Saitek Flight Sim Yoke last flight??

[cessna lover]

i just got done with 2 flights. and during the second flight my yoke system started flashing and shut down and i was getting the windows usb disconnect sound about 4 times. then the yoke came back on and let me get my flight done. but now when i go to the calibration page it don't move at all. the clock is at all zero's but nothings working no switches on the yoke or any thing. i think it's about 6+ years old. so does this mean that's it's last flight? cause i even tried a different usb port and got bubkus

[ImpendingJoker]

I had the same issue with my CH Throttle Quadrant. I plugged it in and the calibration tool showed the sliders going haywire. I opened it up, and saw some corrosion on the pots, and living in Florida this is something that can be an issue, so I pulled all the parts that I could salvage off it, and consigned it to the refuse bin to meet its maker. I have replaced both my CH Yoke and CH TQ with Honeycomb Yoke and Throttle, and have not looked back.

[cessna lover]

well mine was 5 years old. so rather then rip my hair out trying to fix it i tossed it and have a new one coming soon. no virtual flying stinks i like burning virtual avgas

[cessna lover]

another thing that was wrong with my old yoke was the ps2 plug for the throttle was all messed up any way. and would mess up flying any way. but i used to unplug and replug it gazillion times for another simulator i used to have. so that probably did not help it any and then being 5 years old it was just plum wore out. 5 years is a lot of virtual flying hours.