Sidewinder ForceFeedback Stick Pro

[Lord Prism]

Abit SE6 Mobo
Pentium Celeron 600Mhz (OC~815Mhz)
256MB RAM PC-100
Creative Labs Riva TNT2 Ultra 32MB (2x)
Win98 SE
Maxtor 8.4Gb - Pri-Master
Mat****a CD-R CW-7582 - Pri-Slave
Mat****a CD-ROM CR-585 - Sec-Master

Ever since I built this system with this new Mobo, my Microsoft Sidewinder ForceFeedback Pro joystick will not work correctly.
It functions when playing games and shows no conflicts in the device manager, but there are no "forcefeedback" movements...it's acting like a normal joystick!

When I go into gaming options(game controllers) in the control panel, the Sidewinder ForceFeedback is listed, but when I click on PROPERTIES to "Test Forces" I get this error message:

"Your game controller's power is off. Please make sure the power supply is plugged in."

Well, of course it's plugged in (the power light is on).

HELP!!! Has ANYBODY had this happen? Have you any ideas to fix it?

Thank you SO MUCH in advance...

[bestax1]

i had this happen to me when i upgraded to win me.

i downloaded the latest sidewinder s/w (version 3) and it sorted itself out

hope this helps

[Lord Prism]

Thanks for the reply.

Downloaded and installed version 3 from Microsoft and problem remains.

Any other ideas?