Dell Inspiron 4100: SideWinder force Feedback Pro

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I have SideWinder FF Pro with 15 pin and I tried to use the USB adapter from
Radioshack & Belkin. But none of them is working.

1- Radioshack: I see the USB adpter in the game control but it does not
comunicate with the Joystick.

2- Belkin: it give error message that the power soruce is higher that it
should be and must be disconncect.

I love to use my SideWinder on my Dell Inspiron 4100? Any help or Hint?

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Thanks Cari for quick response.

Does Creative Lab's Audigy2 ZA works on labtop? how to add it? Thank you.

Bilal

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> That's is correct. You have one more pathway to try before you give up and
> throw the joystick away... get a separate soundcard with a gameport/midi
> port on it and use it that way. Look at the soundcards first and ensure
> they do have a gameport... either on the card or with a separate bracket.
> No point in getting one without either. Creative Lab's Audigy2 ZA has a
> gameport on a bracket.
>
> The reason why the other ways won't work.....
>
> A USB device must have hard coding in it so that the PC knows what is
> connecting to it. A gameport joystick does not normally have that coding.
> Therefore the PC has absolutely no idea what you have plugged in to the USB
> port and refuses to 'see' it. There is no workaround. That's just the way
> it is.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "Belal" <Belal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4CDB1F80-5FA7-47F4-9EB6-92E086B60C8A@microsoft.com...
> >I have SideWinder FF Pro with 15 pin and I tried to use the USB adapter
> >from
> > Radioshack & Belkin. But none of them is working.
> >
> > 1- Radioshack: I see the USB adpter in the game control but it does not
> > comunicate with the Joystick.
> >
> > 2- Belkin: it give error message that the power soruce is higher that it
> > should be and must be disconncect.
> >
> > I love to use my SideWinder on my Dell Inspiron 4100? Any help or Hint?
> >
> >
>
>
>
>