[Resolved] Microsoft sidewinder gamepad and sidewinder 3d pro

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I have a dell dimension 2400 running windows xp pro i had to format the harddrive because windows got too messed up (wife messed with it). I have reinstalled everything and now when i try to install my sidewinder game pad or the sidewinder joystick under game controllers it doesn't find it. I have gone into my device drivers and there i have an exclamation point next to unknown device. I've tried to reinstall the drivers several times windows detects the controllers but when it starts installing them i get a data error (cyclic redundancy check) and then it lists it as media with an exclamation point. They worked before i had to format the harddrive. Ive tried my xbox 360 controller and windows found it with no problems. I even went so far as to change my audio card with built in game port. I've been all over the internet trying to figure this out and its got me torqued. Anybody got any ideas before i take the controllers outside and throw them into my fire pit? Look in Add or Remove Programs or on the drivers CD for an uninstaller. If you can't find an unistaller, right-click on the controller/s in Device Manager and uninstall them there. You probably won't get very far if Windows has selected the wrong drivers for it/them. If I see exclamation marks in Device Manager, the first thing I do is uninstall them, I reboot and see what happens when the Add New Hardware wizard runs at logon. Uninstall, but then I would check for major drivers updates at the computer manufacturer's website (Dell in your case). Do they connect through USB, if so, you need to make sure that the USB controllers work correctly. If they connect some other way, check that controller. When you think your computer drivers are good, try the Sidewinder controller installer again. Follow the installation instructions to the letter . You can try installing the drivers manually. Once you have run the driver installer (CD), you can right-click on the exclamation mark controller in Device Manager and "update" the drivers.

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