I have a HP Pavilion a* series. And I know some of them have Nvidia Chipsets. Don’t know if mine is one of them though.
My XP recognizes my SE Madcatz stick, and in Game Controls Status apears as “ok”. I’ve tried DS3 drivers, USB Library and one other application but it didn’t work.
What else can I do? Should I buy a HUB?
Yeah, that’s totally doable I came to find out. But unfortunately it seems there aren’t any with a VIA chipset.
nvm i figured it out 
Hi Guys!
For information, I think I have the same problem than everyone but with the TE XBOX stick which I receive yesterday. I use a laptop wich seems to be intel base chipset.
The USB ports at the side of the laptop recognize the madcatz stick but it doesn’t answer to inputs. When it is plugged, it appears on the peripherals list as “XBOX 360 peripherals” with a yellow marker: “This peripheral can’t start”. This occurs even without any USB devices connected.
If I plug the stick on the USB ports at the backside of the laptot everything is fine.
Quite weird, I hope it will continue to work on this computer and that I won’t have any surprise in the next weeks.
Not the same issue.
Your problem is PEBKAC.
Maybe you could try to explain a bit, except if you want act haughty and arrogant its is perfect then.
There’s one big difference that you have here from everyone else.
You’ve got a 360 stick.
Microsoft’s got a driver out there for 360 controllers. Make sure you have it and try again. If that doesn’t solve anything, then we can’t help you. This thread is for PS3 sticks.
If you had noticed what I had formatted in bold in your post then you would have known what I meant.
I just bought the Madcatz TE stick for the PS3 and it is not working on my PC. It’s plugged into the same external USB port on my USB 2.0 PCI card my SE usually goes into (and works) and it still isn’t working. Help!
I haven’t gotten around to trying the express card in my Nvidia Laptop yet. Anyone else have this problem and solved it?
I might have time in later in the month. Ordering it is easy enough, but it’s the time it take to go to a store with my laptop and joystick to see if it works first.
Business is booming and that unfortunately takes priority.
Can anyone confirm if the ps3 version is working on xp x64 or not? I see lots of mention of vista but not 64bit xp.
Well, XP SP2 32bit here and no dice.
hey whatsup . well i have the ps3 te stick. but no dice on my rig.
my setup is
cpu- amd 64x2 6400+
motherboard- MSI K9A2 Platinum
os- windows 7 64bit. ( i tried everyone version of xp,vista,7 and nothing works.)
but what i did to make it work was bought a vantec usb card and it works.
http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0314613
yeah got my stick today plugged it in, and nothing. i almost cried. but i found this thread i’m glad to say i got it working.
have a Fatal1ty AN8 SLI board, and it wasnt working with on board USB, or a PCI Belkin USB card.
however i went to best buy, and spent 30 bucks and got a ‘Dynex’ PCI USB card, which IS USB 1.1 backwards compatible.
here is the card i bought:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7833785&st=usb+pci&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1142298626004
obviously, this is a horrible “oversight” on MadCatz. however i dont know if i can blame them because it’s obviously designed to work on the PS3. but when MadCatz guys are going around saying point blank, “Yes it works with a PC.” is bull and should be stopped immediately.
and people going around asking for a driver are wasting their breathe, cause it’s not going to happen.
good to hear.
I will never buy a madcatz product again, I don’t care what they say about “our QC is all better now” blah blah blah
Madcatz tried so hard to revert their bad reputation but failed epically.
Thanks for this post Horsedick. My TE and Rosewill USB card are on FedEx and UPS trucks respectively for delivery at this moment. I will post my results and expect all will be fine (nVidia / AMD board).
EDIT: Both the stick and the card arrived and are installed. Yipee! Working. OMG the TE is so easy to use…its really nice (if ugly).
quick question, im looking to get a laptop for sf4 and photoshop on the go but does anyone know if will work on laptops. what specs should i look for and what to avoid so that it works instantly. I have an SE for 360 and ps3 so i can use either. Thank you, you can also pm me your advice, thanks guys.
For those looking for a specefic item that will work, If you have a frys electronics near your home, or want to order online. www.frys.com the following worked for me, I am running a nvidia chipset.
Inland PCI USB 2.0 + PS/2 Combo Card 12.99 From the store itself. SKU 5849923
How do you put the PCI USB in your computer? Not really good with comps…