PMDG General Forum

Hi all,Yesterday I've downloaded a new Display Driver for my NVidia Graphics Card. I've downloaded version 71.84.After I intstalled this Driver my PMDG 737 didn't work anymore, I know I can install the old driver, but I need this Driver for another video game. The old driver I used was version 56.72.Can anyone tell me the source of the problem (I know it's the Driver, but how can I get my PMDG 737 to work?)Thanks in Advance!Michael Henke

Sorry for the somewhat offtopic post, but considering this information is somewhat critical to the use of the PMDG products, I thought this would be the best place to post this. It appears we have a chance to save the online DAFIF database. The decision has been put to public comment and they are looking for input on the decision to remove it from public circulation. This is a copy of an e-mail that was posted on another forum. There's a short time left to comment, so get your letters of support for it being online out!____________________________________________________________________After initial feedback from the public however, NGA has determined that aperiod of publ…

I am experiencing a strange problem that happened recently. I used both versions 600 and 700 with no problem a few days ago (and for months). Today, when selecting my ANA winglet 700, my virtual panel was a total mess, my pedestal is occupied by a giant FMC, my overhead panel has all the radios and my front panel ND, PFD and EFIS display parts of the autopilot...Interestingly, my 800 and 900 are fine, so this problem must be located in my 700 Panel file, but after comparing it with that of the 800, I could not spot the problem. Moreover, I do not recall having touched anything on this panel file in the recent days that could lead to and explain this situation?! The only r…

Every time I go into MSFS9 and make my flight....and exit out of the program, I get this "Send or don't send" message from Microsoft. Even when there is no problem, the message appears constantly. Is there any way I can eliminate this? Thanks in advance for any help.Phil Samitt

In order to get ready for the 747-400 I would like to gather information about the 747-400.Actually I'm collecting information on the NG and putting it into a PDF. Now I understand why I have to open the ISO VALVE when I start the right engine.There is a lot of information on the 737, most of it on http://www.b737.org.uk/O.K., here's my question (plea):Could someone point me towards any good sites where I can get information (like schematics of the hydraulic, electric and pressurization systems) on the 747-400?So I would be prepared for the release of the PMDG 747.And...I'm a patient guy. I waited 11 years to get my wife.:-lol RegardsThomas

hi to alljust wondering wich is the correct flap setting for initial go around? 10

I just have one question. Can you make the EFIS and EICAS on the 737 The Next Generation Product blink like it does on the LDS 767 product? I can't wait for the patch to make it blink. Thank you PMDG. I know you won't disappoint your fans!Blink blink...

how do you do rnav approaches with pmdg?

Hi Guys !!!Any news about the coming products? It is a lot of time we dont have news about them so i was wonderig how was going the work on :DThank You Alfredo

Hello everyone,This is my first time using this forum so hopefully you will all get to read it.:) I have this problem with the PMDG (737-600, No VC or Cabin) where basicelly my FPS gradually slow down. For example i was flying from Dusseldorf (GAP Scenery, AS204.5) to Hamburg (GAP Scenery), my FPS were ok at Dusseldorf (my sort of ok is 10-15 FPS), but by the time i had got to Hamburg they were down to 3-5FPS and it was so jerkey...Ive tried most of the tweaks, like getting rid of visual performance on Win XP, terminating Proceses, but nothing seems to work. Ive also uninstalled PMDG and re-installed it but no luck. Any ideas?But looking on the bright side i am getting a …

Has anyone operated the test switch at the bottom of the throttle quadrant to sound the alarm bell for an engine fire? When I do I cannot stop it and I have to end the flight or as on a couple of occasions, come out of FS. I'd be interested to know if I am alone on this one. It's no real problem - I just don't do it anymore! :D Iain

Hello all,It has been some time ago since I own the PMDG 737 but I have never worried to correctly perfom non precision approaches. Almost all the time either i use an ILS approach or visual using manually V/S.But since the last couple of days i have been interested in doing these as they are suposed to be done. I have read the manual many times and been looking for info here about them, but i have many problems.My first big difficulty is not getting a VNAV disconnect on initial approach. I enter the correct speeds and altitude restrictions (i dont use soft altitude restrictions since i have read they not work so good).For example lets take PHKO RNAV approach rwy 35. I ta…

