Could someone explain to me why my joystick is blinking?

2008-12-09 13:07:51

#1

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|6979|Purplicious Wisconsin

I have a X52 flight system, and lately my joystick's lights have been flashing on and off or blinking as you may call it. My throttle is fine, but the joystick itself keeps on blinking and it is starting to annoy me. How do I fix it? I already unplugged and replugged it.

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2008-12-09 13:14:43

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6719|The Twilight Zone

Is there a reset button?

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2008-12-09 13:15:43

#3

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6950|West Yorkshire, U.K

Have you tried giving it eye drops?

2008-12-09 13:41:23

#4

Roc18: `; +655|6056|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

Is the blinking normal?

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2008-12-09 13:49:54

#5

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6898

Red eyes? Pink Eye? :wat:

2008-12-09 13:55:45

#6

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|6979|Purplicious Wisconsin

Typical bf2s

.Sup wrote:
Is there a reset button?

Don't think so, I lost the instruction manual for it.

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2008-12-09 14:00:20

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6896

i don't have that joystick, but the following should help you - it's from the Saitek forums themselves

Saitek Forums wrote:
Many users have reported that their X52's are blinking repeatedly for no reason at all. I have a solution, but let's read about the technological part first.

The Saitek X52 often blinks because of little lights called LEDs, or Light Emitting Diodes. These "LEDs" receive an electrical pulse, so that when there is electricity flowing through them the semiconductor inside the LED glows. When the electricity is turned off, the LED shuts off. This repeats several times until the electric current either shuts off completely or stays on.

The moment you've all been waiting for: my solution.

1) Pick up screwdriver
2) Unscrew X52 screws
3) Remove LED lights
4) Reassemble X52
5) Put down screwdriver in safe place
6) ????
7) Profit

Hope it helps.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-12-09 14:36:08

#8

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|6979|Purplicious Wisconsin

haffeysucks wrote:
i don't have that joystick, but the following should help you - it's from the Saitek forums themselves

Saitek Forums wrote:
Many users have reported that their X52's are blinking repeatedly for no reason at all. I have a solution, but let's read about the technological part first.

The Saitek X52 often blinks because of little lights called LEDs, or Light Emitting Diodes. These "LEDs" receive an electrical pulse, so that when there is electricity flowing through them the semiconductor inside the LED glows. When the electricity is turned off, the LED shuts off. This repeats several times until the electric current either shuts off completely or stays on.

The moment you've all been waiting for: my solution.

1) Pick up screwdriver
2) Unscrew X52 screws
3) Remove LED lights
4) Reassemble X52
5) Put down screwdriver in safe place
6) ????
7) Profit
Hope it helps.

Going to try that sometime soon, thanks though

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2008-12-09 15:13:06

#9

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6755|Gogledd Cymru

It must want you to stick it up your arse.

2008-12-09 15:17:39

#10

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|6979|Purplicious Wisconsin

The Sheriff wrote:
It must want you to stick it up your arse.

That was uncalled for

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2008-12-09 15:18:51

#11

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6755|Gogledd Cymru

Did I bring up bad memories?

Soz

2008-12-09 15:20:15

#12

CrazeD: Member; +368|6938|Maine

Put electrical tape over the LED?

2008-12-09 15:32:28

#13

csmag: Member; +92|6712|Canada

Give the drivers that came with it and install and change the led settings? Or put in in your arse, your call...

2008-12-09 17:21:33

#14

Brasso: member; +1,549|6896

so either:
1) no one read my quote and assumed it really WAS from saitek's forums (do they even exist?)
2) didn't catch the blatant lack of any joystick expertise whatsoever

either way, i spent such a long time on that post someone better laugh at it.

haffeysucks wrote:
i don't have that joystick, but the following should help you - it's from the Saitek forums themselves

Saitek Forums wrote:
Many users have reported that their X52's are blinking repeatedly for no reason at all. I have a solution, but let's read about the technological part first.

The Saitek X52 often blinks because of little lights called LEDs, or Light Emitting Diodes. These "LEDs" receive an electrical pulse, so that when there is electricity flowing through them the semiconductor inside the LED glows. When the electricity is turned off, the LED shuts off. This repeats several times until the electric current either shuts off completely or stays on.

The moment you've all been waiting for: my solution.

1) Pick up screwdriver
2) Unscrew X52 screws
3) Remove LED lights
4) Reassemble X52
5) Put down screwdriver in safe place
6) ????
7) Profit
Hope it helps.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-12-09 17:22:35

#15

Roc18: `; +655|6056|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

^^^^lol War Man said he was gonna try that.

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2008-12-09 17:29:44

#16

Brasso: member; +1,549|6896

Roc18 wrote:
^^^^lol War Man said he was gonna try that.

oh so my 4 minutes had meaning. thank you.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-12-09 18:43:58

#17

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5982|Vancouver, BC, Canada

lol, I believed it upto the step right before ... profit?

2008-12-09 18:50:13

#18

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6170|CA

Joystick porn.

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2008-12-09 19:21:35

#19

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|6979|Purplicious Wisconsin

haffeysucks wrote:
Roc18 wrote:
^^^^lol War Man said he was gonna try that.
oh so my 4 minutes had meaning. thank you.

I am going to try that when I have the time, I gave you karma in case you didn't notice.

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2008-12-09 19:25:37

#20

Brasso: member; +1,549|6896

War Man wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Roc18 wrote:
^^^^lol War Man said he was gonna try that.
oh so my 4 minutes had meaning. thank you.
I am going to try that when I have the time, I gave you karma in case you didn't notice.

yeah i saw it, thank you and i hope it works

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-12-09 19:26:07