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Thrustmaster Warthog joystick keeps dropping out under win 10.
Thrustmaster Warthog joystick keeps dropping out under win 10. Does anyone have a fix other than USB hub with external power supply. Firmware is the latest.

In the WIN 10 control panel it was shown as a hand controller. Then I clicked Remove Device and started the PC new, it shows up as a Warthdog joystick picture under Multimedia Devices and is now working again.
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Jel Feb 6, 2022 @ 4:15am 
you will need a powered hub or connected directly to your pc.
Freak (Banned) Feb 6, 2022 @ 5:17am 
Originally posted by Jel:
you will need a powered hub or connected directly to your pc.

You do not need a powered usb hub. My warthog shares a normal hub along with CH pedals and Fanatec clubsport V3 pedal set

Last edited by Freak; Feb 6, 2022 @ 5:26am
Freak (Banned) Feb 6, 2022 @ 5:29am 
Originally posted by Wespenwaldi:
Thrustmaster Warthog joystick keeps dropping out under win 10. Does anyone have a fix other than USB hub with external power supply. Firmware is the latest.

In the WIN 10 control panel it was shown as a hand controller. Then I clicked Remove Device and started the PC new, it shows up as a Warthdog joystick picture under Multimedia Devices and is now working again.

There is no firmware for the Warthog...... It is plug and play ! I think you are over complicating your problem.... Plug Warthog into a usb's and then configure it within DCS controls menu for the specific aircraft you wish to fly.......... Don't use the Target software
Wespenwaldi Feb 6, 2022 @ 7:09am 
Can the target software also cause such problems?
Jel Feb 6, 2022 @ 7:24am 
Forget TARGET. You don´t need TARGET except to dim your LEDs if you need to.
Plug in your Throttle and Stick, configure all you need in DCS.
jalsina Feb 6, 2022 @ 7:41am 
Might you have a faulty USB connection?
Jel Feb 6, 2022 @ 7:58am 
Originally posted by TotalFreakUK:
Originally posted by Jel:
you will need a powered hub or connected directly to your pc.

You do not need a powered usb hub. My warthog shares a normal hub along with CH pedals and Fanatec clubsport V3 pedal set
right, you don´t "need" it but it minimized possible failures when your hotas gets sufficient power :) There are some cheap HUBs out there, that´s why i was suggesting not to use one or at least use a decent model.
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Freak (Banned) Feb 6, 2022 @ 8:17am 
Originally posted by Jel:
Originally posted by TotalFreakUK:

You do not need a powered usb hub. My warthog shares a normal hub along with CH pedals and Fanatec clubsport V3 pedal set
right, you don´t "need" it but it minimized possible failures when your hotas gets sufficient power :) There are some cheap HUBs out there, that´s why i was suggesting not to use one or at least use a decent model.

Dude, I bought my USB hub cheap off of Amazon ! You are just over thinking the problem! Occam's Razor! Forget Target and just configure the hotas in whichever game/sim OP wishes to play......... That is what plug and play means!

Can't remember if it was this forum or IL2's but someone was having trouble setting the toebrakes with CH pedals and chuckled to myself 'Bet their using the the CH manager software' . Checked back a day or so later and OP confirmed he'd been using said software.
Wespenwaldi Feb 6, 2022 @ 8:59am 
I am have an USB Hub :-)
HoboCop Feb 7, 2022 @ 1:07am 
You should not need a powered USB hub at all. You should just be able to connect it directly to a USB port on your PC?

Also; Target, unless you need some specific features is not required either. However, I always use it, but that's because I have a script that makes each and every switch on the throttle give a button impulse for each position it is in. This makes it so much easier to program. I can have a switch in up position bind to "gear up" and that switch in down position bind to "gear down" for example. If you don't use any such features, then ditch Target.

If you are having problems no matter how you plug your device in then you may have a hardware problem. The cable that runs through the gimbal is prone to problems on the hog.

Bottom line, is do games see it and can you use it in games / sims? If so, how often is it failing and is there a pattern?

If it is only failing after using Target, then it is probably just getting bound to a different device ID but still works, it's just called something else.

For example I use target to bind my stick and throttle as one device and it is called "hog throttle combo" after I run my target script and the original devices vanish. (I don't actually use the hog base any more, but I do use target still and the hog throttle - target just thinks my Virpil base is a hog stick due to USB ID trickery). - is this what is happening? Stop using Target and if it doesn't happen again then this is all it is. It is a "feature" of Target.
Troll Norris Feb 7, 2022 @ 8:02am 
Originally posted by TotalFreakUK:
There is no firmware for the Warthog......
https://support.thrustmaster.com/en/product/hotaswarthog-en/
Freak (Banned) Feb 7, 2022 @ 8:15am 
Originally posted by Troll Norris:
Originally posted by TotalFreakUK:
There is no firmware for the Warthog......
https://support.thrustmaster.com/en/product/hotaswarthog-en/

Perhaps if you took the time to read other posts and what I said....... That link is for the T.A.R.G.E.T. Software which I have already stated not to use DOH! Do you own a Warthog Norris? :steamfacepalm: :steammocking:

And this is why I don't come on and help more on the Steam forums...... It's toxic and full of kids that think they know everything. Well Norris my lil friend, I've been sorting problems with PC and peripherals since the early 90's when I was being told by support staff that my 386 wouldn't run that particular sim so I would rewrite the config sys and autoexec batch files and it may of taken me days and sometimes maybe weeks but by god I would get the SOB to run!
Last edited by Freak; Feb 7, 2022 @ 8:28am
Troll Norris Feb 7, 2022 @ 8:27am 
In the link is not only target software. There are also drivers which includes the firmware updater. The latest firmware version for stick is 12. The latest firmware for throttle is 23.
I used TMHW for 6 years. Now I have Virpil.
Last edited by Troll Norris; Feb 7, 2022 @ 8:28am
Freak (Banned) Feb 7, 2022 @ 8:31am 
Originally posted by Troll Norris:
In the link is not only target software. There are also drivers which includes the firmware updater. The latest firmware for Stick is 12. The latest firmware of throttle is 23.
I used TMHW for 6 years. Now I have Virpil.


I really don't give a toss what you think or say kid. I have wasted enough of my time on you fools! :steambored:
Troll Norris Feb 7, 2022 @ 9:08am 
First of all, TMHW is not Plug and Play. You need to install drivers first. T.A.R.G.E.T. software are not drivers nor firmware. Next thing. Noone did write if he/she/it connect device into USB 2 or USB 3 which provides more power than USB 2. Many mainboards does not provide enough power even into USB 2 slots.
Last edited by Troll Norris; Feb 7, 2022 @ 9:32am
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