by WebbPA » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:56 pm
I doubt it's a hardware failure. I've had a Sidewinder for years and it's been subjected to every kind of abuse possible and it's never given me a bit of a problem.
I'm not sure which OS you're using so this is kind of general.
Open the Windows calibration utility and recalibrate it. If it works it's not a hardware problem.
If it works at all but you have some problems calibrating it unplug the stick and uninstall the driver. You will have to uninstall and reinstall manually in W98 but XP will do it automatically - you will see the "Found new hardware" dialog the next time you boot and I recommend a cold boot (power off, reinsert stick, power on).
If Windows won't calibrate it after this it may be a hardware problem.
If Windows will calibrate it but FS still has problems exit FS, go into your FS2002 folder and rename FS2002.cfg to FS2002.bak. Start FS and it will create a new FS2002.cfg with default settings. You should be able to use FS to reconfigure your stick's settings. Unfortunately, you will have to reconfigure all of your settings or copy and paste large chunks of data from FS2002.bak to your new FS2002.cfg.
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