Still no USB!!

I posted earlier this week about USB problems with Logitech FF. It did work for seveal weeks,now only in serial port. Only the left light on the wheel is illuminated. Everything in system manager looks okay. Any other ideas? thanks Tony

Only the left light on? Oh, thats a power problem I would say....... First make sure the wires are properly plugged into the wheel and the pedals, the wire slipped out of my pedals once which took me a while to figure out what was going on. Second, check the plug and the socket, I have a little problem with that. When I have my wheel and modem plugged in both work but when I have the wheel and printer in there is sometimes a short. They probably are using a bit too much power for the 2 way adapter I use for them, or something to that effect. Try removing a few other plugs and see it if will work, have you added any new plugs or power supplies lately? If this isn't working check the wire (plugged out of socket course) and see if you can find and cracks although I doubts thats the problem. Thirdly, Well, thats about it, You could try removing all Logitech software and reinstalling and making sure its installed properly in the control panel. Don't take anything for granted, check all the above, if noting works contact Logitech or where you bought it, there is a 1 year guarantee from Logi isn't there? Or am I thinking of another wheel? > I posted earlier this week about USB problems with Logitech FF. > It did work for seveal weeks,now only in serial port. Only the left > light on the wheel is illuminated. Everything in system manager looks >okay. > Any other ideas? thanks Tony

Since it works in the serial port,do you think it could be the serial to usb adapter cord? I didn't have any luck finding one locally. >> I posted earlier this week about USB problems with Logitech FF. >> It did work for seveal weeks,now only in serial port. Only the left >> light on the wheel is illuminated. Everything in system manager looks >>okay. >> Any other ideas? thanks Tony

I watched my lights on my wheel as i booted up the computer. The left light is on all the time the wheel is plugged in. The right light only came on just before windows finished loading. It almost seems like it lights up just after a driver is loaded or something. Jim. > I posted earlier this week about USB problems with Logitech FF. > It did work for seveal weeks,now only in serial port. Only the left > light on the wheel is illuminated. Everything in system manager looks >okay. > Any other ideas? thanks Tony

>I watched my lights on my wheel as i booted up the computer. >The left light is on all the time the wheel is plugged in. >The right light only came on just before windows finished loading. >It almost seems like it lights up just after a driver is loaded or >something. Absolutely correct! -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

> Since it works in the serial port,do you think it could be the >serial to usb adapter cord? I didn't have any luck finding one >locally. Are you selecting Logitech Formula Force USB in the control panel joystick applet? You cannot select the same device which was working with the serial port. It could be the adapter chord, but I would be quite surprised. Do you have *ANY* other USB devices which work OK? -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

>Only the left light on? >Oh, thats a power problem I would say....... Since the left light is the power indicator, how do you figure that it is a power problem? Wow. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

> I posted earlier this week about USB problems with Logitech FF. > It did work for seveal weeks,now only in serial port. Only the left > light on the wheel is illuminated. Everything in system manager looks >okay. > Any other ideas? thanks Tony The left light is your power indicator. The right light means the OS "sees" the wheel and the driver is active. You post is kind of confusing but if you have the wheel plugged into the serial port, you need to select 'Logitech Formula Force Serial' in the control panel joystick applet. If you plug it into your USB and you are running W98 and it still doesn't work, then it seems like your USB is not setup properly. It really is that simple to set up. Also, try DirectX7. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:53:44 -0500, "Greg Cisko"

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>> I posted earlier this week about USB problems with Logitech FF. >> It did work for seveal weeks,now only in serial port. Only the left >> light on the wheel is illuminated. Everything in system manager looks >>okay. >> Any other ideas? thanks Tony >The left light is your power indicator. The right light means the OS >"sees" the wheel and the driver is active. You post is kind of confusing >but if you have the wheel plugged into the serial port, you need to >select 'Logitech Formula Force Serial' in the control panel joystick >applet. If you plug it into your USB and you are running W98 and >it still doesn't work, then it seems like your USB is not setup properly. >It really is that simple to set up.

Sorry for the confusion. The wheel works just fine connected to the serial port.

>>select 'Logitech Formula Force Serial' in the control panel joystick >>applet. If you plug it into your USB and you are running W98 and >>it still doesn't work, then it seems like your USB is not setup properly. >>It really is that simple to set up. > Sorry for the confusion. The wheel works just fine connected to the >serial port. OK so if you select Logitech Formula Force USB put it on ID#1 it should work. If not (the right LED does not light) then I would suspect that your USB is not setup properly. Do you have any other USB devices which work? Lastly, you have W98, right? -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 08:06:04 -0500, "Greg Cisko"

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>>>select 'Logitech Formula Force Serial' in the control panel joystick >>>applet. If you plug it into your USB and you are running W98 and >>>it still doesn't work, then it seems like your USB is not setup properly. >>>It really is that simple to set up. >> Sorry for the confusion. The wheel works just fine connected to the >>serial port. >OK so if you select Logitech Formula Force USB put it on ID#1 >it should work. If not (the right LED does not light) then I would >suspect that your USB is not setup properly. Do you have any >other USB devices which work? Lastly, you have W98, right? >--

It worked for about three weeks with the USB. I talked to Logitech support for about a half hour with no results.I guess I'll just use the serial port for now. Thanks for the help.