Here are some pics, I hope they help..





In this last pic you can see how the pedals work.

The pedal itself is connected to the metal base with one bolt, check to see if it is tight.

The spring (the red part) is connected to the same metal base on the other side, check to see if it is tight there.

Now check where the two above items connect.. make sure that is tight.

Make sure your spring in the red plastic sleeve has not come loose some how.. i've never had that issue but you might.

If you have a dead pedal or one that is spiking you can see where the potentiometer is, with the three wires going to it.. I have not replaced one myself but i'm sure it's possible.

That's all thats to them.. the only thing that might make it a little difficult is if the gear mechanism that makes the pedal turn the pot is screwed up.. but i'm sure it would still be repairable.

Quote from apollo1600 :

The red bit behind the pedals is loose behind the accelerator its like going up and down any ideas?

No idea's off the top of my head, but the pedals are the easiest of all the G25 components to open up and take a look. I'm sure it will be a very quick fix.

I'm gonna try 1.08 later today... thanks for the advice so far guys!!

Quote from Riders Motion :

Man take a few pics of what LFS looks now and also we want some specccss (like FPS alone, with full grid etc.)

There's some sort of issue with FPS on LFS, I don't know for sure what the bottleneck is, but I get 35-40FPS at 5040x1050 with everything max'd.

LFS is the only game where my framerate didnt skyrocket.

rFactor went from 30ish to 50ish FPS at 5240x1050.

I can even play Age of Conan at 5040x1050 now... but at 1680x1050 I run with everything on the game max'd and I get 40-50FPS outdoors, 20ish FPS in towns.

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

Hi wtf, that's where I get all my stuff (Memory Express), do you live in Calgary as well?

Don't mention Porsches to Shot though he doesn't understand how sweet handling they are on normal roads; what with that low polar moment of inertia. I'm starting to think Kev is right!

yep, in calgary too nice to see another racer in the same city on a game like this

$670.00 Canadian

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX21202(ME).aspx

Quote from Jakg :

LOL Vapochill is extreme for you - you'd need to insulate your mobo etc, and the chips burn out fast.

Why you'd want a 790i ultra mobo I have NO Idea - keep your DDR2, stick to Intel chipsets (they are better unlesss you NEED SLi), and get a proper TripleHead2Go.

The only reason I don't want TripleHead2Go is the resolutions... I would take such a big hit...

The reason I was thinking that m/b is with that 3.0GHZ chip, that cooler on the CPU.. water cooling on the M/B and Video card and DDR3 ram I should be able to over clock it like crazy..

I might be able to get into windows at 5.0GHZ...hahaha can you imagine how pissed i'd be if I got it to 5.0GHZ and loaded LFS and was still running at 38 FPS hahahahahah, ok, lets not go there, it's just bad luck.

Call me crazy, but Asus has a motherboard that can be water cooled...

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX20695(ME).aspx
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http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX19796(ME).aspx
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http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX20265(ME).aspx
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http://kit-tronics.com/xcart/p ... 3079&cat=0&page=1
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http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX18995(ME).aspx
(the water cooling would be for the motherboard and graphics card.

Quote from mclarenmatt :

That CPU is very good - get a decent cooler for it and you could overclock it for even more performance

http://kit-tronics.com/xcart/p ... 3079&cat=0&page=1

That should work

Quote from garph :

I hate you.

But I am a fair man, so I'm will to accept any cast-offs you might have.

I won't lie. I LOL'd so hard that I almost spit the coffee out of my mouth. heheheheh


As for the card, I said i'd write what I thought of it on my first post.

So, my opinion of the GTX 280 to sum it up is "Holy crap" "OMG" and "WTF? Wow".

I cannot believe how much power this card has. Playing Age of Conan (single screen, high detail) my FPS went from 45 to 85.

That would be normal if my old card was, well, old.. but that is the improvement I got going from an 8800GTX to this GTX280.

Unfortunatly LFS is the only game that didnt benefit from this upgrade... the FPS didnt change at all, same 38-40 non stop, but at least I can raise the graphics to everything max'd.. Only problem is when playing LFS using SoftTH I get a problem with noise.. static type noise that is associated with engine RPM. Slower static at idle and it gets quicker during revs.

rFactor and GTR2 are smooth as butter, both playing at 5240x1050 with all details cranked... i'd say 50ish FPS.

I cannot wait for iRacing now...

I am debating about going to the 790i Ultra chipset with a 3.0GHZ 6MB cache Core 2 Duo and DDR3... Either 2 or 4GB, the only thing is if I go 4GB I have 1.5GB video memory now so I need to go with 64bit Vista.. I'm worried about what games won't work, since this is a gaming rig.

