Trying to set up my new Xbox controller

hovie · 10-20-08, 05:05 PM

Just bought a wireless Xbox controller for windows today. Have it all set-up. Just dont know how to go about using it or should I say "enabling" it for games. Trying to use it on "Brothers in Arms Hells Highway". Turned the controller on and the lights around the power button blink. Probably supposed to. Do I have to enable a game controller on that actual game options? New to game controllers. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

hajalie24 · 10-20-08, 05:09 PM

You have this right?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...amingreceiver/

hovie · 10-20-08, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hajalie24

You have this right?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...amingreceiver/

Yes, I sure do. Came with the controller and the router for the controller.

hajalie24 · 10-20-08, 05:20 PM

ok press the button on it and press the same button on your 360 until you only see 1 light, make sure you install the drivers for it also. bia should detect it right away

hovie · 10-20-08, 05:28 PM

What buttons are we talking about here? Have the button on my router, the power button on the controller and the wireless button on the controller at the top. If I hold down the router button it blinks for a few seconds as well. If I hold down the wireless button on the controller the light goes in a circle and than goes back to blinking. Just need to know which buttons to press and when. I already loaded the software it came with. Thanks

Eric

hajalie24 · 10-20-08, 05:30 PM

press the button on the receiver that has 3 lines, and the small button on the controller that also has 3 lines, both of them should be rapidly blinking, then your 360 will connect and show one light

hovie · 10-20-08, 05:33 PM

They don't blink unless I hold them both down. I hold the button down on the receiver until it starts blinking and than hold the button down on the controller until it starts searching and than it just goes back to blinking with all the lights. Maybe its not finding it.

hajalie24 · 10-20-08, 05:35 PM

yea maybe its not finding it, i dont understand why though

hovie · 10-20-08, 05:36 PM

Loading a driver from microsoft right now. Hopefully that helps.

hovie · 10-20-08, 06:17 PM

That didn't help. Same software I already had loaded that came with it. Went to my control panel and to game controllers and it doesnt show anything. Now what?

hajalie24 · 10-20-08, 06:55 PM

thats weird, maybe you should replace it with another one

hovie · 10-20-08, 06:55 PM

I think that's my problem since my control panel shows nothing under game controls.

hajalie24 · 10-20-08, 07:05 PM

this is how its supposed to look once its connected, i just did it right now and just had to hold the two small buttons. you should replace it.

10-20-08, 05:05 PM	Thread Starter #1
hovie Registered Join Date: Oct 2008	Trying to set up my new Xbox controller Just bought a wireless Xbox controller for windows today. Have it all set-up. Just dont know how to go about using it or should I say "enabling" it for games. Trying to use it on "Brothers in Arms Hells Highway". Turned the controller on and the lights around the power button blink. Probably supposed to. Do I have to enable a game controller on that actual game options? New to game controllers. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
	QUOTE Thanks

10-20-08, 05:09 PM	#2
hajalie24 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan	You have this right? http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...amingreceiver/ __________________ NZXT Tempest Case Intel DP67BG Mobo with Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 12GB DDR3 1333 128 Crucial M4 SSD 750gb Samsung Spinpoint Sata Hard Drive 750gb Western Digital Sata Hard Drive 2x 2TB Samsung F3 Hard Drives in RAID 0 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II Unlocked Shaders in crossfire 27.5" Hanns G plus 2x 21.5" AOC e2243fw 1080p Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech G5 Mouse HEAT
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10-20-08, 05:20 PM	#4
hajalie24 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan	ok press the button on it and press the same button on your 360 until you only see 1 light, make sure you install the drivers for it also. bia should detect it right away __________________ NZXT Tempest Case Intel DP67BG Mobo with Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 12GB DDR3 1333 128 Crucial M4 SSD 750gb Samsung Spinpoint Sata Hard Drive 750gb Western Digital Sata Hard Drive 2x 2TB Samsung F3 Hard Drives in RAID 0 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II Unlocked Shaders in crossfire 27.5" Hanns G plus 2x 21.5" AOC e2243fw 1080p Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech G5 Mouse HEAT
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10-20-08, 05:28 PM	Thread Starter #5
hovie Registered Join Date: Oct 2008	What buttons are we talking about here? Have the button on my router, the power button on the controller and the wireless button on the controller at the top. If I hold down the router button it blinks for a few seconds as well. If I hold down the wireless button on the controller the light goes in a circle and than goes back to blinking. Just need to know which buttons to press and when. I already loaded the software it came with. Thanks Eric
	QUOTE Thanks

