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microsoft sidewinder controller says "not connected"

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smithy5

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I bought a used controller for very cheap, but now may have been ripped off...

Its an older sidewinder controller that uses the joystick port. I've used the software CD to intall the controller, and when I go to the control panel under gaming options, under controller it shows "microsoft sidewinder game pad" and under status it says "not connected".
Is there something in the BIOS or on the motherboard to turn on. I've never used the port before, so I'm not sure where to begin. The MB is a fairly current (1yr old) EPOX 8K7A, and I've had no other problems. Thanks.

Do I just have a bad controller, or what should I try?
 
check in device manager...sound video and game controllers and see if the gameport driver is listed, if by chance its not, try re-installin soundcard drivers or get latest drivers....you can also check, in control panel, gamin options, controller ID's and at bottom "port driver assignment...if listed standard, try change to your live card....just a couple of things to check.
 
I owned one of those Sidewinder 3D Pro sticks a while back.

It used to work fine attached to the game port of a Sound Blaster ISA card in a Pentium system.

But it wouldn't work attached to the game port of either an SB Live (I believe it still had a game port), or directly to the motherboard's game port in a P3 system.

MS acknowledged the issue in their web site, and even had a single-file fix. Of course it didn't actually work.

The only thing that did work is if I installed the antiquated Sidewinder 1.0 software (on a single floppy) but if I recall correctly, that software wasn't very programmable. MS's web site mentioned a timing issue w/ faster PCs, but that doesn't explain why the ancient 1.0 drivers actually worked, while anything newer did not.

I ended up tossing the stick rather than deal w/ MS garbage. MS has discontinued any support for its non-USB controllers, so you're SOL.
 
I couldn't get mine to work either on WinME or WinXP(got not connected message in the control panel). I moved to the USB version of the sidewinder, which worked without having to install any software for the controller.
 
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