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by **Amo** » Sat, 14 Sep 2002 15:34:43

This has cropped up before - lack of serial version drivers of the
wheel for XP. I've had a read through what posts I could find, and
tried a suggestion of using a USB-Serial adaptor, but the drivers for
that just created a further COM port.

One person mentioned a USB hack, to whom I've sent a query, but I can
find no more mention of it.

Has anyone managed to get this wheel working in XP? A driver hack
perhaps, a physical rewiring?

Any clues would be most welcome.

Thanks,
Amos

by **Gunnar Horrigm** » Sat, 14 Sep 2002 19:31:08

> This has cropped up before - lack of serial version drivers of the
> wheel for XP.

just curious; why would you want that?

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by **Obak** » Sat, 14 Sep 2002 20:17:26

>Any clues would be most welcome.

i think it'll be easier, quicker and cheaper to buy a USB pci card.

by **Amo** » Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:57:01

> > This has cropped up before - lack of serial version drivers of the
> > wheel for XP.

> just curious; why would you want that?

Well, I prefer XP over the 9x series of Windows for it's stability,
and the version of the wheel I have only has a serial cable.

The only drivers that work in XP for this wheel are USB based.

by **Amo** » Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:58:24

> >Any clues would be most welcome.

> i think it'll be easier, quicker and cheaper to buy a USB pci card.

Thanks for the suggestion Obake, but that doesn't really help me. I
already have USB ports on my computer... I can't use one with the
wheel though due to the serial cable connection.

by **Amo** » Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:10:29

> This has cropped up before - lack of serial version drivers of the
> wheel for XP. I've had a read through what posts I could find, and
> tried a suggestion of using a USB-Serial adaptor, but the drivers for
> that just created a further COM port.

> One person mentioned a USB hack, to whom I've sent a query, but I can
> find no more mention of it.

> Has anyone managed to get this wheel working in XP? A driver hack
> perhaps, a physical rewiring?

> Any clues would be most welcome.

> Thanks,
> Amos

One very kind Tony_h (whose post was back in Jan!) answered my USB
hack query - with a successful outcome. The PCB within the housing
has a vacant USB connection area (J5). In a nutshell, it's just a
simple job of taking a standard USB extension cable, stripping one end
off, and soldering it in place with the following pin counts :

1 Red
2 White
3 Green
4 Black

The serial cable was removed (a tidy plug/socket job made that easy)
so that the USB cable exited the unit without any further holes.

Plugged it in, XP detected a new device, installed the most recent
drivers (GI_RLFFBWheel98ME2KXP_2514.exe), and away it went. Even got
split axis for throttle/brake.

by **Gunnar Horrigm** » Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:46:28

> > > This has cropped up before - lack of serial version drivers of the
> > > wheel for XP.

> > just curious; why would you want that?

> Well, I prefer XP over the 9x series of Windows for it's stability,
> and the version of the wheel I have only has a serial cable.

> The only drivers that work in XP for this wheel are USB based.

ok. fair enough. I presume you mean gameport by serial? if so, get
a gameport adaptor for USB. they cost around 15 euro around here.

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