My Saitek ProFlight throttle quadrant recently quit on me after a good three years of simming and otherwise procrastinating. It's an older model with a PS/2 connector (barbaric, I know) that corresponds to the yoke's built-in PS/2 hub. I've had problems with it before, mostly because I was an irresponsible teenager who bent (and eventually broke) a few of the pins; however, that happened a few months before the throttle quit.
The quadrant is unresponsive in the sim, despite the indicator light being on. My first suspect was the quad's PS/2, but the other PS/2 devices I have lying around don't work in the yoke's hub. So, I bought a PS/2-to-USB adapter and tried hooking up the quad that way, and it didn't work- no indicator light at all, and I was greeted with an Error Code 29 in the Device Manager. I ran the disc that Saitek included with the yoke and quad, and it didn't install any drivers that the now-USB device might have needed.
At this point, the only thing I can think of (I'm not an electrical engineer, far from it) is to buy a new unit, but I don't want to fork over $55 for a new unit. Do y'all have ideas for how I could make my quad workable again?