Anyone having problems with X52 Pro on Win 8.1 and Elite Dangerous?

heartorhead

heartorhead
I had issues with self repeating button presses and BSOD with newest drivers.

I downgraded drivers to 5.x version and SST software to 7_0_10_6. All runs fine now.
 

sceaga

sceaga
I run Windiws 8.1 with a powered USB 2.0 hub connected to one of my USB 3.0 ports (my MacBook had only USB 3.0), and I use the latest Saitek driver and SST software from their website with zero problems.

The X52 Pro is very power hungry and will act weird without proper power.
 

lamhirh

L
since 1.1 the button lights on throttle started misbehaving, swithcing colord to dim red or switching off. than moving throttle fixes issue for a while, than it happens again
 

sceaga

sceaga
lamhirh said:
since 1.1 the button lights on throttle started misbehaving, swithcing colord to dim red or switching off. than moving throttle fixes issue for a while, than it happens again
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Check the cable between the throttle and joystick. Make sure it's properly seated and plugged in. That behavior happened to me with a defective X52 Pro because the connection was bad, yours may just be loose. The other thing to check is to make sure it's properly powered, low USB power can cause it as well. I highly doubt it's 1.1 causing it.
 

Ouaisne

Ouaisne
Timar said:
I had loads of problems with the X52 Pro on a new-ish (1 year old) Intel I7 O'C to 4.2Ghz. Gigabyte Z87-DH3P motherboard, Windows 7 Pro.

Driver install would hang part way through forcing a hard reset of the PC, and if I left the stick plugged in windows would refuse to boot.

Boot to safe mode then normal mode, drivers (several versions) still would not install and even worse the PC would become unresponsive and eventually bluescreen if I left the stick plugged in (first time I have ever seen this PC bluescreen, normally it's rock solid). Tried USB2 and USB3 ports, tried disabling xHCI(USB3 mode?), tried a powered USB2 hub... still no good.

Tried it on my older PC (AMD quad core black edition), which I think only has USB2 ports, and it works fine.. the drivers installed first try. Have ordered a PCI USB2 card as suggested in this thread, will see if that works.
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I had these problems foe about a week and advice on another thread was to turn off USB 3 support on motherboard. I fiddled and worked out how to do it and it has been fine since!
 

Heracles

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Tankshell said:
Hi guys,

I have been getting some very odd problems when playing Elite Dangerous using my new X52 Pro, on Win 8.1

The SST profile software is all setup (latest version from Saitek website for Win 8.1 x64) and generally speaking the game runs fine... for a while, then occasionally (and by that I mean maybe once or twice a week, given I play pretty much every night), the game will start behaving very stangely and my X52 will seeminlgy start to malfunction.

Symtoms include:

  • the mfd screen on the throttle stick will start to flicker rapidly
  • keys will seemingly get stuck in a "down" state, meaning that I can no longer control the game properly, and even if I manage to quit out out to windows desktop, I can no longer left click or right click with the mouse
  • computer will hang if I try to reboot it/turn it off

When it gets into this state, nothing but a system reboot seems to fix it. Unplugging the X52 from the USB port and replugging does not help. Neither does force killing and restarting the SST software.

Basically I am trying to figure out if this is a problem being caused with the game, with the SST profile software, or some combination of both. Or even, is it an intermittent hardware failure?

Has anyone else experienced this or similar issues with their X52 Pro on Win 8/8.1?

Thanks guys. Slowly driving me insane!
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I am on my fourth x52 pro. Over 7 years, so not too bad.

It's new, but the mfd still has flicker intermittently. So I turn the backlight off from control panel.

They are great when new, but can wear out quickly.

The ps2 connector can be weak after a while and this wreaks havoc! Bsod and incorrect key presses etc. So definitely look at the ps2 connector.

Everyone has covered most of the issues here.

I will add that I am on w7. Asus p6delux mobo
so 6 years old.

I use the latest x52 drivers but do not use sst software.

In ED I use all the in game control settings. I also use the Voice Attack software together with the Hcs Elitedangerousvoicepack software. This comes with a ready made x52 Hcs profile which you can select from the ED controls menus. It works like a charm. Although everything is mapped to the stick, I mostly give voice commands. I highly recommend this.

If you get fed up with talking to your ship, you can revert to HOTAS:)

Shame the x52 is a bit on the flakey side, but when the connectors are firm, it's a good stick.
 
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