Re: Joystick is "not connected"

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From: Kevin Murphy
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 04:13

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well if you don't use the 4 buttons on the base the easy way is toi
uninstall the driver
Set the switch on the bottom of the stick to the 2 dot position
Tell windows it is a wingman extreme with rudders


MechD <Me...@mn.mediaone.net> wrote in message
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> Greetings all,
>
> Well on the recommendations of several people on this newsgroup I went
ahead
> and dug up my old Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro for playing Descent. I went
to
> the microsloth page and downloaded the latest software for it. ( webpage
> said 3.02 but the install says 3.0). Installed and rebooted after plugging
> the joystick in. load up the Sidewinder soft ware.joystick not
> detected...well woopy..so I go to the ms page and download the patch. I
> installed that and still the joystick is "not detected" any ideas ? My
> system is a Epox K7XA mother board, the joystick is plugging into the game
> port on my sound card, which is a Aureal SQ 2500. Thanks guys
>
> MechD
>
>

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