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Yesterday, I started my PC everything was normal, opened DCS, and as I was waiting for DCS to load up I noticed that my warthog throttle had no lights on. I looked in the DCS controls menu and my warthog stick was present but my warthog throttle was nowhere to be found. I tried re-installing drivers but no luck, showed up as unrecognized in windows USB menu. I read up on some common issues with the PCB so I opened it up just to look around and blew some air on it and put it back together. As soon as I plugged it back in, IT WORKED! I flew around and it was completely fine. This morning I powered on my PC and it flashed the 5 dotted lights, which it has been doing since, and every once in a while the backlit LEDs will flash upon PC startup. I'm pretty sure I'm SOL and need a new PCB but just wanted some insight/tips.

 

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Have you tried different (direct to mobo) USB outlets?

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Exactly what I was gonna ask.

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  • 2 weeks later...
On 2/23/2022 at 5:44 AM, JackPinMV said:

Yesterday, I started my PC everything was normal, opened DCS, and as I was waiting for DCS to load up I noticed that my warthog throttle had no lights on. I looked in the DCS controls menu and my warthog stick was present but my warthog throttle was nowhere to be found. I tried re-installing drivers but no luck, showed up as unrecognized in windows USB menu. I read up on some common issues with the PCB so I opened it up just to look around and blew some air on it and put it back together. As soon as I plugged it back in, IT WORKED! I flew around and it was completely fine. This morning I powered on my PC and it flashed the 5 dotted lights, which it has been doing since, and every once in a while the backlit LEDs will flash upon PC startup. I'm pretty sure I'm SOL and need a new PCB but just wanted some insight/tips.

 

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Hi JackPinMV, I had EXACTLY your same problem.
The "motherboard" of the throttle is gone. You should contact TM customer service and buy a new one...they are going to send the new motherboard and you just put the new one into the older one position. You just open the throttle (it is very easy, I did it by myself and believe I am denied for these things) and switch the new motherboard with the old one.
As cost I remember around 80euros with shipment.


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I want to share my experience.😉


Recently my Warthog Throttle failed as well.
Here are the features:


windows 11
1. Joystick was shown as a USB device but not recognized as a throttle.
2. LED lights were off.
3. Driver installation and troubleshooting PDF from Thrustmaster did not help.

Linux:
For reference whether the joystick is recognized at all, I tried it in
Query Linux.
It showed the Thrustmaster name and Port had no LED lights either.

 

The length of time solving the problem:
Sun 19.6. / 9 a.m. - Thrustmaster Support contacted. (The support is very nice.)
Th 30.6 / 1 p.m.   - HOTAS WARTHOG THROTTLE MAIN PCB arrived very well packaged in a bubble envelope.

Costs:
Payment is via Paypal only
Board €36.74
Standard shipping to germany: 8.63€
Express shipping to germany: 16.81€
Shipping from France via „La Poste“

Thrustmaster requires:
>Telephone number/email address/first name+last name/street+street number/if applicable company name/zip code+city/country

>Photo of the cable Label with product name + serial number (both sides of the label)
>Confirmation of payment via Paypal. They send a PDF explaining the payment.

Changing the circuit board is very easy:
>5 screws on the bottom.
>2 panels are loosened.
>Loosen the circuit board with 4 screws and carefully lift it off.
>Is connected to a circuit board underneath with a plug contact.
>I unplugged each cable individually and plugged it into the new board.
>Press the new circuit board back onto the plug contact and screw it in.
>Pay attention to the grounding when screwing on the base plate.
>I guided it in the hole with the screwdriver and pressed the bottom plate so that it didn’t slip away.

>screw up.

..........Connect. Throttle is recognized again. Problem solved.✌️


Edited by Bex

 

 

 

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