Games Port not there, what can I do?

[daxtojeiro]

Hi all,
I replaced my motherboard the other week and it doesn't have a 15pin games port on it. Its got on board sound so I disabled that in the bios and plugged in my old sound card with a games port on it but XP keeps saying theres a conflict with the memory address its trying to use, have tried to change the address but no joy. Is there an adaptor or something I can buy to get my 15 pin games port back as I use it for my steering wheel,
thanks,
Phil

[WildfireS3]

You might be able to get a USB convertor? Or try and find out whether you mobo can have a extra 15 pin game port add on.

[daxtojeiro]

Thanks,
I looked into adding a port to the MB but carnt see anything in the manual, also poped up to PC World but they reckon there isnt such a thing,
Phil

[d-man]

You don't by any chance have an NForce 2 motherboad and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (or Videologic Sonic Fury, they're the same) soundcard do you?

I had this problem a couple of weeks ago, apparently the latest drivers from the Turtle Beach website fix it... I didn't have any joy though so I gave up and found the USB converter that came with my controller instead

[JonRB]

I guess you'll need one of these then.

[daxtojeiro]

Thats the kiddy, any chance these are available in the UK?

I do have the MB you are talking about but the sound card is a Creative labs 4.1 thingy, do you know if Ive got same prob you had?
Phil

[JonRB]

daxtojeiro said:

Thats the kiddy, any chance these are available in the UK?

By the power of Google I bring you....

...this

Edit: Try this one too - it's about half the price and looks more compact too.

>> Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 2nd December 20:11

[daxtojeiro]

Thanks very much,
carnt wait to get my wheel working again,
Phil

[stc_bennett]

You could always use your old sound card in your new PC. This will save you the cost of buying anything. If you have not got a sound card you can get one for around £10 with a games port.

Steve