I just find it a bit odd that I can run Age of Conan triple screen at the same FPS as LFS... rFactor runs smooth as butter now... but like anik360 was saying maybe it's just my clock speed or maybe I have hit the limitations of SoftTH.

Oh how I wish someone would relase a proper hardware device that would properly support higher resolution widescreen monitor. Get off your ass Matrox, support for a TripleHead2Go Y2K widescreen edition is what we need so I can go triple SLI

Quote from Stang70Fastback :

Well in that case, you should have gone with a 9800 GX2...

Some tests the GX2 wins, some the GTX280 wins.. Nvidia said this is the last generation of single GPU cards they release.. once 2xGPU is the standard I think the support will be better and I will make the jump over to it then...

I just upgraded my PC video card from an 8800GTX to a GTX280. The max FPS is the exact same, but now the quality doesnt matter... I can put everything at the absolute lowest settings and it will give me 35-40FPS on hot lapping.. or if I go everything max'd my FPS stays the exact same, 35-40..

Since I installed my video card I also get a static sound associated with the engine rev's... wtf? it sounds like I have a bad ground on my car stereo lol..

System:

Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHZ ---OC'd---> to 2.66
2GB Mushkin DDR2 ram
Nvidia GTX280
Nvidia 8400GS
2 x 150GB Western Digital Raptors Raid-0
Windows Vista Premium 32-bit
SoftTH
3 x 22 inch samsung monitors.

Both rFactor's and Age of Conan's FPS skyrocketed when I put the new card in, I can now play rFactor at 5240x1050 with everything in the game set at absolute max and I get 50-60FPS non-stop... Age of Conan shot up from 45FPS to 85-100 as well.. but LFS stayed the exact same other than the fact I can run it at higher quality now.. but even at the same quality the FPS did not move up at all?

JakG if you read this, you always talk about turbocache? I'm pretty sure my card has it, would that have anything to do with it?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

-nameless.

Quote from Shotglass :

oh that was you? aynway now that you mention it theres a lot of tft panel shittiness visible in that pic

Since you're German and it's a known fact that Germany makes the best cars bar none, I can forgive you for always being so grumpy

Quote from Scatter :

You have a ps3, 4 xbox 360s, a huuuuge DLP screen with a sound system, a badassed cockpit, 3 monitors, an awesome computer, and now a top of the line Nvidia card?

...

Are you going to add a second card?

heheheh ok well it sounds bad when you say it all in one sentance...

lol, I like my gaming and movie watching, plus i'm in the audio/video industry so I just tell my wife it's to help with product knowledge

I'd love to add a second card but SoftTH doesnt support two cards.. thats the only reason I bought this one... I need as much horse power as I can get from a single card.. two cards won't work.

Give it a couple weeks though, welding gear will be here by then.. Who know's what the (very) near future holds? This is version 3 of my cockpit... version 4 might be coming soon

Quote from Shotglass :

clamydia?

Awe pumpkin, are you still bitter about my TN panels? lol

Nvidia GTX280

I'll post my thoughts once I get it installed.

Quote from Scatter :

So it doesn't come with a cake?
Anyways, how much fps do you get on your 1080p DLP and what are your pc specs? I've been wondering a bit because I'm thinking it will take a lot to run at that high of a resolution.

I can't give you an exact FPS because honestly I usually play on my triple screen setup now that it's almost done. The media center PC is:

P4 - 3.4GHZ
1GB ram
7800GT
Vista Home Premium 32-bit.

I havent played with a full grid but on hot lapping it runs very smooth.. I'll see if I can find out tomorrow.

Once I upgrade my main PC (the one used in the youtube video) then I can take those parts and upgrade the media center, then it will run smooth as butter.

Quote from Electrik Kar :

Hoooo.. You're doing better than this guy

lol, funny vid, but its kind of pointless.. the reason I have 4 xbox's is because you need one per screen for Forza 2... I have none in my bathroom or in my car

Do you need higher resolution than 1920x1080 while playing on a TV?

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

My graphics card doesn't have HDMI out, but luckily my TV is only 19", so VGA is fine

If it has DVI you can go DVI-->HDMI..

I don't know if you can go VGA-->HDMI.. i've never tried but it may work.. You can go VGA-->DVI and you can go DVI-->HDMI

On a lot of laptops the CPU is soldered to the motherboard.. on a few of them it is not.. you should check and see on yours.

I would also up the ram to 1-2gb.

After the above two are done.. back up all your important files and do a format and re-install of XP then tweak it as best you can.

Quote from scoobyrbac :

they have a business in ohio?

lol, no.. alberta only..

Quote from scoobyrbac :

Is your business hiring?

yes

Quote from scoobyrbac :

And what do you do for a living?

I'm in sales.