rec.autos.simulators

  About a month ago...our local CompUSA had several stacks of Pro digital 2
wheels.  But when I checked in today..(dang lwff still won't wake up) they
only had Logitech and Microsoft items.  Anybody still sell the pro 2?
dave henrie

I got mine at Babbages. Maybe check some of the department stores.

David Stamper
Diamond Star Racing
http://webpages.charter.net/dstamper

Can't help you locate a TM but I had the same problem with my LWFF after
replacing my power supply/ case......showed "not connected" in game
controllers and "?" in device mgr but was detected by the USB port, I
finally (after re-installing drivers and searching FAQ's) plugged it in the
serial port.... it was detected and worked fine, rebooted, tried the USB
port again and it worked....go figure. Might not be your problem but maybe
it will save someone a bit of lost time.

DN

  Thanks for the tip...I dunno if it will help either.  Here's what I've
done so far.
1. re-installed the new drivers...
2. re-installed old drivers and updated to new drivers.
3. Deleted windows...complete re-install
4. switched to the serial port..Wheel functioned, pedals did not, and most
of the software menu items in the control panel for the lwff serial device
came up blank.
  The biggest problem seems to be the LWFF drivers from the cd...but I'm not
100% sure why.  I can't even get a joystick to be recognized today.  I COULD
before I attempted to install the 3.10 drivers...but now the USB wheel is
caca and so is the soundport joystick.
  When I used the cd, it asked if I wanted to check for an update...verrsion
3.50 was available, but since I had already dloaded v3.63 I said no.  then
when I checked the logitech site, I couldn't find the 3.50 drivers only the
3.62's... shoulda tried them...
dave henrie

Got the TM 2 Pro digital wheel at the Sam's club here for 34.99. I bought one
for a spare as the accelerator spring is just about gone in my TM pro.

Boy Dave.....you seem to be having "hardware" issues....not software issues.

Some things to try......

1.  If you are using the USB port off the mobo......switch to a USB
hub.....or visa-versa if you are using a USB hub.

2.  In your system BIOS....did you forget to assign an IRQ to USB?  Game
controllers won't work...or not well without it.

3.  I assume you have the latest VIA 4in1 chipset drivers?  But did you
install them correctly?  Did you have a "Can't find Viagart.vxd" warning or
something during their install?  If you did....you might as well burn your
computer for firewood.....because its pretty much "history."  The system's
not recoverable from that....and you can install Win98SE until the cows come
home...and it won't help!  Sorry...time to get a new computer.  I heard some
people are suing VIA for this....maybe you can get in on the class action
lawsuit?  But good luck collecting a settlement from a Chinese
company....lol...!!!

4.  When you reinstalled Win98SE.....was it an "install over" the old...or
did you Fdisk, format c:\ and so forth?  Did you reinstall DX8.0 after that?
Did you reinstall the VIA chipset drivers after that?  Did you reset your
BIOS settings after that?  Did you install Win98SE in APM mode only (good)?
Or did you install it in ACPI mode (very, very bad)?

5.  Have you done a registry search for all things Logitech...and deleted
them before a fresh install of the Log FF drivers?

6.  Have you considered that your Log wheel might be the problem (a circuit
shorted out....something far out there....isn't impossible, you know?).  If
you acquire a NASCAR Pro Dig-2 (I have 5 of them....they are a great
"utility" racing wheel....and the calibration tweaking program is awesome to
use in N4)......and still suffer the same symptoms.....I'd say its your USB
port, USB drivers, mobo, or hub (depending on what you are using).  If you
are using a USB hub, having you checked that the power transformer is fully
plugged in....or not burned out?  The Log FF, draws its power from the USB
port (hubs need power transformers for this.....mobo ports don't).

Okay....that's everything I can think of without resting.....lol.  Did I hit
something you hadn't tried yet?

Tom

PS:  I was just kiddin' ya on that "viagart.vxd" thing....lol....don't throw
away your computer....even though I know you probably want to by now?

Did you check in their Mac section?  That's where the Pro Digital's
are in the CompUSA near me.