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I purchased a generic USB game pad (manufactured by Centruy Concept). It came with a floppy a simple instructions on how to install the driver and get it up and running. I've followed the directions, but each time I plug the game pad in XP doesn't recognize the device. It doesn't show up as a game controller in Control Panel, and under the HID icon in my Device Manager says its working properly. I plugged the game pad into my laptop running 2000 and it recognized it right away and it shows up as a game controller under my Control Panel. Where did I go wrong?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi ralamante,

Try disconnecting the game pad, uninstalling the software /
driver, rebooting and then connecting the game pad again.
If that's unsuccessful, please post the instructions that came
with the floppy and we'll see if it contains any clues.

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|I purchased a generic USB game pad (manufactured by Centruy Concept). It came with a floppy a simple instructions on how to install
the driver and get it up and running. I've followed the directions, but each time I plug the game pad in XP doesn't recognize the
device. It doesn't show up as a game controller in Control Panel, and under the HID icon in my Device Manager says its working
properly. I plugged the game pad into my laptop running 2000 and it recognized it right away and it shows up as a game controller
under my Control Panel. Where did I go wrong?

 

[Guest]

OK, I uninstalled the driver, rebooted, and then plugged the game pad in -- same result. Error message says USB device not recognized. The instructions that came with the game pad say: 1. Run setup.exe from driver disk; 2. After installation has been finished, plug the Joypad in your PC USB Port. Then it says to do a button test by going into the Game Controller section of the Contol Panel. Since Windows does not recognize the pad when I plug it in, it of course does not show up in the Control Panel. Like I said earlier, the pad works in my laptop running Win2000 without even installing the driver. Thanks for any help you guys can give me.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi rtalamante,

Be sure to use the same method on XP as you did on 2000.
I've read some shoppers reviews at ebgames about that
company and they don't have a good rating, however you may
just need to update your Chipset Drivers for proper USB
support. http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
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| OK, I uninstalled the driver, rebooted, and then plugged the game pad in -- same result. Error message says USB device not
recognized. The instructions that came with the game pad say: 1. Run setup.exe from driver disk; 2. After installation has been
finished, plug the Joypad in your PC USB Port. Then it says to do a button test by going into the Game Controller section of the
Contol Panel. Since Windows does not recognize the pad when I plug it in, it of course does not show up in the Control Panel. Like I
said earlier, the pad works in my laptop running Win2000 without even installing the driver. Thanks for any help you guys can give
me.