Thrustmaster Warthog buttons fail

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

My Thrustmaster Warthog has suddenly materialised a fault,the buttons on the joystick have stopped working.

If I go into the Windows control panel and go into the 'game controller settings' menu,when I press the trigger all the button lights are showing,so I obviously have a fault,but how I go about fixing this is anyone's guess.

First impressions,it looks like something inside is shorting to do this,but not being electrically minded I don't know.

Anyway I have contacted Thrustmaster support for advice on a solution to fix this,but I have a horrible feeling their customer support ain't that good,we''l see.