My trusty X-45 died on me.. as some of you know I had modified it:
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after using it like this for years:
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I used the stick solely as a button bay. My original modded X-45 took a dive on me.. I managed to get a used one from a squaddie of mine a few years back when he upgraded to an X-52 because the stick pots died.. but since I didn't use them it wasn't an issue for me and using that I was able to salvage my now dead stick for a few more years, but the main board on the one I have now also took a dive (It wont even calibrate or even communicate with my PC except for the USB connect "ding") and since X-45s are very hard to come by now I will have to upgrade. I will use my Reward Zone points to get a new X-52 at Best Buy. I'd like to mod that one too eventually but I don't want to do it cold on my working stick based on past experience. If anyone has a X-52 that doesn't work but they still have laying around let me know. I can use it as an experiment in stick disembowelment. Even if it is just the stick, which will be all that I will be modding. I would like to take it apart to see how it is built so I can modify the one I am getting today like I did my original one.
When I modified my first one I had an old beat up one that was broken in the local Best Buy that I used to work in to use before I started taking my good one apart.. It helped me a lot in not screwing up the stick when I did mod it.