I just poured Jack Daniels over my throttle, and now it doesn't work anymore
Would Vodka have been a better choice? 
X52 switch bounce
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I just poured Jack Daniels over my throttle, and now it doesn't work anymore
Would Vodka have been a better choice? 
I just poured Jack Daniels over my throttle, and now it doesn't work anymore
Ever heard of unflavoured, pure alcohol? That´s what the big boys drink...
Well, I just RMA'd Number 7, so they are very poor quality, sadly for me it is the best stick for Elite, so I will keep sending them back to Amazon as long as I will play ED, at least I can add something to my signature
Lmao you add them to your sig. Love that.
I just poured Jack Daniels over my throttle, and now it doesn't work anymore
Oh .. dear .. I hope the advice giver has enough credits for a rebuy ! (It sounds like it might be his round).
Even vodka's not really pure enough, strictly (you want it all to evaporate). You certainly used to be able to get pure alcohol, direct from the pharmacist at the high street chemists. (Spot the amateur musician!) They might have banned it by now ... because DON'T even think about drinking it, you WILL die. Vodka's cheaper anyway.
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I have a problem with my X52 in that after a short time of holding the stick at one extremity (say, when doing a loop the loop, the joystick seems to recenter itself, so that when center the stick, I'm pitching slightly in the opposite direction.
This is annoying as all hell, it happens frequently, so much so that I've gotten good at unplugging/replugging the joystick from/into the throttle to force a recenter.
Does anyone else have this?
This is annoying as all hell, it happens frequently, so much so that I've gotten good at unplugging/replugging the joystick from/into the throttle to force a recenter.
Does anyone else have this?
Are you mapping keys to your stick, or just using DXinput? Forget which game it was but when the game went console the controls got all messed up due to the priority becoming the controller and not the PC devices. If I had the stick programmed with macros/keybinds it would do as you describe by bouncing. Found out it was the new input timing the devs recalculated for the controller making your keybinds not work. A patch was necessary to fix the issue. When you press a key you get the stroke, and when released. That timing was off causing duplicate keystrokes, or something of the sorts. It is fixable. There might even be a timer in your Stick software that does this for keybinds.
That could be a number of things, none of them very good.
I'd reinstall the driver, use a different port, a different PS/2 cable and if that doesn't work - RMA it.
I'd reinstall the driver, use a different port, a different PS/2 cable and if that doesn't work - RMA it.
Pull the button out gently, there's a little black triangle surround that clicks off - be careful not to lose the jellybean button!
Behind it is a glaring bright LED, so you might want to turn the brightness down, and to the left a bit offset is the actual button switch itself. Give it a good scoosh of contact cleaner, reassemble, and give it a try
This is your answer.
I think miles vary a lot on the x52 pro, mine has now gone 3200 hours + with not a single problem. Some friends I have, have simply given up up on theirs due to problems. When disassembled, the parts in the units are not the same, mine is from 2014 theirs from later. Made switches are of less quality, a quality micro switch will easily cost the double or more of a poor one. I suspect the started to use cheaper components. It is not difficuly to disassemble an sort out or even put extra buttons inside. The stick is the tricky one disassembling.
Cheers Cmdrs
Cheers Cmdrs
That's a very valid point.
Some X52's seem to be very solid and last years. Some seem so prone to failure that they are basically junk. There seems to be a point where cheaper components started to be used, and quality dropped as a result - and then of course costs increased with unhappy customers returning kit - and getting annoyed when someone else buys a "brand new" one that happened to be sitting in ancient warehouse stock and actually works for more than five minutes.
I'd love to get my hands on genuine Saitek, Madcatz, and Logitech specimens and do a complete teardown and component inventory to see if there is actually any truth in this. One day I might even get round to it - I find it intriguing in the same way people hunt down original Model M's
Some X52's seem to be very solid and last years. Some seem so prone to failure that they are basically junk. There seems to be a point where cheaper components started to be used, and quality dropped as a result - and then of course costs increased with unhappy customers returning kit - and getting annoyed when someone else buys a "brand new" one that happened to be sitting in ancient warehouse stock and actually works for more than five minutes.
I'd love to get my hands on genuine Saitek, Madcatz, and Logitech specimens and do a complete teardown and component inventory to see if there is actually any truth in this. One day I might even get round to it - I find it intriguing in the same way people hunt down original Model M's
I guess that's a little tricky for the toggle switches on the base. What about the target button?
That's a very valid point.
Some X52's seem to be very solid and last years. Some seem so prone to failure that they are basically junk. There seems to be a point where cheaper components started to be used, and quality dropped as a result - and then of course costs increased with unhappy customers returning kit - and getting annoyed when someone else buys a "brand new" one that happened to be sitting in ancient warehouse stock and actually works for more than five minutes.
I'd love to get my hands on genuine Saitek, Madcatz, and Logitech specimens and do a complete teardown and component inventory to see if there is actually any truth in this. One day I might even get round to it - I find it intriguing in the same way people hunt down original Model M's
I was not able to record the specific components, but they were different. I tried to track the ones in my own , but it proved impossible. And how to judge a micro switch, no name ? But electronic components HAVE quality differences, that is for sure.
Cheers Cmdr's
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Take apart. Instructions widely available on Internetz, with multiple pics. Just take your time, not rocket science.
Cheers Cmdr's
Yep, two out of seven I replaced were faulty out of the box, typically buttons not working, the one I use now had a little movement when centered, but I decided to put up with it and set up a small deadzone in the middle, worked for a while, but then again couple of weeks ago one of the pov3 buttons started failing.
My best advice is buy from a company like Amazon, they are very good when it comes to returns, and just keep replacing it if necessary.
Still hoping somebody will come with a decent quality stick good for ED, or Logitech parts will improve.