Any FFB2 users about?

[LegTaste]

Recently got myself a force feedback 2 joystick, and i've got a problem with it.

The force will randomly cut out (after using it a bit) and the joystick will go loose/wont centre. It happens in and out of game.

Is there a way round this, or do i have a buggered stick?

Update:

Seems a bit worse with it happily staying limp until i start moving it about, also moving the stick in different directions will give different levels of resistance. Also i'm using this with xp.