Yes!!! new system came. OH No!! Joystick don't fit

[Etienne62]

Hi all,
My new system came and i was looking forward to getting going with fs2004, as my old system was too slow to play it.
Big problem almost straight away.
I have a saitek x7-38 joystick with throttle, and rudder pedals that connect through it to my computer......erm, oh, well they did with my old one. :-(

The connector on my joystick/rudder pedals is a 15pin male socket, and all that my new system has is USBs....
And a 9pin male socket that i don't know whats for.

I've been to pc world, hoping to just get an adapter from 15pin to USB, ( i don't know much about computers, so i thought it would be as simple as that.), NO WAY. "Those 15 pin sockets are obsolete thesedays" was the advice i got.

So now i'm stuck... Brand new system and can't play the game i got the thing for. I'd probably just buy a joystick, but my favourite thing in fs is helicopters, and i'd miss the rudder pedals.. And now i can't afford to buy new pedals, and a joystick.

Are the rudder twist joysticks any good??

Any advice on this problem will be very much appreciated..

Thanx in advance.

Et.

[GeForce]

"Those 15 pin sockets are obsolete thesedays" was the advice i got.

True, they are obsolete. But you can get adaptors. I have one here. There is one HERE for example.

Jon

[Gunny04]

MS Sidewinder Precision 2 should do you good, mine did till it broke or I hear a Saitek ST190 works too! Cheers, Gunny

[Etienne62]

Jon,
Thanx for that, i've just had a look at those adapters at amazon.co.uk. The reviewers say that they will not work on digital joysticks. So now i'm trying to find out if my Saitek x7-38 is analogue or digital. And not having much luck to be honest.

Et.

[chuckcrc]

Can you open the case and check to see if your M/B has a gameport riser plug on it. If it has you are in business ! All you have to do is buy a gameport plug rear mount for the pc and plug the cable from it to the pins on the m/b.

cheers
chuck

[ctjoyce]

Chuck, Most motherboards (made 2000 and after) no longer have any support for Gameport at all. You have to go all usb now.

Cheers
Cameron

[Brett_Henderson]

This might work ?

http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0219434

[ctjoyce]

Well I dont know about the twist, however the rudder bar on the Saitek X-45 /52 works very well. Personally I would get an X-45 (they run about $40) right now so that you have a USB 2.0 Joystick, then later get some CH pedels.

Cheers
Cameron

[legoalex2000]

Well I dont know about the twist, however the rudder bar on the Saitek X-45 /52 works very well. Personally I would get an X-45 (they run about $40) right now so that you have a USB 2.0 Joystick, then later get some CH pedels.

Cheers
Cameron

X-52 has twist, not rudder bar. just to clear that up.

And a 9pin male socket that i don't know whats for.

thats a serial connection. mostly used for networking purposes. this predates thicknet, thinnet, co-ax, and RJ-45.

Ramos

[Jared]

yep I'd follow the advice of Sir Henderson on this topic and just get a cheap soundcard...you wouldn't need to use it to play audio through, but you could use it to run gameport stuff through

[congo]

Just tell me the exact mainboard model and I'll tell you if it has a gameport riser on it.

It is a gameport you are after, that's the 15 pin thing you refer to. You won't need a soundcard if the mainboard already has a riser you can attach a cable/connector to.

[chuckcrc]

CTJ

most ASUS boards have gameport risers on them. The last three ASUS m/b I've bought in the last two years  all had gameport risers on them. The latest M/B I've bought, the ASUS A8N SLI 32 has a gameport riser on it.

You just have to get the right model board.

The Soundcard option is the other way to do it.

cheers
chuck

[Gunny04]

I went the soundcard way and found my wheel wasnt supported by XP........... lol So now I have a gameport and a decent soundcard! Cheers, Gunny

[Etienne62]

Big thanx to you all for your input.
Followed Jons advice and looked for one of those adapters on internet. Luckily i found a store about 5 miles away that had them in stock. Went to day and got one and it works!!!!!!!  ;D
Only cost

[GeForce]

Good stuff