No, not the wheel itself this time but the power unit. All the sudden it said puff and an electric smoke odour filled my nose. My TV and computer screens went black and no sounds coming from my computer. It had caused the safety switch in the house fuse board to drop.
I removed power from the wheel. I don't know if the wheel itself is busted but the power unit smells 'fishy' (i.e. bad). I haven't dared to try it again, but I fear that I have no wheel at the moment :(
Ahh, that sucks! I haver never heard of that happening before. My transformer is plugged into my mains 24/7.
Only good thing is that Logitech will most likely be very helpful when you contact them. They may even compensate you if you "ham it up" :norty: , it's a pretty bad failure that.