Joystick problem, can't get the full range of motion

[Nefron]

Hi,

 

I bought a SpeedLink Black Widow joystick today, as my first joystick.

 

For some reason, I can't get the full range of motion when calibrating the joystick. The input gets cut off way before the actual stick physical limit on both the X and Y axis. There is a dead zone at the axis extremes.

 

It seems to be properly centered. The throttle also works fine.

 

I tried installing the latest drivers, the problem persists. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit.

 

Any ideas? Halp.

Edited October 29, 2012 by Nefron