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Re: Continual Joystick Disconnect During Match

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Originally Posted by Kingofl337 View Post
Just an update.

We uninstalled the Thinkpad power saving software, changed the USB power settings to always on and switched to wired XBox controllers. We had zero drop outs at UNH this past weekend.
Team 1726 is having this problem also. We are using a 3 year old Lenovo Thinkpad with Windows 7 for the DS. We use two different models of Logitech gamepads (one is a dual action and the other is similar but with colored buttons). One or both will drop out together during a match but come back after an F1 rescan. We use LabView on the robot.

Sounds like the Lenovos running Windows 7 is a common configuration judging by what I read in this forum.
How did you uninstall the Thinkpad power saving software? I don't have access to the machine right now.

Last edited by BitTwiddler : 06-04-2015 at 17:02. Reason: Updated information
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