Is my old Gravis eliminator junk?

[chilly324]

A friend of mine gave me his old joystick and i can't find any driver support for it
It's a Gravis eliminator and according to the manual it's compatible with Windows 95, 98, and 2000 YEAH I KNOW.....OLD!!
But a gift is a gift & if at ALL possible I'd like to be able to use it! It has a USB type cord & I'd like to post a picture of it but don't know how
I'm such a N00B! Lol

 

[COLGeek]

Plug it in to your rig and see if Windows will load the generic joystick drivers for it. Worth a shot.

 

[InvalidError]

I don't remember needing to install proprietary drivers to use my Gravis gamepad years ago but I quit using it after I got an XBO controller due to most Steam games only having native support for Xbox controllers.

 

[chilly324]

So what do I need to do? Never did anything like this b4 as this is my 1st PC
Unplug mouse? Check the task bar to see if its recognized? Then what?

 

[InvalidError]

You plug it in, see if you get a popup in the notification saying "Your device is now ready for use" or check Windows' device manager to see if you get an unrecognized device instead.

Once the joypad has been installed, start your games and see which one will accept it as a standard DirectInput controller. Many games only support XBox controllers or no controllers at all. For those, you'll need to install software to map DirectInput to keyboard/mouse input.

 

[chilly324]

You plug it in, see if you get a popup in the notification saying "Your device is now ready for use" or check Windows' device manager to see if you get an unrecognized device instead.

Once the joypad has been installed, start your games and see which one will accept it as a standard DirectInput controller. Many games only support XBox controllers or no controllers at all. For those, you'll need to install software to map DirectInput to keyboard/mouse input.

it says "Setup incomplete because of a metered connection" Whatever that means! in fact now that I look EVERYTHING says that!

 

[InvalidError]

Windows tried to download drivers from Windows Updates but it is configured to only download updates over a wired/LAN connection to avoid wireless data charges, so the lookup got canceled.

 

[chilly324]

Windows tried to download drivers from Windows Updates but it is configured to only download updates over a wired/LAN connection to avoid wireless data charges, so the lookup got canceled.

ok so I've changed the settings to be able to download over metered connections opened a few games but its not working even though all the buttons are lit up on the joystick
would this page help me? http://members.driverguide.com/driver_search.php?q=Advanced+Gravis+Gravis+All+Gravis+controllers&si=a691006c0978601ac0e3367db489f42c&st=1514760707&ref=detail&gqm0=Advanced+Gravis+All+controllers

 

[COLGeek]

Personally, I don't recommend those drivers sites. You often get more than you intended (malware). What status does Windows indicate for the device?

 

[InvalidError]

Once the generic DirectInput joystick driver is installed, the Gravis gamepad should work with games that support generic DirectInput pads. If your games still don't work with it, then they either don't support generic DirectInput devices or have some other issue with it.

The D-Pad on my Eliminator was pretty hopeless, extremely sensitive in the down and right directions. That's another reason why I gave up using it a long time ago with the number of games that were D-pad only.

 

[chilly324]

Personally, I don't recommend those drivers sites. You often get more than you intended (malware). What status does Windows indicate for the device?

How do even find THAT out? Sorry man I'm just lost with this whole thing! 🙁

 

[COLGeek]

Go to Control Panel/Devices and Printers to see if the joystick shows up there. If so, right click on the icon and check the properties there.

See here for more clues: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/games_windows_10/generic-usb-joystick-calibration-on-windows-10/80bd0fe4-20e0-4d5b-a666-6d3a192d49f4?auth=1

 

[chilly324]

went through device manager etc as suggested. says it's working properly but i can't get any buttons to work. I also see this but don't now if it means anything.

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP/Configuration
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP
Date: 31-Dec-17 2:17:45 PM
Event ID: 442
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: WIZARD
Description:
Device HID\VID_047D&PID_3004\6&28a2ea5&0&0000 was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match.

Last Device Instance Id: USB\VID_413C&PID_2005\5&222e27aa&0&8
Class Guid: {745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da}
Location Path:
Migration Rank: 0xF000FFFFFFFFF120
Present: false
Status: 0xC0000719
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP" Guid="{9C205A39-1250-487D-ABD7-E831C6290539}" />
<EventID>442</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-12-31T22:17:45.070298000Z" />
<EventRecordID>502</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="7920" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP/Configuration</Channel>
<Computer>WIZARD</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="DeviceInstanceId">HID\VID_047D&amp;PID_3004\6&amp;28a2ea5&amp;0&amp;0000</Data>
<Data Name="LastDeviceInstanceId">USB\VID_413C&amp;PID_2005\5&amp;222e27aa&amp;0&amp;8</Data>
<Data Name="ClassGuid">{745A17A0-74D3-11D0-B6FE-00A0C90F57DA}</Data>
<Data Name="LocationPath">
</Data>
<Data Name="MigrationRank">0xf000fffffffff120</Data>
<Data Name="Present">false</Data>
<Data Name="Status">0xc0000719</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I'm wondering if a macro software would help?