MSFF off-centre

My Microsoft FF wheel works okay, as far as I can tell, but EVERY TIME I turn it on, it goes through its "motions" (full left and right lock) and ends up about an eighth of a turn off-centre. Simple fix is, straighten it up, turn it off at the wall switch, and then turn it back on again. But the wall switch is way under the computer desk and I really need an arm the length of an orang-utan to do this comfortably. My ageing back is protesting. Any solutions to this problem? By the way, FF is switched "off" (anyhow, FF "on" makes no difference). Thanks Steve Smith Melbourne, Australia

On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:51:53 +1000, "Steve Smith" Well you can turn off the wheel by disconnecting it from the back, where you connect the pedals to. Just unplug the adapter from there, and any need to go to wall switch will be eliminated. You can leave the adapter plugged into the socket constantly. I've had it plugged into the socket for about a year, no probs.

Richard, Nope -- left of centre. But thanks for your suggestion, I'll try it (in reverse). Regards Steve

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>Steve, >Does it end up turned to the right of centre? Mine does. >Simply turn it left of centre _before_ you power it up. >> My Microsoft FF wheel works okay, as far as I can tell, but EVERY TIME I >> turn it on, it goes through its "motions" (full left and right lock) and >> ends up about an eighth of a turn off-centre. Simple fix is, straighten

it >> up, turn it off at the wall switch, and then turn it back on again. >> But the wall switch is way under the computer desk and I really need an arm

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>> the length of an orang-utan to do this comfortably. My ageing back is >> protesting. Any solutions to this problem? By the way, FF is switched >> "off" (anyhow, FF "on" makes no difference). >> Thanks >> Steve Smith >> Melbourne, Australia

I just unplug the power from behind the wheel then plug it back in. That allways seems to do the trick for me when it doesn't center properly. -- Jeff Murchison (Murchman) http://members.tripod.com/grandprixlegends > Richard, > Nope -- left of centre. But thanks for your suggestion, I'll try it (in > reverse). > Regards > Steve > >Steve, > >Does it end up turned to the right of centre? Mine does. > >Simply turn it left of centre _before_ you power it up. > >> My Microsoft FF wheel works okay, as far as I can tell, but EVERY TIME I > >> turn it on, it goes through its "motions" (full left and right lock) and > >> ends up about an eighth of a turn off-centre. Simple fix is, straighten > it > >> up, turn it off at the wall switch, and then turn it back on again. > >> But the wall switch is way under the computer desk and I really need an > arm > >> the length of an orang-utan to do this comfortably. My ageing back is > >> protesting. Any solutions to this problem? By the way, FF is switched > >> "off" (anyhow, FF "on" makes no difference). > >> Thanks > >> Steve Smith > >> Melbourne, Australia

>Richard, >Nope -- left of centre. But thanks for your suggestion, I'll try it (in >reverse). >Regards >Steve Okay, let's see if this is your situation. You power up or start using the wheel and it's turned just a bit left, correct? Well, I happen to also use and love a Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad. I plug my wheel right into the pass-thru connector port on the gamepad which is quite convenient. In fact, for the money, it's almsot worth it just to get a gamepad to use as a psuedo extension cord. Now, when my wheel does this (turn too far to the left on start) I just unplug it from the gamepad and plug it back in. It then automatically centers perfectly. I suspect that if you unplugged it from the back of your system and reconnected it, you'd get the same results. It's just very easy for me to do this since my gamepad sits on my desk to my left. I don't have to reach very far. *** RTH ***