N4: losing force feedback with LWFF wheel, help!

With N4, after 40 laps or so, I lose all my force feedback with my Logictech Wingman FF wheel. I pause the race, go to Options, go to controls, turn the FF off and on, then resume the race. I may then have FF for a minute or two, but it goes away. Does anybody know a fix for this? Thanks Sincerely, James

I've seen several posts about this topic, but I don't have a clue about any fixes. I would suggest ANYONE who has had this symptom to email logitech and describe what they have experienced. As always...updating windows could be a key step to preventing such action. Plus...letting us know about your system specs would also be helpful. (win98? XP? 2K what directX version etc) dave henrie "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > With N4, after 40 laps or so, I lose all my force feedback with myLogictech > Wingman FF wheel. I pause the race, go to Options, go to controls, turnthe FF > off and on, then resume the race. I may then have FF for a minute or two,but > it goes away. > > Does anybody know a fix for this? > > Thanks > Sincerely, James

Try turning down the strength of the force, I have heard reports where the wheel loses force feedback once it gets too hot. "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I have the latest Wingman drivers, I'm using Windows ME and directx 8.0a. > Anybody know how to fix this? > > > Sincerely, James

I have the latest Wingman drivers, I'm using Windows ME and directx 8.0a. Anybody know how to fix this? Sincerely, James

Someone said it could be overheating problem. If you have ff strenght more than 100% it could overheat after some time. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95Kn7.2273$[email hidden]...

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> I've seen several posts about this topic, but I don't have a clue about > any fixes. I would suggest ANYONE who has had this symptom to email > logitech and describe what they have experienced. > As always...updating windows could be a key step to preventing such > action. > Plus...letting us know about your system specs would also be helpful. > (win98? XP? 2K what directX version etc) > dave henrie > "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > With N4, after 40 laps or so, I lose all my force feedback with my > Logictech > > Wingman FF wheel. I pause the race, go to Options, go to controls, turn > the FF > > off and on, then resume the race. I may then have FF for a minute or

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> but > > it goes away. > > > > Does anybody know a fix for this? > > > > Thanks > > Sincerely, James > >

This was the case in mine, had it turned up to high and it was getting hot. Turned it down to 100 and all is well. "Mario Petrinovic" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9nodbk$free$[email hidden]...

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> Someone said it could be overheating problem. If you have > ff strenght more than 100% it could overheat after some time. > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:95Kn7.2273$[email hidden]... > > I've seen several posts about this topic, but I don't have a clue

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> > any fixes. I would suggest ANYONE who has had this symptom to email > > logitech and describe what they have experienced. > > As always...updating windows could be a key step to preventing such > > action. > > Plus...letting us know about your system specs would also be helpful. > > (win98? XP? 2K what directX version etc) > > dave henrie > > "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > With N4, after 40 laps or so, I lose all my force feedback with my > > Logictech > > > Wingman FF wheel. I pause the race, go to Options, go to controls,

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> > the FF > > > off and on, then resume the race. I may then have FF for a minute or > two, > > but > > > it goes away. > > > > > > Does anybody know a fix for this? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Sincerely, James > > > > > > > >

Thanks for the info. I began to worry. "Morris Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > This was the case in mine, had it turned up to high and it was gettinghot. > Turned it down to 100 and all is well.

On 12 Sep 2001 13:13:30 GMT, [email hidden] (James Larson) wrote: >Does anybody know a fix for this? Turn down FF forces. This is a common problem with LWFF. Overheating causes the motor to shut itself down. Only fix I know of is opening the LWFF and attach fans. /Martin

Thanks for the explanation. I'll try that. I had the FF set pretty high. Sincerely, James

Funnily it's depending on the wheel. I have some of those (guess why ;-) and only one tends to switch off during a hot lapdance at the ring. The others never gave me probs under the same conditions. Cannot tell you what series this particular wheel is from, though. Can you? Cya JensSchumi On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:39:16 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg) wrote:

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>On 12 Sep 2001 13:13:30 GMT, [email hidden] (James Larson) >wrote: > >>Does anybody know a fix for this? > >Turn down FF forces. This is a common problem with LWFF. Overheating >causes the motor to shut itself down. > >Only fix I know of is opening the LWFF and attach fans. > >/Martin

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On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 03:19:06 GMT, [email hidden] (JS) wrote: >Funnily it's depending on the wheel. >I have some of those (guess why ;-) and only one tends to switch off during a >hot lapdance at the ring. The others never gave me probs under the same >conditions. >Cannot tell you what series this particular wheel is from, though. >Can you? Not at home right now. But I have this on two LWFF (classic) wheels. They are from the second "version" with the stiffer pedal springs. It happens mostly if you drive on ovals or longer races (50%) on tight corners. Talking about GPL here. Cheers, /Martin

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:06:46 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg) wrote: >Not at home right now. But I have this on two LWFF (classic) wheels. >They are from the second "version" with the stiffer pedal springs. I might add that the second wheel was bought over a year after the first one, so the problem probably exists in several batches anyway. I remember talking to Aidan from Wingmanteam abou this and he said it was a built-in overheating protection. This isn't included in the newer GP wheels. Cheers, /Martin

I had this problem too. I narrowed it down to settings as already mentioned but it was only a problem on tracks like Watkins Glenn and SearsPoint plus a couple of smaller speedways. I think it was probably due to the amount of work the wheel had to do and I could feel the heat rising on the case when touched. Not expeienced a problem since turning down the force in the game to 90%. Stu C "Martin Granberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:06:46 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg) wrote: > > >Not at home right now. But I have this on two LWFF (classic) wheels. > >They are from the second "version" with the stiffer pedal springs. > > I might add that the second wheel was bought over a year after the > first one, so the problem probably exists in several batches anyway. > > I remember talking to Aidan from Wingmanteam abou this and he said it > was a built-in overheating protection. This isn't included in the > newer GP wheels. > > Cheers, > > /Martin >