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Can someone who has the Fulcrum yoke please verify if it works with a USB 3.x type of connection.

Thanks,

Al

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I have had the yoke connected both through a both USB 2.0 and a USB 3.0 hub. These are connected to a USB 3.2 port on my PC.

No issues, apart from those related to the AMD x570 chipset, but these involve all USB equipment.

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3 hours ago, orchestra_nl said:

I have had the yoke connected both through a both USB 2.0 and a USB 3.0 hub. These are connected to a USB 3.2 port on my PC.

No issues, apart from those related to the AMD x570 chipset, but these involve all USB equipment.

Thanks very much for the info! My old Saitek yoke does not work at all with a 3.x USB port.

Al

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Just got my yoke today and am loving it. The only hassle for me is it is up against the wall when not in use. I want to try and buy a right angle connector to plug into the body of the yoke and the other end into the cable (1 male end and one female end). Does anyone know what that connection is called? Thanks in advance.

 

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48 minutes ago, johnbla said:

Does anyone know what that connection is called?

The connector itself is USB Type B (or simply USB-B), so look for "USB-B angled". The search provides a huge number of cable choices...

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The angled USB come in right and left handed so makes it much more fun to make sure you get the correct one.

I did try one on my yoke but found that the one I got seemed loose and did lose the connection sometimes so when back to a straight connector. It seemed like the part that plugs in is not as long on the angled ones as the straight ones so think that was my issue.


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USB is backwards compatible, so it doesn't matter if its a USB 2.0 device it will work in all newer versions of USB

Even the Logitech yokes should work technically; you could have a motherboard with the early 3.0 chips that weren't up to standard (as they released them before the standard was finalized).

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