Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Problem with XP

[Terry Ramsey]

My Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 seems to have a problem
with the return to center tension. The device appears in
game controllers and calibrates, but the return to center
tension works inversely - i.e. it returns to the
perimeter and is difficult to hold at center - same with
all three levels of force - any ideas? ALways worked
correctly before - haven't used in a month or two, now
have SP2 - could this be related? Connected to the USB
ports of my ABit NF7-S mobo (NForce2).

 

[Mahendra]

HI,
Remove teh SP2 & then try. Because their are lot of
issues related to SP@ & it may cause a working device or
hardware to behave erraticaly.

try removing the sp2 using its uninstall option in
control panel -> Add remove programs -> SP2 uninstall.

Mahendra

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Oh yeah, that was an intelligent post. Don't uninstall SP2. Unplug the
device from the computer and do the following, then reboot and plug it
back in.

Click Start-Run-Type regedit and click OK. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB

Now delete whatever folder starting with Vid_Xxxx that contains
information about your Sidewinder product. Once you have done that,
reboot and plug the device in.