Saitek X-52 question

[2ADoc]

One of my squadies is having a problem with his X-52.  For some reason the mouse button on his throttle takes over, and drags his cursor in one direction or the other and he cant get it to come back, to the point that he has to shut his compooper down with the power button.  It didnt start until he had a friend load the new drivers, the profiler editor, and he had downloaded, BMS.  If he unplugs the X-52 then his compooper goes crazy, he can move his mouse, but if he clicks on anything, the compooper starts beeping and and goes nutz.  He has removed BMS, the Profile editor, and all the new drivers and it is still doing it, any ideas?

[JimmyD3]

I use the X52, but I don't use ANY of their software. Other than having to recalibrate every now and then it works fine. Had problem with one the hat switches a few weeks back, but it turned out to be nothing serious. Restarted the computer and every thing was fine.

[Rich46yo]

Have him go into control and adjust the dead zone, increasing it, for the little mouse stick. that should take care of it. Also playing with the mouse stick usually settles it down as well.

[poog2013]

I had the x52 Mouse drift problem as well, the easiest fix was to disable the "saitek magic mouse" in Control Panel's Device manager.
I read in a few forums that if you are able to contact Saitek Support, they used to replace the joystick. That was a few years back and before Saitek was purchased by MAd Catz.

[2ADoc]

Cool thanks guys, I think we got him all fixed up but time will tell.