For those who use Saitek gaming kb and can't work usb pads

NewbieX2 · Post by **NewbieX2** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:45 am

I found this while browsing the Saitek site...

It worked for me and should work for everyone else who's having this problem.

Q3: I'm having problems with some games when I try and run them with the Gamers' Keyboard plugged in - what can I do?

A3: There are a couple of known games that have issues with the presence of the Gamers' Keyboard; known titles that have problems are the moment are Planetside, Star Wars: Battlefront and Thief: Deadly Shadows. Other titles may exist that have problems but they have not been reported yet.

There is a possible solution though - Click Start>Control Panel and open the System in there (you may have to click Performance and Maintenance before you can see the System icon if you're running Control Panel in Category View) and then click Hardware at the top of the window that comes up and then click Device Manager. Click the plus sign next to Human Interface Devices in the list of devices and you should see one or two (maybe more) entries called USB Human Interface Device. You need to disable one of them by right-clicking it and choosing Disable from the drop-down list of options.

Note: If you have only two such entries there in Device Manager then only one will be able to be disabled - the other will have the disable option greyed out in the drop-down list when you right click it. If however you have more than two such entries in Device Manager then you will need to ewnsure that you disable the correct one. This is done by double clicking on each one in turn and looking at what it says next to Location on the Properties page. The one that should be disabled will say USB Gaming Keyboard Pro next to Location. Once you have disabled that then try the game again and it should work fine.

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:42 pm

That makes me want to avoid Saitek USB products.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:29 am

Its funny, but we do see this question being asked every once in a while. Maybe we should stickie a thread with the most common controller issues and solutions, and see if redirecting there would help, as this person is trying to do.

Ive seen Saitek problems.
Super SmartJoy problems.
trying to think of others and my head is a little fuzzy from just waking up.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:01 am

Seems to me that Saiteks and SmartJoys weren't designed with emulation in mind... at least not SNES emulation.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:31 am

My Saitek P880 served me 1.5 years of gaming life

best darn little controller I ever had

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:58 am

adventure_of_link wrote:My Saitek P880 served me 1.5 years of gaming life

best darn little controller I ever had

I'm not sure what model mine was, but in windows it wouldnt play well with others, and in linux it just wouldnt work. Where everything else was just plug and play.

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:59 am

I got 2 of the P250 (I beleive) Saiteks , cheap pads that are almost PS3-ish , but worked fined with ZSNES and all other stuff

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:54 pm

Agozer wrote:Seems to me that Saiteks and SmartJoys weren't designed with emulation in mind... at least not SNES emulation.

The issue mentioned by the OP affects more than just emulation. It sounds like the Saitek USB keyboard can conflict with other standard HID-compliant devices like gamepads. They want you to disable your keyboard so that your gamepad will work!