twobells Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) Well well seems many asus are holding the line after all. And noone with a warthog use AMD ? One definite factor is that most if not all of the Asus users with un-bricked units use either a externally powered usb hub or usb ports in monitors/keyboards NOT onboard Motherboard USB and the ones who don't use hubs etc AND use onboard usb leave their hotas powered 24/7 althougth the pc itself is off. It seems it is a voltage issue on boot up that bricks the Warthog due to poor firmware development. Edited February 1, 2011 by twobells [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Rig: W10 PRO 64 bit, Intel 7700K, Asus Maximus IX Code, 32GB G-Skill Ripjaw DDR4, EVGA RTX 2080 TI, Samsung 1TB M.2 970PRO SSD Primary HDD, 4TB Storage, TH Warthog, Oculus Rift, 27" Samsung 4k Display. 2x Wheel Stand Pro v2 (Hotas & Stick) + Warthog Stick Adaptor
Teej Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 It seems it is a voltage issue on boot up that bricks the Warthog due to poor firmware development. As one who has some background in circuit design, firmware writing and USB development...I would bet heavily against this being accurate. I don't think it's likely anything Asus related, given that I've heard of bricked throttles on Gigabyte mb as well as an imac. My money says one of the chips used has a higher than expected glitch/fail rate. Whether that's due to cost saving efforts at TM or the Chinese OEM or poor QC at the chiphouse I can only speculate. The failure rate, from what we've seen, pushes *my opinion* towards it being a parts quality problem at the component level rather than a design problem or firmware problem. Though there could be some of each. We have seen at least 2 failure modes, after all - total bricking, and simply dropping the firmware. If I'm wrong I'm wrong...but this is the way I see it. "Tank! I need a program for a TM Warthog!" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Thermaltake V9 SECC case | Corsair RM750 PSU | Asus ROG Ranger VIII | Intel i7 6700K | 16GB 3000mhz RAM | EVGA GTX 980Ti FTW | TrackIR 4 w/ pro clip | TM HOTAS Warthog | TM MFD Cougar Pack | Win 10 x64 |
Ragtag Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) One definite factor is that most if not all of the Asus users with un-bricked units use either a externally powered usb hub or usb ports in monitors/keyboards NOT onboard Motherboard USB and the ones who don't use hubs etc AND use onboard usb leave their hotas powered 24/7 althougth the pc itself is off. It seems it is a voltage issue on boot up that bricks the Warthog due to poor firmware development. Wrong, mine is hooked to the motherboard using the extra usb bracket and reading back in this thread shows the opposite of what you say. Edited February 1, 2011 by Ragtag [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I7 3930K. 16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1866mhz. Asus P9X79 Deluxe. Asus GTX680 2Gb. Auzentech Home Theater 3D Sound. TM Warthog HOTAS. TM Cougar MFD's. Saitek Flight Pro pedals. TrackIR 5. Samsung Syncmaster P2770FH
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