MSFF Wheel Problem

My nephew has the MSFF USB wheel running under Windows 98SE, and can't get it to work right. He says that the wheel acts like a digital controller -- that is, no matter how little he moves the wheel, the wheel calibration indicates it to be either fully left, centered, or fully right -- nothing in between. In other words, it's acting like a digital controller, rather than analog. This wheel worked fine on his old computer, but it's experiencing these problem with his new computer. Is there some setting that he needs to activate, or is there a patch or updated driver to download? Any thoughts on what might be wrong would be appreciated. -- Bert

Can you expand a little..? System it is running with... Has he done Controller Calibration TO THE LETTER..? That is one of the most common errors ever...pressing and turning when all it asks for on screen is press one button etc etc Then when he has that done exactly....is he then following exactly the requests within the chosen game..? I have same wheel and for a living i upgrade and fix PC's,but seem to spend more time putting right peoples problems,MOST are self inflicted and wheel trouble is a usual complaint..rarely a problem if all is done correctly and in the right order. Morgan "BRH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My nephew has the MSFF USB wheel running under Windows 98SE, and can't > get it to work right. He says that the wheel acts like a digital > controller -- that is, no matter how little he moves the wheel, the > wheel calibration indicates it to be either fully left, centered, or > fully right -- nothing in between. In other words, it's acting like a > digital controller, rather than analog. > > This wheel worked fine on his old computer, but it's experiencing these > problem with his new computer. > > Is there some setting that he needs to activate, or is there a patch or > updated driver to download? Any thoughts on what might be wrong would > be appreciated. > > -- > Bert > > >

Can't give you anymore details than that, as he lives in NY and I'm in Virginia, but he called me back saying that he got it straightened out by downloading another driver. Thanks for your help..... Morgan Boof wrote:

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> Can you expand a little..? > > System it is running with... > > Has he done Controller Calibration TO THE LETTER..? > That is one of the most common errors ever...pressing and turning when all > it asks for on screen is press one button etc etc > > Then when he has that done exactly....is he then following exactly the > requests within the chosen game..? > > I have same wheel and for a living i upgrade and fix PC's,but seem to spend > more time putting right peoples problems,MOST are self inflicted and wheel > trouble is a usual complaint..rarely a problem if all is done correctly and > in the right order. > > Morgan > "BRH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > My nephew has the MSFF USB wheel running under Windows 98SE, and can't > > get it to work right. He says that the wheel acts like a digital > > controller -- that is, no matter how little he moves the wheel, the > > wheel calibration indicates it to be either fully left, centered, or > > fully right -- nothing in between. In other words, it's acting like a > > digital controller, rather than analog. > > > > This wheel worked fine on his old computer, but it's experiencing these > > problem with his new computer. > > > > Is there some setting that he needs to activate, or is there a patch or > > updated driver to download? Any thoughts on what might be wrong would > > be appreciated. > > > > -- > > Bert > > > > > >

-- Bert

That's scary. MS hasn't released any SideWinder 4.x driver updates that can be downloaded, unless he's talking about the small v4.5 update (don't know anyone that really knows what it does) from Windows Update. That's for Win2K/XP only as far as I know... Unless I missed one somewhere :) -Larry "BRH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Can't give you anymore details than that, as he lives in NY and I'm inVirginia, > but he called me back saying that he got it straightened out bydownloading

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> another driver. > > Thanks for your help..... > > > > > Morgan Boof wrote: > > > Can you expand a little..? > > > > System it is running with... > > > > Has he done Controller Calibration TO THE LETTER..? > > That is one of the most common errors ever...pressing and turning when

all > > it asks for on screen is press one button etc etc > > > > Then when he has that done exactly....is he then following exactly the > > requests within the chosen game..? > > > > I have same wheel and for a living i upgrade and fix PC's,but seem tospend > > more time putting right peoples problems,MOST are self inflicted andwheel > > trouble is a usual complaint..rarely a problem if all is done correctlyand > > in the right order. > > > > Morgan > > "BRH" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:[email hidden]...

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> > > My nephew has the MSFF USB wheel running under Windows 98SE, and can't > > > get it to work right. He says that the wheel acts like a digital > > > controller -- that is, no matter how little he moves the wheel, the > > > wheel calibration indicates it to be either fully left, centered, or > > > fully right -- nothing in between. In other words, it's acting like a > > > digital controller, rather than analog. > > > > > > This wheel worked fine on his old computer, but it's experiencing

these > > > problem with his new computer. > > > > > > Is there some setting that he needs to activate, or is there a patchor

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> > > updated driver to download? Any thoughts on what might be wrong would > > > be appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > > Bert > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bert > > >

Any idea how one can get this 4.5 update? I'm using a MSFF USB wheel with WinXP and would be very interested in obtaining this update. I tried going to the Windows Update site, but no such patch was available. Thanks, Michael M "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Bv1v7.53222$[email hidden]... > That's scary. MS hasn't released any SideWinder 4.x driver updates thatcan

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> be downloaded, unless he's talking about the small v4.5 update (don't know > anyone that really knows what it does) from Windows Update. That's for > Win2K/XP only as far as I know... > > Unless I missed one somewhere :) > > -Larry >