Saitek Eclipse keyboard and Cyborg 3D rumble force joystick

[danimalhanke]

Win XP with 1Meg ram, AMD XP-2500 cpu, ATI AIW 9700 Pro w/128Mb ram
I fought this one for about a day. Finally got everything to work

Problem: Installed new Saitek Eclipse keyboard and it worked in FB-AE-PF but joystick did not.

Solution: Un-install all Saitek software/drivers. Goto device manager to get all of them. Any device with Saitek must be removed.
Re-start computer with old keyboard and no joystick. Run game and fly a quick mission then exit game. Turn computer off. Disconnect old keyboard and connect Eclipse keyboard and re-start. Run game everything should work. Fly quick mission, exit game. Plug in joystick XP will install default drivers. Re-start game and the joystick should be there ready to use.

Try as I might I cannot get the KB and JS to work in FB-AE-PF if I installed the Saitek software. Saitek packages software and drivers together in one exe. Why, I don't know!

I spent a lot of time figuring this out sure hope it helps someone save some time!

danimal out!