Thank you for the reply oldcodger. I apologize for the delay in our response.

I understand what you are describing, the controller will lose it's connection to the game momentarily when the device manager refreshes. Can you think of anything that would cause the device manager to refresh so frequently? I know you've spent a lot of time troubleshooting this so there is a lot you have already tried, however, there has to be something causing that frequent refresh. It could be a faulty cable or port, or a device connected wirelessly that continually gets disconnected and connected again.

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