USB controller problem - pauses

Hi all, Can anyone think of a reason why my computer would stop reading my USB joystick for a few seconds? I run "End It All" to get rid of all background apps, but every so often in the middle of a game, the computer seems to stop reading the controller for a while. It's really irritating to be coming out of a long drift in RallyMasters and to have the steering stay on full lock for an extra 2 seconds, or to have the throttle wide open and the steering straight ahead going into the Parabolica. grrrrr... Stephen p.s. MS Sidewinder stick, Win98SE, DX8

Have exactly the same problem, never found a good solution. If I use a gameport joystick, it never happens. I am using Win98SE + DX7.0a. Brian "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3bbc093e$[email hidden]... > Hi all, > > Can anyone think of a reason why my computer would stop reading my USB > joystick for a few seconds? I run "End It All" to get rid of allbackground > apps, but every so often in the middle of a game, the computer seems tostop > reading the controller for a while. It's really irritating to be comingout

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> of a long drift in RallyMasters and to have the steering stay on full lock > for an extra 2 seconds, or to have the throttle wide open and the steering > straight ahead going into the Parabolica. > > grrrrr... > > Stephen > > p.s. MS Sidewinder stick, Win98SE, DX8 > > >

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:33:14 +0100, "Brian" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> of a long drift in RallyMasters and to have the steering stay on full lock >> for an extra 2 seconds, or to have the throttle wide open and the steering >> straight ahead going into the Parabolica. At the second crossroad after start on SS5 u should have turned left...Milano 233 km - Monza 214 km...:) and Parabolica is there in south-end of the park...:) BTW... do u have any graphic "stuttering"? If u have it _could_ be the MS-wheel...I had some "stuttering" before I changed to the LWFF (old type- all red..:)) -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Thore Sorensen - DK-2700 Bronshoj

Thore Sorensen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:33:14 +0100, "Brian" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >> of a long drift in RallyMasters and to have the steering stay on fulllock > >> for an extra 2 seconds, or to have the throttle wide open and thesteering

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> >> straight ahead going into the Parabolica. > > At the second crossroad after start on SS5 u should have turned > left...Milano 233 km - Monza 214 km...:) and Parabolica is there in > south-end of the park...:) > > BTW... do u have any graphic "stuttering"? If u have it _could_ be the > MS-wheel...I had some "stuttering" before I changed to the LWFF (old > type- all red..:)) >

No, my impending doom plays out with a silky-smooth framerate. It's a non-FF joystick, not a FF wheel, so it shouldn't be loading up the CPU. I'll see about catching the crossroad next time I play... Stephen

"Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3bbc093e$[email hidden]... > Can anyone think of a reason why my computer would stop reading my USB is it perhaps a via-based socket-a mainboard? then you should apply the latest 4-in-1 drivers and the usb-filter from the via website. next step would be disable error-correction for your usb ports. at last you should enter the bios and disable PCI-master read caching and delayed transaction. hth, joachim

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 20:58:18 +0200, Joachim Böddeker <[email hidden]> wrote: >is it perhaps a via-based socket-a mainboard? > >then you should apply the latest 4-in-1 drivers and the >usb-filter from the via website. I read today at www.usbman.com that there is some confusion as to that filter. If you are running Win98 you don't need it. I had a problem with my VIA USB controller detecting three gamepads as unknown devices and after many hours of research the solution was to get myself an add on PCI USB host controller. That fixed my problem. VIA usb controllers are shit. p.s. where is this error correction option to be found? I don't see it under device manager when I select properties for the usb devices.

There are "known" problems with USB and Win98SE. But MS won't make any public comment about it. If you have a TM NASCAR Pro Digital-2 wheel and pedals....and you go (since about 10 days ago) to the Windows Update page....you'll see un "Recommended" a patch to fix the USB problem. You can bet the problem exists with other controllers. It has nothing to do with TM's product.....they just "called MS on the carpet" and they did something about it. Start searching the MSKB for a fix. And, VIA's USB controllers work just fine..... Tom

On Fri, 05 Oct 2001 22:22:33 GMT, "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: > And, VIA's USB controllers work >just fine..... > >Tom > > Like hell they do. Just go here http://www.usbman.com/ and read the real low down to find out just how crap they are. I thought they were good too until I tried to install a USB gamepad - make that three *different* gamepads. All detected as unknown devices on the VIA USB controller.

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> There are "known" problems with USB and Win98SE. But MS won't make any > public comment about it. If you have a TM NASCAR Pro Digital-2 wheel > and pedals....and you go (since about 10 days ago) to the Windows Update > page....you'll see un "Recommended" a patch to fix the USB problem. You > can bet the problem exists with other controllers. It has nothing to do > with TM's product.....they just "called MS on the carpet" and they did > something about it. > > Start searching the MSKB for a fix. And, VIA's USB controllers work > just fine..... > > Tom >

I have the exact same problem, and it only occurs on my Win98se machine. It doesn't matter which J-Stick I use if its USB I get these pauses and it happens in all games that use a stick. I haven't been able to find the "FIX" that Tom writes about, if someone has a link to this "RECOMMENDED PATCH" I'd appreciate it. Thanks Bob

I'm new (first time on this ng and new to USB controllers) but I just bought both a Gravis Eliminator Aftershock gamepad and a ThrustMaster Ferrari FF wheel and Pedals, both using a USB port under Win98se. I had problems with both not being 'seen' by the games I tried to use them with. Gravis tech support told me to set the Gravis as controller ID #1 in Control Panel > Gaming Options > ID Tab, and this works. With the ThrustMaster Wheel I have to unplug the Gravis from the other USB port so that the TM is the ONLY controller, and this allowed using it in GP3. Hope this is of some help. -- Sincerely, Ed Anderson > In article <Joqv7.6169$[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... > > There are "known" problems with USB and Win98SE. But MS won't make any > > public comment about it. If you have a TM NASCAR Pro Digital-2 wheel > > and pedals

"Dave Ryerson" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 20:58:18 +0200, Joachim Böddeker > p.s. where is this error correction option to be found? I don't see it > under device manager when I select properties for the usb devices. it's the checkbox on the lower left corner of the usb-hub. That's W2k, i don't know if it exists in w98. but more important is the bios stuff. -- Joachim B�ddeker

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:20:55 +0200, "Joachim Böddeker" <[email hidden]> wrote: >it's the checkbox on the lower left corner of the usb-hub. That's W2k, >i don't know if it exists in w98. No, it doesn't exist in Win98 as far as I can see. >but more important is the bios stuff. My problem was VIA's crap hardware and nothing else. The person who said there are no problems with VIA's USB hardware is wrong. Sometimes you have to be using specific harddware for a problem to show up, just because it works on one persons hardware doens't mean there are no problems with the hardware.

By the way, the "error correction" option solved my problems. thanks Stephen Joachim B�ddeker <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9ps8rm$kibo8$[email hidden]...

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> > > "Dave Ryerson" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:[email hidden]... > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 20:58:18 +0200, Joachim Böddeker > > p.s. where is this error correction option to be found? I don't see it > > under device manager when I select properties for the usb devices. > > it's the checkbox on the lower left corner of the usb-hub. That's W2k, > i don't know if it exists in w98. > > but more important is the bios stuff. > > -- > Joachim B�ddeker > > >