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Grimmsonn Nov 26, 2017 @ 2:49am
Steam client crashes when connecting USB gamepad
Steam client crashes as soon as i plugged in my old USB gamepad.

If the gamepad is connected before i try to launch Steam, Steam client crashes immediately after i try to launch it.

I am running windows 10 home 64bits on a PC

It is a relatively old gamepad, which i never used before. Saitek p480 rumble pad vibration.

I have seen similar issues in the forum but the solutions i was able to replicate didnot work : full reinstall of Steam, unplugging then replugging all usb devices, updating gamepad driver with its latest version (mentioning windows xp and vista, not windows 10 however).

There are a bunch of "crash_steamexe_xxx.dmp" in steam/dumps


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smug bastard Nov 26, 2017 @ 2:56am 
Weird..:steamsalty:
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istvan.donko Dec 12, 2018 @ 4:26pm 
Take a look at this!
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/old-usb-gamepad-crashes-steam-client/35f8a0ce-185d-411c-8bb5-82b13441ade4?auth=1

Deleting (or moving) the DLL-s allowed me to use the controller with steam without any problems! (To quote the information: "ffdriver32.dll and ffdriver64.dll from /System32 and /SysWOW64")
Last edited by istvan.donko; Dec 12, 2018 @ 4:27pm
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E-Tsing雪诺 Dec 12, 2018 @ 4:57pm 
表示看不懂
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Shinokami007 Aug 13, 2019 @ 4:41am 
very same issue here, thanks to @istvan.donko i went and deleted the two dlls and now steam works perfectly with the controller, thanks again my savior :)
Last edited by Shinokami007; Aug 13, 2019 @ 4:54am
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