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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: TowDog on October 02, 2007, 12:17:16 AM
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Was flying along in a Thunderbolt, looking for a bomber attacking our HQ. Rolling side to side, checking below me, suddenly the engine stopped, stick wouldn't respond, plane was frozen.
Doh
I checked the caplock, didn't respond, neither did numberlock. CtrlAltDel did nothing, nor did escape.
Only thing left was the one-finger salute. I killed power and rebooted. When it came back and I was logged into WinXP Pro, I scheduled scandisk, and restarted.
Came back an hour later, chkdsk was finished, so I logged back onto Win and when that finished, logged into AH2.
Somebody needed an M3, so I launched one, but my joystick wouldn't respond.
Logged off AH, unplugged the joystick and plugged it back in. Nuttin.
Went to Control Panel, started the Game Controllers utility, and it didn't show my joystick anymore. Plugged in, nothing. Tried to reinstall the software, still nothing. Tried to Add Game Controller, and got the error message;
"Your Gameport or Gameport Drivers are not properly configured. Please consult the Device Manager."
Okay, went to device manager, and it shows no bad devices or troubles.
Checked the Sound, Video and Game Controllers section, no game controller shows there at all now. Disappeared like it never existed. Don't even remember what the original one was called or who it was made by.
No amount of plugging or unplugging the joystick makes any difference, like I'm plugging in nothing. Doesn't even make a noise.
Anybody ever run into this and find a relatively quick fix? Like deleting a file somewhere in safemode kind of thing? Really don't have time for a complete clean install of WinXP right now, and I'm 6 months to a year of replacing this computer. Hate to cancel my AH account, addicted :/
Forgot to mention, I tried System Restore too, but it didn't detect any changes.
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I have seen this happen, but only on a temporary basis and it was always due to the USB port of the computer not being able to deliver the current to the connected device. In those cases, an external powered USB hub has been the answer.
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Yeah, I've tried every port on the machine. It actually was used on a powered USB hub when the crash occured. Something is missing...