Thrustmaster Ferrari FF wheel "shuts off"

I've noticed a few times that my wheel will sometimes stop giving any feedback in the middle of a race. It still works, it's just not providing any resistance to my hands. (kind of disconcerting mid-race). I thought it was just in GPL but last night it happened in SCGT as well. Exit the game and go back and it's fine. Any ideas.

Art McEwen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:98j425$c4b$[email hidden]... > I've noticed a few times that my wheel will sometimes stop giving any > feedback in the middle of a race. It still works, it's just not providing > any resistance to my hands. (kind of disconcerting mid-race). > I thought it was just in GPL but last night it happened in SCGT as well. > Exit the game and go back and it's fine. > Any ideas. I think I have tried everything to solve the exact same problem.... but no success yet. Try using the serial connection instead of USB, some claim that might do the trick. Others suggest that an overheating powersupply might be the reason, but I have yet to mount a serious fan on my wheel to check out the performance in near zero temperatures ;) Mikkel PS: if you should happen to stumble over a solution I would like to hear from you.....

> Others suggest that an overheating powersupply might be the reason, It was on for a few hours yesterday, you may have something there. > PS: if you should happen to stumble over a solution I would like to hear > from you..... You bet, same to you. ;)

It doesn't do it in Windows 2000 so it's a Windows 98 driver thing. Switching off "poll with interupts" can sometimes cure the problem. -- Some Call Me Tim

i had the same prob when i had it connected via USB port. i switched to serial and have not had a prob in 6 months.. bo

I'll give that a try, thanks (damn it's a pain to get at the back of my PC). Did you notice any other difference after the switch? Framerate, "jumpiness" of the wheel (I noticed a big improvement going from my old gameport driven wheel to the USB) Art. "bb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > i had the same prob when i had it connected via USB port. > i switched to serial and have not had a prob in 6 months.. > bo

I have had this problem intermittently with the Logitech Wingman Formula Force. Dave Pollatsek at MGI replied: "A bunch of people that have had this problem with the LWFF are reporting that their mechanism is overheating and that triggers a thermal sensor that shuts off the motors; people have worked around this by turning down the spring strength in the LWFF control panel and/or putting a cooling fan on the base (no joke). I still have a suspicion that there's another problem more on the software/driver level that can cause a similar problem as well, but still haven't gotten my hands on one that exhibits the behavior (all of our LWFF's work fine, although they are the older kind)." Come to think of it, I used to drive with the wheel in my lap. I don't think I've had the problem since mounting the wheel on the desk. Perhaps it was heat related. "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Art McEwen <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:98j425$c4b$[email hidden]... >> I've noticed a few times that my wheel will sometimes stop giving any >> feedback in the middle of a race. It still works, it's just not providing >> any resistance to my hands. (kind of disconcerting mid-race). >> I thought it was just in GPL but last night it happened in SCGT as well. >> Exit the game and go back and it's fine. >> Any ideas. > >I think I have tried everything to solve the exact same problem.... but no >success yet. > >Try using the serial connection instead of USB, some claim that might do the >trick. >Others suggest that an overheating powersupply might be the reason, but I >have yet to mount a serious fan on my wheel to check out the performance in >near zero temperatures ;)

-- Jon Willeke <j dot willeke at verizon dot net>

If the problem persists, try turning the wheel off for a few seconds and then back on (while still in the game). See if your FF comes back. In GPL, make sure the Spring Gain is turned to 0 in Windows Controller Panel. GPL doesn't use spring gain and sometimes having it set to anything but 0 will make strange things happen. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com "Art McEwen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:98j425$c4b$[email hidden]... > I've noticed a few times that my wheel will sometimes stop giving any > feedback in the middle of a race. It still works, it's just not providing > any resistance to my hands. (kind of disconcerting mid-race). > > I thought it was just in GPL but last night it happened in SCGT as well. > > Exit the game and go back and it's fine. > > Any ideas. > >

no other detractions that affect me. if things would be "better" (framerate) i guess i'd be concerned, but GPL runs at 35-36, pretty solid unless i run an add-on with heavy graphics. but this is with a voodoo2 - so that alone could be my solution... but change is hard for me. and upgrading to even a voodoo3 scares me. forget GeForceANYTHING...yikes! bo On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:02:16 -0500, "Art McEwen" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'll give that a try, thanks (damn it's a pain to get at the back of my PC). > >Did you notice any other difference after the switch? Framerate, >"jumpiness" of the wheel (I noticed a big improvement going from my old >gameport driven wheel to the USB) > >Art. > >"bb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> i had the same prob when i had it connected via USB port. >> i switched to serial and have not had a prob in 6 months.. >> bo > >