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Hello, just wanted to mention that an upgraded PCB for the Warthog Throttle is available here: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/235506103746 Part BNETWTM1 It has a 2 year warranty and is designed to avoid encountering a bricked situation like the factory unit. Does not come with cables, move or add your own. (instructions included) Sorry the pricing is a little high but it can't be mass produced especially initially (might be possible later with X number of sales). Can PM me with your City and email for a 10% lower price through PP. Should get people back up in the air faster than the repair service, ships from Canada. (can also just get a spare) Thanks!

Hello, as per title and after many requests I have made upgraded tactile switches available for purchase (as a 5x pack to make the shipping cost and time worth it) https://www.ebay.ca/itm/234357181434 Rated for 1,000,000 operations and around 150N. Assembled in Canada, mechanical parts made in EU, PCB in China. Note the PCB's will be RED and will look different than the stock ones shown Cheers and Happy New Year.

The price of the kit has been dropped by $10CAD. And this is as low as it will go, lower and it's not worth the time to produce at this quality. Cheers

You can send the DIN connector to me and I can ship it back with a new cable installed, you'd have to fish it through and install. I'm worried as it looks like you plugged the HALL sensor there to the wrong socket, hope you didnt try to plug that to USB. Otherwise I can sell you just the cable, which won't have coloured strands, and you will need to run it through and solder to the DIN connector. Same price as repair of PCB for either option. (search bricked warthog on ebay)

Yeah, it's not really a great idea to flash the controller firmware if it's working. It definitely doesn't prevent bricking as we now know full well.

Hello, I just wanted to share another upgrade and repair part that I am offering for the Hog. This time it's upgraded EAC/RDR ALTM/LASTE switches with PCB. The kit does require soldering over 7 wires to install. The switches are heavy duty US brands with sealed bushings. The PCB features ESD protection to decrease the chance of burning out the Main PCB due to static discharge. Heavier feel than original. Direct Fit install that's 50x easier than trying to source and swap an individual switch for most people. Direct through Paypal I can offer them at $60CAD + $15CAD shipping to USA/Canada (PM if interested) eBay Listing is here: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/233981402643 I know it's not super super cheap, but the parts alone are high grade and cost a bit to acquire. Thank you, and hope this helps to maintain the hogs some more.

Well someone else might assume that is a permanent fix, and get surprised when it's not, hence the crashing harder reference. You probably just bought yourself time to get a replacement (time will tell though how long it lasts). For me it was a USB version thing, even if it was a powered hub the version made a difference. Didn't even measure voltage.

Tried a condom on it?

Wow, well that's interesting. Congrats though, normally unrecognized USB devices = toast, especially the throttle

Yes, there is warranty, until it runs out. Yes it still can happen. One of these days if I get enough time I might start selling something to fix the issue. I have already started plans on it and done work but it's not a top priority because right now TM are still providing warranty services and do sell replacements (usually slowly) if your warranty is out. And the replacement is not the cost of a new throttle. (and of course I offer the repair service for less) If shit hits the fan I will be there (and was when TM closed doors due to COVID for a bit).

I do say in my listing that the processor is replaced most of the time. I'm not going to say any more. I'm offering the service at a low enough price that I don't feel I need to share everything, and I don't feel my work should be reverse engineered. If you want to figure something out, do it yourself on your own PCB, or go after Thrustmaster, and leave me alone.

In my experience it can sometimes help switching from a USB3 port/hub to USB2 etc as well. But it's all quite temporary I have found, so not a real fix. (Edit: please don't get your hopes up if you have a bricked throttle, youre going to crash harder )

Yes I think it's bricked. I do service the main PCB's if you check on ebay. You do need to send in your's though so there's shipping both ways. Should be a faster/cheaper for most people in the US. Or he can get it fixed https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Repair-Service-Thrustmaster-Warthog-Throttle-Main-PCB-Bricked-Warthog-Fix/233195609114

Hi, curious a bit as to what do you mean by that? I'm the one selling pinky switches for the warthog on eBay, and it's not really from China. The companies that design and sell the switches I sell are US based (American companies), the distributors are US based, and the manufacturing according to their specs is usually done in China, like say Intel CPU's, or Iphone parts. There's a difference between that and some knockoff China company owned switch you can normally buy on aliexpress etc. For example the switch linked above on Aliexpress is designed and contracted by Salecom , a Chinese company. 1F, No. 61 Wu-Chyuan Road, Wugu District, New Taipei City 24886, Taiwan You won't find it sold by reputable resellers in the west. (just saying, there's a lot of stuff Made In China, but it's not all the same, it depends who puts their name on it and designs it / QA's it)

I have quite a bit of stock of actual quality (US companies) switches here in Canada https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Thrustmaster-Warthog-Throttle-replacement-Pinky-Switch-/233190636530 You get what you pay for with switches pretty much always (not talking about TM support), the brand matters. Most of the time ordering aliexpress switches you get stuff that's far inferior to what you get from a proper supplier when it comes to electro mechanical stuff.