Oh my god, my joystick is haunted!

kiario

kiario
This is really really weird!

I dropped out of SC to a station in the a very Close call last nano-second to match speed and distance.

After that my X520 pro stick is really weird.

First, max yaw to the left is stuck.
Second. No buttons are working.

And now the freightening thing!!!

If I just put my hand in the handle without touching anything all the leds go weird flashing!!!

What the heck!!!
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Unplug the PS/2 cable, make sure all the pins are straight, plug it back in and make sure it's fully seated, and make sure Windows hasn't put on some random power saving setting.
 

PiggyPiggyPig

PiggyPiggyPig
Its rare but sometimes my ship suddenly veers, albeit slowly to the left. Started noticing it only after the recent update but this could be coincidence. The hand near the joystick with flashing LED's is a concern.
 

kiario

kiario
really strange,

If I shut down the leds in stick only stick movement works.
IF I thurn up leds buttons start flashing and testing in the calibration screen show erratic buttons.

Its all chaos in the stick. It must be posessed!

I Think its some grounding issue.

But why does it react to my hand even if I dont touch it at all. Buttons start to flash if hand is just nearing the stick. Its 100 % reproducable. Not by chance.

Throttle is working fine.

Its a new stick. 5 Days old.

Reinstalled drivers, same thing.
 
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kiario

kiario
plugged in my retired x52 pro stick and it does not show the same symptoms.

So it must be something hardware wise with the new stick.

Think ED did this, it happened just as I exited SC ;(
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Wait until it's acting weird, alt-tab out of the game and use Windows' "Devices & Printers" folder to view the inputs to your joystick.

My guess would be a faulty wire somewhere in the joystick.
Saitek solder all the wires on and then squeeze hot-glue all over them to create a "mechanical" joint.
If a solder joint breaks, the hot-glue still holds the wire roughly in place and you get intermittent failures instead of permanent ones.

Alternatively, try jiggling the cable(s) around and see if that provokes the fault.
 

DoctorDanny

DoctorDanny
I had trouble with my x52 at some point. It turned out that the stick was connected to a slower USB port (USB1 maybe?).
Switching to another port solved the issues for me.
 

CMDR.Lawrence

C
Most times it is not enough power getting to the X52. the internal USB hub only has so much power. I use an external powered USB hub and all my issues went away
 

Hossi

Hossi
My 2ct: Grounding wire broke. If you touch it you are the ground.
Screw it open and look for an unattached cabel. Or send it back, its still new.
I've resoldert cables in my warthog a dozend times now, causes all kind of eratic behaviour.
 

kiario

kiario
ITs just not in ED that its broken. Its in windows calibration setting also.

Its a faulty stick thats all there is to it. Otherwise my retired x52 stick would have not worked either. But it did.

I dont know why the leds reacted to my hand when it was Close to the stick.

Probabaly static electricity that caused some strange things to happen.

Anyway, I disassembled it and could not find anything out of the ordinary.

Going back to store tomorrow for replacement.
 

kiario

kiario
Hossi said:
My 2ct: Grounding wire broke. If you touch it you are the ground.
Screw it open and look for an unattached cabel. Or send it back, its still new.
I've resoldert cables in my warthog a dozend times now, causes all kind of eratic behaviour.
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Yup thats what I guessed from the start. ALthough haunted was a Little more fun :)
 
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