I have to believe you are correct on that one Skuzzy. I can look in the folder for settings right now, and see the profiles for the Fightstick, and Pro Throttle are in there. I can also see the profiles for my last two sticks in there as well, so whenever this blanking was happening, I would plug in my old stick the Thrustmaster Afterburner, and it works fine... it must not use as much power because I have never had a problem with it like the CH. Just bought a powered hub this morning. I'll have it in place for the weekend, and start rebuilding the mapping.