June 25, 201510 yr First time ever that I don't understand what has gone wrong with the pc and Win 7. Everything was working fine until I disconnected the various devices to move the pc to another location. After connecting all the devices again, only the joysticks are no longer recognized. Normally, in the device panel a new device shows up when it's hooked into a USB port. Now nothing happens. It happens with only the joysticks. If I connect a usb flash drive, or a camera, Windows recognizes it, so I know that the ports work. I am totally puzzled. I've googled for possible solutions and so far I found none. Hope to hear some good ideas. tony
June 25, 201510 yr See if there's anything under "hidden devices"or "system devices" To view "hidden devices, open device manager -> "View" -> "Show hidden devices". Does the Saitek panel light up to show the clock time? Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
June 25, 201510 yr Author the light on the saitek stopped working a long time ago, so this is not a good indicator. However, I have 3 joysticks, and none appear in it. The hidden devices don't show anything. What ever makes Windows scan for (some) new devices appears to be broken. Windows solutions shows nothing. It's a real mystery. tony
June 26, 201510 yr Do you have another PC/Laptop to test the hardware on? More than likely if they work on another PC/friends Pc that a reinstall of Windows is in order. Jude Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
July 2, 201510 yr Author costly mistake. I had inadvertently hooked up a 12v power supply to my usb hub port, which destroyed all devices plugged in. Oh, well... tony
July 2, 201510 yr Hello Tony, I recognize the problem and solved it by follow up the instructions in this case by Saitek Admin. First of all : make a backup of your Registry ! Unplug the yoke. Go to Start/Run and type regedit. The registry editor will have a list of folders on the left hand side. Go down into the following folders in order. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Control Media Properties Private Properties Direct Input Inside the Direct Input folder, Delete any folder that begins with VID_06A3. Once done, close the editor. Plug the yoke back in and move alle the axis (including throttle) through their full range of movement 4 times. Now go to control panel/game controllers/properties to see if everything is ok on the test screen. Çheers, Ben Ben Rikken, The Netherlands
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