I got a new Viking Macro Controller from my brother for Christmas. I immediately went upstairs at his house and hooked it up to his PC (running Windows 7) to check it out. The software installed fine, controller went into programming mode fine and I was able to store a haduken on to the controller and some LED flashes and it all worked fine.
Then I get home. I can't get the controller to work with my computer at home. I'm running Vista-32 and whenever I plug the controller in, powered on, programming mode, whatever, it says it's installing the device driver, then calls it an 'unknown device.' There are no flashing lights to indicate communication, the Viking software says it's disconnected and I've tried multiple ports and it's always the same. Unknown device. I went to Microsoft's site and got the most up to date controller drivers. Nothing. Tried automatic update. Nothing. Tried to find it on the list. (A lot of sites say to look for the Microsoft Common Controller for Windows). Nothing. It just continually shows up in Device Manager as Unknown Device and that the drivers are up to date.
This is really driving me crazy. I've wanted one of these forever and now that I have one I can't use it. I have no idea what to do or where to begin.
The controller operates fine with my 360. No input problems with games or anything. I haven't had an opportunity to try it on another PC again, but my assumption is that it's just on my end. My laptop is old and certainly on it's last leg, but there has to be something I can do, right?
Then I get home. I can't get the controller to work with my computer at home. I'm running Vista-32 and whenever I plug the controller in, powered on, programming mode, whatever, it says it's installing the device driver, then calls it an 'unknown device.' There are no flashing lights to indicate communication, the Viking software says it's disconnected and I've tried multiple ports and it's always the same. Unknown device. I went to Microsoft's site and got the most up to date controller drivers. Nothing. Tried automatic update. Nothing. Tried to find it on the list. (A lot of sites say to look for the Microsoft Common Controller for Windows). Nothing. It just continually shows up in Device Manager as Unknown Device and that the drivers are up to date.
This is really driving me crazy. I've wanted one of these forever and now that I have one I can't use it. I have no idea what to do or where to begin.
The controller operates fine with my 360. No input problems with games or anything. I haven't had an opportunity to try it on another PC again, but my assumption is that it's just on my end. My laptop is old and certainly on it's last leg, but there has to be something I can do, right?
