So I was playing BF2 yesterday and at a certain point, my saitek x52 flickered all its lights, the backlit LCD display on the throttle turned off and my fucking joystick zapped me through the pinky switch button. It was substantial enough for me to let go and go 'ouch motherfucker!'. The stick went dead for a second, then came back to life and continued normally sans the LCD backlight.

My question is, is this a hardware problem (either with the js or the computer) or is this a vista/windows driver issue perhaps? Has anyone ever heard of this?

8/15/2006 9:06:47 AM

LOl no driver is going to shock you, this is def. a hardware problem.


ha, someone post the "terrorists can turn your computer into a bomb" pic.

8/15/2006 9:08:27 AM

8/15/2006 2:56:57 PM

Force-feedback.

its a feature!

8/15/2006 2:58:49 PM

perhaps you got pwnt so bad in BF2 that it went through the joystick?

8/15/2006 3:12:22 PM

actually, it seems to be related to USB.

WHen the "zap" happens (I can hear it even when I don't feel it, and the LCD backlight goes out) all USB devices disconnect, then reconnect.

Apparently I'm not the only one with this model dell with USB dying issues.

8/15/2006 10:11:35 PM

There is no way this is related to drivers.

8/15/2006 11:23:00 PM

^^^ winner

[Edited on August 15, 2006 at 11:26 PM. Reason : *]

8/15/2006 11:26:25 PM

i had a mouse shock the shit out me through the button (around) and it killed the left click...

8/16/2006 9:45:20 AM