Maverick

My throttle didn't brick, at least now yet, but it's been plugged in for over two years without problems. Yesterday it took ages to get past the POST screen, it halted for minutes during "initializing USB controllers". Keyboard was sluggish as hell but once I got to Windows, everything seemed fine. Unplugging the throttle solved the slow boot problem. Then I ran a configuration file. Windows started searching for a HID driver for the throttle which it couldn't find. Clicking "Get firmware" from TARGET crashed it. I uninstalled drivers, installed them again, reflashed the firmware with the same, newest version it already had. Problem solved, for now :geek:

Has someone seriously read a 670+ page manual sitting in front of a computer? Guess I'm old school, for wishing to read it in bed for example. And no, I don't have an IPad. So no DCS A-10 for me until there is a printed manual available. And don't get me started what I feel about releasing a software as download only at first(OLD school).

Seriously, it's bad enough having to pay extra to get a printed manual but to have it released six months after the product itself is pretty lame.

:doh: Not like this ED. Not like this.

New pilot? Well not yet. I'm waiting for the release of the printed manual before buying this sim. You hear that ED? I would like to get it sooner than later.

Nice to see that box again. I sent my F-22 to Thrustmaster UK for repairs back in '98 in that original box. They decided to send it back without it. I used F-22/TQS in 1998-2008. During that time it developed tremendous spiking and about 2cm center play instead of 1mm!

One more reason to wait for boxed release.. In the early Falcon 4.0 days, reboot after every mission was a popular method to prevent crashing :)

Go get it: http://ts.thrustmaster.com/eng/index.php?pg=view_files&gid=1&fid=3&pid=311&cid=5 edit: LED control works great. When you turn them off, they stay off, even after reboot. Also LED intensity can be adjusted and those five previously unused LEDs can be toggled on and off.

Installed. LEDs now shut down with the computer. But I'm still going to unplug it when not in use. Now we need a new version of TARGET that allows backlight adjustment. I think they should be off by default.

Asus P5Q Deluxe mobo here. I have decided not to use the Warthog before we get more information. I've been afraid it goes dead everytime I plug it in.

Question: Do the owners of bricked throttles have their computers connected to grounded or ungrounded outlet? Older homes have only ungrounded outlets in bed/livingrooms. http://www.epanorama.net/documents/pc/ungrounded_pc.html

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1000752&postcount=54 Dang, I was at least partly right..

I would point out the hygienic aspect of wearing gloves. Sweat and skin from your hands tends to accumulate on the stick and throttle.. But I don't use them. Wearing protection takes too much sensation away...

Updated without problems. Didn't have any problems before, other than the LED backlights not turning off. It didn't have any effect on that.

Guess I am an orangutan, because I use it as a zoom and think it works just great in that.