Guillemot FF Race Leader "not connected"

I obtained a Guillemot Race Leader of ebay for a piittance. Unfortunately it is not picked up, ie I get a "not connected" in the game controllers. I have gone through the procedures as outlined on the guillemot support site. Several uninstalls and reinstalls, got the latest install and update drivers, both the ones listed under the Race Leader and the Ferrari FF wheel. I have pedals connected withthe little modem cable, and the wheel is connected tothe power supply, the lights light up and the force seems on. There are no obvious conflicts under the device manager. Is there a way to check if the serial ports are actually working? They are OK in the device manager, "device working properly". I have a PS2 mouse and a pci modem installed. The modem is configured on "com 4" but I don't know what that means. It supposedly is detected on startup and finds its own port ???? I have messed with the mobo settings, activated acpi, pnp is enabled. C300a @ 450, abit bh6 rev 1.02, banshee pci, soundblaster 16pnp isa, VIking components pci modem, W98 retail with recent MS website update. Not much added software, Symantec virus detection, freemem memory manager. Logitech joystick monitor. I wil try a BIOS flash tomorrow, see if that helps. Any other ideas? Cheers Dolle Dolf

symply unplug&plug the serial connector or turn-off&on the power

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> I obtained a Guillemot Race Leader of ebay for a piittance. > Unfortunately it is not picked up, ie I get a "not connected" in the > game controllers. > I have gone through the procedures as outlined on the guillemot > support site. Several uninstalls and reinstalls, got the latest > install and update drivers, both the ones listed under the Race Leader > and the Ferrari FF wheel. I have pedals connected withthe little > modem cable, and the wheel is connected tothe power supply, the lights > light up and the force seems on. > There are no obvious conflicts under the device manager. > Is there a way to check if the serial ports are actually working? > They are OK in the device manager, "device working properly". > I have a PS2 mouse and a pci modem installed. The modem is configured > on "com 4" but I don't know what that means. It supposedly is > detected on startup and finds its own port ???? > I have messed with the mobo settings, activated acpi, pnp is enabled. > VIking components pci modem, W98 retail with recent MS website update. > Not much added software, Symantec virus detection, freemem memory > manager. Logitech joystick monitor. > I wil try a BIOS flash tomorrow, see if that helps. > Any other ideas? > Cheers > Dolle Dolf

>symply unplug&plug the serial connector >or turn-off&on the power Thx, but I have done this a hundred times already. Is there a way to check if a serial port is actually working, except for checking in the device manager? (where it says that "the device is working properly"? Cheers Dolle Dolf

I had the same problem when i first installed the wheel.... just unplug the USB connector and plug it back in while the computer and the wheel are both running, that did it for me. If you for some reason is using the serial, then i don't know, perhaps you should try plugging it in the other com port. Mikkel PS: When you finally get it going, you will most likely be feeling it was worth the trouble

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> >symply unplug&plug the serial connector > >or turn-off&on the power > Thx, but I have done this a hundred times already. Is there a way to > check if a serial port is actually working, except for checking in the > device manager? (where it says that "the device is working properly"? > Cheers > Dolle Dolf

"Dolle Dolf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 23:10:03 +0200, "Giammy" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >symply unplug&plug the serial connector > >or turn-off&on the power > > Thx, but I have done this a hundred times already. Is there a way to > check if a serial port is actually working, except for checking in the > device manager? (where it says that "the device is working properly"?

Try removing your COM ports from the device manager and reboot. W98 will detect them and reconfigure them. -- [email hidden]

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 13:38:40 +0200, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I had the same problem when i first installed the wheel.... just unplug the >USB connector and plug it back in while the computer and the wheel are both >running, that did it for me. If you for some reason is using the serial, >then i don't know, perhaps you should try plugging it in the other com port. > Yeh that is right, I have a serial port connector. The serial port works, as my mouse can be hooked up to it and works fine. Thx Dolle Dolf

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>Mikkel > >PS: When you finally get it going, you will most likely be feeling it was >worth the trouble > >Dolle Dolf <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> > >> >> > >> > >

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 16:32:24 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"Dolle Dolf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 23:10:03 +0200, "Giammy" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >> >symply unplug&plug the serial connector >> >or turn-off&on the power >> >> Thx, but I have done this a hundred times already. Is there a way to >> check if a serial port is actually working, except for checking in the >> device manager? (where it says that "the device is working properly"? > >Try removing your COM ports from the device manager and reboot. >W98 will detect them and reconfigure them. >

I seem to have done this once by accident, but I will try with both ports and see what happens. Last resort prior to taking the wheel apart, have already reinstalled the OS ;-( I am getting the impression that the wheel is faulty. Dolle Dolf

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