Okay so I have Vista Ultimate 64 and my xbox 360 controller. everything says it should load right up as soon as i plug it in, but it's not and i'm starting to get frustrated with it. I've downloaded and installed (running as admin) the xbox controller software and still the guide light is just flashing, my system does not recognize the device but it chimes when i unplug it and plug it back in. in the device manager it's showing up, but in control panel it does not. can anyone help me please!?!
Vista 64 and XBox 360 wired controller
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Hi, pircddrgn, and welcome to the forums.
You;'ll need the drivers - see Software Download to get them.
You;'ll need the drivers - see Software Download to get them.
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ok so i've downloaded and installed it, but it's still not working. all 4 quadrents on the controller just flash and in the control panel under game controllers nothing shows up. it's weird i tell ya. and like i said i even uninstalled the origonal download then reinstalled it as administrator and it still does not work.
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And the controller works fine with the XBox?
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
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- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
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- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
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- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
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- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
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- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
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- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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- Lenovo 15" Matte
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- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
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- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
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- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
I also have Ultimate x64 (SP1 + latest updates) and bought a second-hand wired 360 controller (sold my 360 months ago!). All I had to do was plug it into a USB slot and it just started working. I didn't have to download any software for it. I'm pretty sure Vista did that automatically (icon on the taskbar/systray telling me hardware installing), I think Vista may have downloaded additional drivers for it but I didn't have to do anything manually.
All I can tell you is that SP1 was installed prior to plugging the controller in and I was connected to the Net, it popped up on the taskbar/systray almost immediately saying it was installing...
Hope you sort it. It's the perfect gamepad for the PC. Using it on GRID at the moment...
All I can tell you is that SP1 was installed prior to plugging the controller in and I was connected to the Net, it popped up on the taskbar/systray almost immediately saying it was installing...
Hope you sort it. It's the perfect gamepad for the PC. Using it on GRID at the moment...
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I also have Vista 64bit and I got a Wired Xbox 260 controller for PC from Circuit City and I just did a plug and play.. I did not need any software for that thing at all. So not sure why your having that problem. are you sure it's a 360 controller. cuz regular xbox controllers are another story. but 360 ones should work Instantly.. Vista has Pre-installed drivers for them.
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fieseler
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i had to install a 360 related update from windows update, after that it worked fine.
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