NBA2003 & Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad

[Smiffy23]

Hi

have NBA2003 installed and when selecting MS Sidewinder it accepts the choice ok and the game starts. After about 30 secs of gameplay the sidewinder gamepad stops responding and I cannot select/move anything. Anyone got any ideas. The gamepad is configured and calibrated ok in Windows. The pad seems to work ok with other games.

System

Asus CUSL2 Mobo
PIII800
512mb SDRAM
Sapphire Radeon 9000 64mb GC (Catalyst 2.4drivers)
S/Blaster Live Value
WinXP + SP1

Cheers

Smiffy