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Got some mysterious booting problems and after my sixth power off or anything I got the god #### ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt message. Typically when I would boot into safe mode :(Now the files on the cd is packed and couldn

First some background. Dell 8000 3.4, 1 gig ram, XP SP2, GeForce FX5950 Ultra, 500 watt PS and Dell 2001FP monitor. The flat panel display is super. FS9 runs pretty good. Had Nvidia driver 71.64 for quite some time but anisotropic filtering never worked. Any setting gave me all light blue scenery so I didn't have it in effect. Antialiasing was set at 2X, high performance setting and a FS resolution of 1024X768. I was always disappointed though because the scenery, although sharp near the plane was blurred from 1000 to 2000' away. I tried the new drivers 71.84 and 71.89 and didn't see any improvement although with anisotropic filtering, the scenery worked now but adjusting…

I re-installed WinXP on D:, with multi-boot enabled to allow the OS to reside on D:, and the boot files (Boot.ini. NTLDR, etc.) on C:(along with the original install of XP). (This is my wife's computer (Dell), and since I face certain death if I screwed up I elected to create another instance of XP and migrate stuff to it. She had insisted that it was going "slow" and needed a "reformat").I've used multiboot before and it works fine. Today I installed a new second HD as slave.The original (Dell build) used cable-select, so I configured the slave the same, and ensured the IDE connectors were correct. After initialisng in XP amd formatting, I can see the new partitions …

I just installed my new Radeon 9800SE. Installed the drivers from the CD and ran FS2004. Frame rates around 30 or more. Everything seemed to function ok. Did not make any changes to BIOS. Went to ATI site and downloaded latest drivers CATALYST 5-5. Installed after uninstalling previous old drivers. FS2004 now running in high teens FPS. Checked with DXDIAG and it says that AGP is not available. I tried various AGP aperatures and 4x/8x speeds. No help. The previous Nvidia card (GeForce 2 400MX) always worked ok and DXdiag always showed AGP available. Returned to CD drivers after unstalling new drivers but same thig AGP not available??? Is there a recommended Driver Cleaner …

Okay, lets pretend that I bought a flat panel LCD monitor from a friend that has a VGA connection (the monitor, not the friend). Also, lets pretend that I have a GeForce 4 TI 4400 with a standard VGA, S-video, and DVI-D connection. For arguments sake, lets assume that you cannot connect a DVI-D to a VGA monitor. (Actually, this isn't an assumption, this is a fact). So, if someone was wanting to run dual monitors, 1 CRT and 1 LCD, they would, threaticly, need a different video card.What would you all say would be a pretty decent card (99% Flight sim) for around the $250 mark? I'm kind of prefer the Nvidia brand of things. The rest of my system is as follows:WinXP Pro…

I recently upgraded to the new ATI 5.5 display drivers and this morning FS9 froze on me while flying to Whigby NAS from KSEA. I had to turn off the system and restart. I checked the event log (Administrative Tools/Event Viewer/System) and found the following error message: "The driver ati2dvag for the display device devicevideo0 got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardward incorrectly. Please check with your hardware vender for any driver updates." It also showed the Source was ati2mtag and the Event ID was 108.I fixed this problem by manually reinstalling the ATI display dri…

I have had a CH yoke & rudder pedals for about 5 years. Recently I seem to be having problems controlling the plane in the pitch & roll axis. The plane will just start to roll to one side or the other with no wind or input. Mostly the problem is excesive down elevator sensitivity. I have a hard time on approach not having the nose just dive for the ground with the least amount of down elevator. I have tried to calibrate it multiple times with the WinXP applet & FSUIPC module. Is there a way to test a yoke or do I just have to get another one? Any suggestions? Thanks.Pat Callaghan

System:AMD 2800 XPWindows XP SP11Gig RamNvidia 6600GT w/fan2 Case FansDial up InternetMSFS9/PMDG737NGHello allCame back to the PC after it hadnt been used for FS in several days and the system, when booting Windows, crashed two times. Performed System Restore and all seemed good 'till last night and tonight, all of a sudden after flying for 2-10 minutes (has happened twice now) FS9 crashes (while running NetZero, ugghhh) and I HAD been using another ISP and this didnt happen, but then again the whole pc crashed on startup before ever starting FS or Netzero. Then tonight, no ISP running, FS crashed the whole PC. Went to black and restarted itself. "Windows has recovered fr…

... but I knew I whould be back with some more hardware problems. :-(This is a bit complicated (for me at least) so I

I need some advice on purchasing a new/refurbished computer just to fly FS9. I have a dell 8250 P4 2.4 gig, 512Meg RDRAM and 5900XT video, which I am satisfied with in business activities such as spreadsheets etc. I thought about spending $200 just to increase my ram to 1 gig but I don

I recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro and FS9. After using Jim's optimization guide, FS is nice and smooth in the air. But on the ground, it's like watching a very slow slide show. No matter what plane (stock or addon) I use, it's not smooth when taxiing, on the runway, etc.. it's very very jerky. I have a Athlon XP 2400+ overclocked to 2.1ghz and the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro vc using the 5.1 cat drivers. Just wondering why it would do this or what can I change?thanksAlanKCOS TRACON (the real thing)

Hello,just wondering if .dll files in the modules folder could indeed be cause of stutter.As you might know some files get installed into the modules folder by 3rt party addons. So far I have some stutter and wondering if any of these are known for creating problems:vimacore2004.dll (installed by lago's tornado refuel)traffinfo.dll (can't remember the spelling)traffictoolbox.dll (mytraffic2004 apparently from fs2004sdk)airport chart viewer.dll (airport chart viewer v5)f1_view.dll (flight1 mouse viewer)bglman.dll (f-104 cloud9)fsuipc.dll (guess what)fssound.dll (beta for fs2004)thank youLuca Zappalap.s.Perhaps I should go back to the stable 'old fssound.dll (adding the old…

AGH!I had just finished building my computer and was trying to power it up. For those who don't know about Epox they include little LEDs to show you why your comp isint booting if it isint. Well the DIMM LED came on for me (RAM) and I tried moving my ram all around.Btw its Corsair XMS RAM PC3200thanks

hi all does anyone know where i can get my hands on Creative Live win XP 64bit drivers?i wanna make sure before i upgrade to 64 that i have all the drivers,also what other things do i need drivers for?Video Card, Sound Card, what else?

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The Radeon 9800SE (128mb) is on Newegg at $104 incl shippment. Are there any serious issues with either Radeon in general or this card in particular? Up to now I have always used Nividia.THANKS,Dick Boley @KLBE

Im making (not done yet but close) a computerEpox nForce4 Ultra (forget model number like E9 Ultra)AMD 64 3500+ ATI Radeon X800 XT PCIE1gb Corsair XMS Ram74GB Raptor 10,000 RPMIm wondering how you think the ERJ145 PIC will perform (I posted over at Feelthere, not much support)I plan to run 1280x1024-1600x12004xAA 4-8xAFAlmost max slidersno AI (Vatsim)I dont want to spend the $$$ to have it run bad for mety!

Has anyone tried the new release ATI driver (Ver 5.5)? And if so what kind of results did you get?Chuck

Hi all,I recently upgraded from, 512 MB RAM to 1 GB RAM. However I am not able to see any further smoothness in the sim.... nor is there any difference in NFS Underground 2.My system is P4 2.8 GHz 1 GB ram (partitioned as 4x256), Intel 915 G Chipset. I'm not using any GeForce or ATI Radeon cards.Am I missing something? Please help. Is any tweak awailable?PS: How do I turn frame rates ON and OFF?Thanks,Jinesh

Hi all Is anyone using the edimensional 3d glasses in FS2004 and if so are they working ok ?. I am having problems that I can not seem to fix. Cheers Rhys

Hi,I have WinXP x64 (Final) and installed FS9.1 with Catalyst 5.4's. However, although I have nice high fps it seems as if its running in slow motion - it is not as "fast" as in XP 32bit if you know what i mean. It's very smooth but just runs as if in 1/2 speed mode. I have checked and it is in real-time mode. Also - the internal cockpit shows the controls respond quickly enough (e.g. the joystick in the cockpit) but the aircraft don't move around in the environment at full speed.Anyone else notice this? Any fixes?Thanks

Hi all, I want to upgrade my video card as I will be working a lot this summer. I am however lost as to what to buy. I have been very disappointed with my GeForce FX5700LE, but I was probably expecting too much from it. Could someone please recommend a card for me. I have always been an nVidia user but have no problem going to ATI.I am lost when it comes to LX, FX, Extreme, Ultra, PCI Express, and all the other video card suffixes. Anyway, I know the GeForce 6800 is popular, but which one? The GT, Ultra, Overclocked? Anyway, I don't really want to spend more than $450 on this, but I am very eager to get my clouds to stop causing the stutters. I have been told the …

Has anyone tried the newly released Catalyst 5.5 drivers yet with FS9?

Hello all,Well I've made the jump to AMD 64 and just purchased a AMD64 3000+ Newcastle processor, and i already have 1 gig of Kingston DDR 400 ram. im upgrading from a AMD 2000+ XP processor so this is a pretty big jump. My question is..will this be sufficient for good smoothness with eye candy in flight sim 2004? also with Ultimate traffic and say the PMDG 737? My current setup:AMD 2000+ XP160 gb seagate hdNvidia 5900FX video card1 gig kingston ddr 400 also, what kind of system do you think will be needed when this new flight sim comes out? im wanting this upgrade to last me a while.Thx for your help,Stephen

I am looking at buying an ATI card, how is the ATI 9800 pro as compared to the FX 5600 card I already have? My biggest question is, is there a real significant difference between the 128 version to the 256 version of the ATI card? My FX card is a 256 card, but offers very little difference between the two different kinds.ThanksGene