A quick question Peter

[Nick C]

Hello Peter,

Firstly thank you for FSUIPC, it's an excellent module and easily worth the registration fee.

Now I've developed a small problem in FS9 (SP2) on XP (SP2) which may or may not have anything to do with this module, but I thought I'd field the question here before I dig any deeper into my system.

I use a Saitek X52 Pro stick and throttle combo and recently when pressing various keys on the stick (mainly the trigger trigger button for the brake, but when I remapped that in FS9, I had a reboot after pressing the flaps button!) it causes my entire PC to reboot frequently, oddly this never happens in FSX. I've tried reinstalling drivers and moving USB ports etc all to no avail, so now it's time to look at something else. To be honest the cable between the stick and the throttle is as tight as tennis ball in a chimney and causes connection problems, but I can't understand why this would only be a problem in FS9.

Peter is this something you've heard of? If not I'll quickly move down another avenue.

Thanks in advance,

[Pete Dowson]

I use a Saitek X52 Pro stick and throttle combo and recently when pressing various keys on the stick (mainly the trigger trigger button for the brake, but when I remapped that in FS9, I had a reboot after pressing the flaps button!) it causes my entire PC to reboot frequently, oddly this never happens in FSX. I've tried reinstalling drivers and moving USB ports etc all to no avail, so now it's time to look at something else. To be honest the cable between the stick and the throttle is as tight as tennis ball in a chimney and causes connection problems, but I can't understand why this would only be a problem in FS9.

No, that is indeed very strange. An entire PC re-booting is very unusual these days, especially with Windows XP or Vista (which as you use FSX I must assume you are on). In fact the only things I'm aware of which can cause such an event are drivers and hardware faults.

Are you using a driver supplied by Saitek? If so you could try uninstalling it and letting the joystick be operated by one of the default XP or Vista drivers, just to see if the problem is there. Otherwise I would start suspecting RAM or the motherboard. I really don't think it can be anything specific to FS or FSUIPC, the difference between FSX and FS9 I suspect is more coincidence than determined.

Regards

Pete