Ok I’m having some problems with some USB game controllers on a Windows XP machine. First off I’ll start by saying both controllers work fine on other machines tested them, both on two different machines(one was XP, one was server 2003). The first controller is a saitek p2550 and when plugged into this particular computer it works fine other than the z-axis is stuck in the up position The second controller (and the one I really want to get working) is a Red Octane Ignition Dance Mat V3.0. when plugged in 50% of the time it reports there is a problem with the device, the other 50% it registers a few delayed button presses then dies. I have the official Saitek drivers for my gamepad, and the well there aren’t any drivers for the dance mat, it supposed to be completely plug and play. I’ve attempted uninstalling the drivers for both devices. I’ve tried uninstalling my usb and usb2 host controllers(then scanning for new hardware to reinstall them) I’ve tried updating to the newest intel chipset software for my motherboard(asus p4p800) I’ve tried disconnecting every other USB device(and no I don’t have both controllers connected at the same time) Both come up as Usb Human interface devices and HID-compliant game controllers in the device manager My other USB HID’s work fine(mouse, scanner, webcam), just game controllers work wrong. Both show up correctly labelled in the game controllers view. I’m puzzled and the only solution left I can think that I haven’t tried is a reinstall of XP (which I’d prefer not doing if I can just pinpoint what’s wrong ) Anyone have any ideas what else to try?
you say there visible in device manager, have you tried a different USB port (hub may be required) you may find the problem in event viewer
tried every usb port on my computer (i have 8 different ones) all give same response. The dance pad show up in the device manager, though sometimes has the warning, this device has failed to start.
Clean according to Mcafee 8.0 enterprise, unfortuanaty im too cheap at the moment to get anything better so im just using mcafee because my university has a licence for it.
