared to a TM stick! No Worries!

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Brian "Ripsnort" Nelson
++JG2++ ~Richthofen~ XO
(Formerly VF-101 Grim Reapers~Rip1~Warbirds~)

"In training, upon being told it was time to
solo, the instructor said, “You tried to kill
me enough times, now try it with a check pilot.”"

[jeff newman]

My first post here and inregards to the CH stick. I found that after using game card 3 most times when I reboot or shutdown that re calibration is needed. Dont know why yet and its a pain, but the problem only arose after installing a game card.

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jbnace
Life is
The greatest game of all

[Westy]

 jbnac that sounds very odd. What type of stick are you using with the CH Gamecard?
 Is the Gamecard new or used? And are you using Win95 or Win98?  Oh yeah. Is your soundcard port disabled in device manager?
  I have a great step by step procedure used to set your Gamecards speed so that your stick is smooth and works great. It does make a difference! And it is better to set it manually than use the auto setting feature that the Gamecard software sets.
 I'll dig that up and post it when I find it.
 In the meantime check the above on your end....

  -Westy