In perfect timing for the imminent release of patch X, my DFP appears to have gone on the blink.

It doesn't twirl from lock to lock when the computer is booting up, and just sits there flashing it's left light at me. It is detected and shown as fully working in Windows, yet none of the inputs are working.

Anyone know what the flashing left LED means?

To add insult to injury, the wheel is only 2 months over it's warranty period, and wasn't even used from October '06 until just a couple of weeks ago. :irked:

A few references I found via google about flashing lights on Logitech wheels hinted at power problems - curiously the transformer isn't even warm.

Any help or ideas or links anyone can send my way would be much appreciated.

flashing leds = no power me finx

The flashing lights usually mean it's not calibrated. I use my DFP with a power supply in, but my bro's doesn't have one, so every time he shuts down or reboots he needs to recalibrate with my power supply.

So maybe it doesnt recognize your power supply.

Thanks for the help guys.

Fortunately my DFP has sprung back into life completely of it's own accord. Correspondingly, the transformer plug is now warm again too.

Just as well, since Logitech support's reply was a copy and paste job of the bog standard obvious stuff that anyone can find by searching their website.

Fingers crossed it keeps working.

It's the plug for your force feedback, it's either not been in properly or a dodgy cable.

My last one actually fell away inside, had to get the mad scientist to fix it for me.

Just need to make sure it's in properly, but this is exactly what happend to mine when the plug inside fell away.

Cheers Bawbag, I'll know where to look if this problem crops up again.

I'm now having the same problem... Plugged in the wheel to power, plugged into PC, profiler sees it but left LED flashes and no response from the wheel. I've restarted several times; tried different sockets and nothing has worked. Guess it's time for Mr Angry...

Additional info, the last time I inserted the plug into the power socket, I heard a slight fizz coming from it. Maybe I blew a fuse...

And now it's working again... Silly thing.