MadCatZ PS3 TE FightStick: PC - Xp- vista- win7 32-64bit (read 1st post)

BuckyLastard · February 21, 2009, 1:10am

yep same here , only European one replied once and nothing today

horsedick · February 21, 2009, 2:36am

i will try out a pci usb card exansion and see if that might work, will post details after.

MarkMan · February 21, 2009, 4:01am

Yes, still looking into it guys, this is more complicated research as there are so many different setups out there.

I can confirm on my work PC the PS3 sticks/fightpad are plug and play, and on my home XP sp2/sp3 and Vista all work PnP.

I’ll try a Windows 7 over the weekend.

BuckyLastard · February 21, 2009, 4:56am

Thanks for keeping us up to date , It seems to be a majority of people that aint getting it to work on xp sp3 from what i can read on various forums .

System_1 · February 21, 2009, 5:09am

Thx for a reply MarkMan,

As for my here is my feedback:

32bit Windows XP SP3

Plugged directly into M/B USB
Plugged directly into Case USB
Plugged directly into a Passive USB switcher
Plugged directly into a Powered USB switcher

All no go, same detection of “PC USB Wired Stick 8818” Status “Ok” and no buttons or stick actually register on the test window.

BustaBust · February 21, 2009, 5:57am

i have xp home edition sp2 but it doesnt work.

horsedick · February 21, 2009, 7:18am

markman it would be of more help if you post motherboard and processor as i think the motherboard plays a part of it .

horsedick · February 21, 2009, 7:20am

post motherbaord and processor please as this will help madcatz more in trying to find out why it is not working on various pc’s.

horsedick · February 22, 2009, 12:58am

any 1 find any solutions?

Counterhit · February 22, 2009, 3:40am

works with my laptop running vista, but no luck in my pirated XP, LOL

System_1 · February 22, 2009, 3:55am

Has anyone actually had it work in one OS and not in another on the same computer? From testing my SE on 3 PCs it seems to be a hardware thing.

On the PC it doesn’t work on I’ve now tried XP SP1 64 bit & 32 bit, XP SP3 32 bit and 5 different Linux distros/versions, both 32 bit and 64 bit. They all recognise it but don’t get any input, and the turbo lights won’t come on. The XP SP1 installs are on the hard drive from one of the working PCs. (Windows doesn’t appreciate you doing that… :bgrin:)

I messed around with a trial version of a USB monitoring tool I found after googling for a while, and there was some kind of constant activity going on. I don’t have access to that computer at the mo and can’t remember what the app was, so I’ll post more info on that tomorrow.

I’ve messed around with BIOS settings and tried different chipset driver versions. The only thing I can think of that haven’t checked is if the turbo lights will come on before the OS boots on the working PCs, I’ll do that tomorrow.

edit:

Dual booting on the laptop, or different computers?

Counterhit · February 22, 2009, 4:53am

Schmeggma:

Has anyone actually had it work in one OS and not in another on the same computer? From testing my SE on 3 PCs it seems to be a hardware thing.

On the PC it doesn’t work on I’ve now tried XP SP1 64 bit & 32 bit, XP SP3 32 bit and 5 different Linux distros/versions, both 32 bit and 64 bit. They all recognise it but don’t get any input, and the turbo lights won’t come on. The XP SP1 installs are on the hard drive from one of the working PCs. (Windows doesn’t appreciate you doing that… :bgrin:)

I messed around with a trial version of a USB monitoring tool I found after googling for a while, and there was some kind of constant activity going on. I don’t have access to that computer at the mo and can’t remember what the app was, so I’ll post more info on that tomorrow.

I’ve messed around with BIOS settings and tried different chipset driver versions. The only thing I can think of that haven’t checked is if the turbo lights will come on before the OS boots on the working PCs, I’ll do that tomorrow.

edit:

Dual booting on the laptop, or different computers?

different computers.

System_1 · February 22, 2009, 5:17am

I doubt a solution will arise, because it seems like it is very hit or miss even with people having the same exact drivers and versions of windows. at this point, i chalk it up to a motherboard issue. and that is usually a hassle to be able to solve. maybe different irq settings or something complicated.

BuckyLastard · February 22, 2009, 5:45am

Lets hope not , I bought it for my pc too , Id really like to play third strike

horsedick · February 22, 2009, 7:01am

same as you guys i got 2 te’s to play on my pc and also to use on my little bro’s ps3 on occasion , and i need some results in a fix or workaround.

i bought them to be used mainly on my pc, so i need a fix and a fix soon,

fingers crossed,

System_1 · February 22, 2009, 7:18am

ya im fiending some og st, and 3s on this!

System_1 · February 22, 2009, 12:27pm

Well, the joysticks don’t get any power before the OS starts booting. (Probably obvious to anyone who knows about USB. )

Here are screenshots from the USB monitor program I found:

http://bayimg.com/image/oanhkaabl.jpg

http://bayimg.com/image/oanhpaabl.jpg

Anyone know if I can force it to use the ECHI instead of OCHI?

OK, only 4 people have reported their motherboards, and they’re all ASUS with nForce chipsets so far. Can everyone please state your montherboard?

So far we have not working:
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe (nForce 570)
ASUS P5N-D (nForce 750i)
2x ASUS P5N-E SLI (nForce 650i)

Also, has anyone tried a USB expansion card yet?

BuckyLastard · February 22, 2009, 5:29pm

some people tried usb extension and it didnt work

System_1 · February 22, 2009, 6:11pm

I mean a PCI/PCI-E expansion card inside the PC. I was one of the people who tried a hub.

If someone has a motherboard that doesn’t work, but an expansion card that does we can rule out operating system or driver version as the fault.

Buhbuhj · February 22, 2009, 8:11pm

I’m also using an ASUS mobo (p5n-e) with nforce. I do have a pci usb card in an older computer, I’ll pull that out later and see if it does anything in this one.