Help - Saitek Lock Up Problems

[Eagler]

Hello
I recently purchased the X36 combo USB. Fantastic stick. I had the buggy analog version for years, switched to the Sidewider PP (analog) and then back to the USB X36 after reading all your posts and realizing I needed more buttons in AH.
Problem is that when I'm online for a while (less than 30 minutes), the computer freezes (with a ticking noise) or reboots itself. The only way to release the lockup is to power cycle the computer (reset). I noticed the USB Host controller and the NIC (CABLE MODEM) both share IRQ 3 (com 2 disabled). Is this an issue? I do not seem to have any problems when flying around offline. I am running a Abit BE6 with a P3 500, 128 meg of ram, V550 diamond video with 16 meg of ram at 1024x768 at 32 bit color. The X36 is the only USB device on the system. I didn't have any lock up problems running the analog Sidewinder through the game port. Scandisk and defrag - AOK. Running latest Saitek software and DirectX 7.0a.
thanks in advance for any help
Eagler

[airspro]

If you don't find the help here . Have u been to this site ?
 http://user.mc.net/~ronht/Index.htm

cheers spro

[Pyro]

Eagler, are you sure this is being caused by the new stick?  Can you switch back to the sidewinder for a test session for verification?



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HiTech Creations

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