September 18, 201213 yr HI All, Apologies if Im beginning what was an aged topic - I had a quick look around to see if anyone had posted a similar issue before but couldnt see anything. I have recently gained a Saitek Proflight Yoke with throttle quad. I plug the quad into the main body of the yoke. I had used the yoke on a win7 note book with great reliable results and now I have a new desktop PC the saitek is unreliable. I can set up and be flying then the yoke control drops out....I have no control over the plane. So I either have to unplug and plug in again to bring back the control or completely shut down FS9. Often when I have had to do this I lose some if not all of my assignments. I thought it was a power issue so was looking for a 5V adaptor (found one but not the right pin). It is starting to become a pain in the a :ph34r:s now so can anyone offer me advice? Many thanks N :blink:
September 18, 201213 yr Commercial Member While I don't believe the power adapter is the answer to your yoke, if you do plan to use any of the existing USB ports on the yoke, then DO get an adapter if one did not come with the system. They new the AC adapter or else they will blow. Had two of them do that for this reason. Heard directly from MadCatz that was why so they sent me two adapters for free! Suggest you contact them. Are you loosing the clock in the center of the yoke or it goes to zeros? Then it's a USB connection type issue. Try a different port on the PC - directly, not via some USB hub. Otherwise may be a driver issue, could reinstall drivers. I use FSUIPC for calibration of all my hardware. Just some ideas... Clutch Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
September 18, 201213 yr Author Hey Clutch thanks for the reply. Im not running anything through the USBs of the yoke. However, I am getting a zero on the clock function when the yoke goes offline so will try plugging into a different port. Just out of interest would you know whether plugging the quadrant directly into the PC would help, in any way?? Rather than having that running through the yoke. Thanks again N
September 19, 201213 yr Author Just to say, this has now resolved itself...thanks Clutch...I have now moved the yoke USB to a port on the back of my machine and getting solid results.
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