joystick problems

[judge john]

hi,
have been using my trusty joystick i got free with my first computer now for a long time, about 8 years!!, with no problems until now. i had not got around to using it since i almost completely upgraded my PC some months ago but now i need it and it's not working. i would normally plug it in and go to control panel, game controllers, and add it manually. but now when i do that i get a message saying;
'your gameport or gameport drivers are not properly configured. please consult the device manager.'
device manager seems to give me no help either. any idea's people?

[SuperSparks]

Try reinstallinmg the motherboard chipset drivers, and the sound drivers if you are using onboard sound.

[judge john]

well i think you may be on to something there. i remember now that i had to do a clean install of windows a bit back and when i did i could not find the mobo installation Cd to install all the drivers etc. but it turned out that everything seemed to work fine without it, apart from the sound which i got of the asus site. so surprise, surprise it's come back to bite me in the butt. Only problem is i still can't find my CD so i need to get them on the asus site. but when i enter all my details it gives me a list of downloadable software like this;
AUDIO
BIOS
BIOS-Utilities
LAN
Manual
RAID
Utilities
Others
And I don’t know what the relevant download is?

[SuperSparks]

Audio is the one I would try first, because the joystick port often doubles up as a MIDI port and so is often handled by the audio driver. If you need the chipset drivers (you'd probably have yellow splats in DM if you do), I think they'll be under "Others".

[judge john]

well the audio drivers are the one things i have installed of the asus site. the mobo came with a wire that you could connect to the mobo and had the standard controller/joystick connection on it. but i have an adapter that changes it from that to USB that i am using. also i have plenty of yellow splats in DM under "others". they are; Ethernet controller and 2 mass storage controller, but that’s it.

[SuperSparks]

OK try the chipset drivers, they are listed under "Others", I just checked.

[judge john]

well i managed ti find my mobo CD and installed all that stuff, then i installed the chipset drivers of the site just to be sure. still no luck. only other thing i can think is that it's something to do with the fact i am using USB and not the normal game connection.

[SuperSparks]

Yes, that could well be what the problem is. It's probably time to get a proper USB joystick.

[judge john]

well it was that time a long time ago! but as long as it worked what more did i need. it might have a saving grace though. i will plug in the controller port cable that came with my mobo and see if that works.