10-20-08, 05:30 PM	#6
hajalie24 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan	press the button on the receiver that has 3 lines, and the small button on the controller that also has 3 lines, both of them should be rapidly blinking, then your 360 will connect and show one light __________________ NZXT Tempest Case Intel DP67BG Mobo with Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 12GB DDR3 1333 128 Crucial M4 SSD 750gb Samsung Spinpoint Sata Hard Drive 750gb Western Digital Sata Hard Drive 2x 2TB Samsung F3 Hard Drives in RAID 0 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II Unlocked Shaders in crossfire 27.5" Hanns G plus 2x 21.5" AOC e2243fw 1080p Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech G5 Mouse HEAT
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10-20-08, 05:33 PM	Thread Starter #7
hovie Registered Join Date: Oct 2008	They don't blink unless I hold them both down. I hold the button down on the receiver until it starts blinking and than hold the button down on the controller until it starts searching and than it just goes back to blinking with all the lights. Maybe its not finding it.
	QUOTE Thanks

10-20-08, 05:35 PM	#8
hajalie24 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan	yea maybe its not finding it, i dont understand why though __________________ NZXT Tempest Case Intel DP67BG Mobo with Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 12GB DDR3 1333 128 Crucial M4 SSD 750gb Samsung Spinpoint Sata Hard Drive 750gb Western Digital Sata Hard Drive 2x 2TB Samsung F3 Hard Drives in RAID 0 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II Unlocked Shaders in crossfire 27.5" Hanns G plus 2x 21.5" AOC e2243fw 1080p Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech G5 Mouse HEAT
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10-20-08, 05:36 PM	Thread Starter #9
hovie Registered Join Date: Oct 2008	Loading a driver from microsoft right now. Hopefully that helps.
	QUOTE Thanks

10-20-08, 06:17 PM	Thread Starter #10
hovie Registered Join Date: Oct 2008	That didn't help. Same software I already had loaded that came with it. Went to my control panel and to game controllers and it doesnt show anything. Now what? Last edited by hovie; 10-20-08 at 06:23 PM.
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10-20-08, 06:55 PM	#11
hajalie24 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan	thats weird, maybe you should replace it with another one __________________ NZXT Tempest Case Intel DP67BG Mobo with Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 12GB DDR3 1333 128 Crucial M4 SSD 750gb Samsung Spinpoint Sata Hard Drive 750gb Western Digital Sata Hard Drive 2x 2TB Samsung F3 Hard Drives in RAID 0 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II Unlocked Shaders in crossfire 27.5" Hanns G plus 2x 21.5" AOC e2243fw 1080p Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech G5 Mouse HEAT
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10-20-08, 06:55 PM	Thread Starter #12
hovie Registered Join Date: Oct 2008	I think that's my problem since my control panel shows nothing under game controls.
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10-20-08, 07:05 PM	#13
hajalie24 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan	this is how its supposed to look once its connected, i just did it right now and just had to hold the two small buttons. you should replace it. __________________ NZXT Tempest Case Intel DP67BG Mobo with Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 12GB DDR3 1333 128 Crucial M4 SSD 750gb Samsung Spinpoint Sata Hard Drive 750gb Western Digital Sata Hard Drive 2x 2TB Samsung F3 Hard Drives in RAID 0 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II Unlocked Shaders in crossfire 27.5" Hanns G plus 2x 21.5" AOC e2243fw 1080p Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech G5 Mouse HEAT
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