Hi all.I have just tried to do a flight today and everything went correctly as it has done on all the other occasions I have flown this bird but today, when I have advanced the throttle after pushback the whole lot of FS9 crashes. Now I have not installed anything at all since my last succesful flight with her.Any ideasChris

Gentlmen,At the PMDG 737NG start situation of Cold and Dark, the GROUND POWER AVAILABLE light isn't turned on unless the Standby Power Switch is in the AUTO (stowed) position. Please refer to page 18, 19 and 21 of T. M. Metzinger's Advanced Operations Tutorial v 2.0.Sincerely,Kan-ichiro Fushihara

Hi All: I am new to the forum and the sophistication of the PMDG 600/700/800/900. I can't seem to arm the auto throttle on the 800/900 as I did so easily on the 600/700. I constantly get a the A/T P/RST flashing and never can set the auto throttle. I installed the 800/900 from a download with a boxed version of the 600/700 already installed.Can anyone help??

Good day all...There was a time when there were only two kinds of runways designated on my FMC's arrivals page ie "4L" or "ILS4L".Since up grading the system I now find such things as "RNAVNP04L","ILS1114IT", and "DILS04"I don't know what government agency got in the act here, but I am truly mystified and can use a little explanation.. Vernon Brown

And i'm running this bird with a decent system:Intel P4 2.8HT1024 ramsAti 9800 ProWin XP SP2Have no problem at all with the default King Air, There must be something wrong here ! has anyone having this problem !!Besides that , this plane runs smoothly...Cosmo

Hi,I've sent a few emails off to the guys at precision manuals asking for a validation code(? - can't remember exact terminology as I'm now at work) for the B737NG that I downloaded a couple of years ago.Not too happy about the total lack of response to my emails. I'm actually seriously considering purchasing and using the other aircraft they sell. But the response so far hasn't inspired me.I haven't had the time to search through all the other 10 million responses in this forum to find out the reason why I cant activate my product. My computer has gone through many rebuilds (hardware probs and now a new PC) over the last few years, hence the reason I've not used the p…

Dear PMDGIt would be good if images of liveries appeared on the download area (it does with some - not most though). With download sizes as they are, it would be a lot more user friendly if we could choose which livery we want by actually seeing it.Thank youoh ....... how come there are 219 downloads for a 1900C livery when the product isn't released yet? Curious

Hi!I've got two questions about the calculation of speeds in the 737 NG FMC. I did a flight from Hamburg (EDDH) to Goteborg (ESGG) with the 737-600 (although I have the update for the 800/900 installed). I had 120 PAX and about 4.4 tons of baggage/cargo, resulting in a ZFW of about 50.7 tons. CI was 80 and I choosed FL300 for cruise. With this configuration, the FMC calculated a cruise speed of Mach 0.6 for econ cruise, which for me seeme to be much too low, even for an economically calculated flight. LRC cruise speed has also been calculated to Mach 0.6. Are these low values realistic or did I do something wrong?Now my second question is about the Vref calculation of the…

I saw something about a Pogo Stick having to be added? What is a Pogo Stick?? I know PMDG can't say a release date for obvious reasons, but has this tied up the release? From the original post on 2/18 it looked liked just days away. Now it looks like it could take some time. I searched for the other posts about the pogo stick to see if there is any more news, but could not find it. Any news would be great as I CAN'T WAIT to purchase this bird. Also I use Win2000pro and all of your other products work fine in my system 1900d, 737ng. Will the 1900c work as well? Thanks again in advance. Best regards J.Moss PMDG Rocks!

Are non-APU engine starts modelled? If so, does anyone know how you connect ground air?

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hello!i really like the 737-800/900ngs, but today i wanted to fly the "old" 600/700 again. everthing worked fine, but i think there's a problem with the whiskey compass in the 600/700.should i fix this in the panel.cfg, or is there another known solution for my problem???i'm using: fs9.1, fsuipc 3.47 pmdg 737-600/700/800/900 boxed-version from aerosoftthank you for your help,joerghttp://hometown.aol.de/Jorg202/737-700.jpg EDIT: i have also installed the model-update for the 600/700...

I am turning on finals for LEPA (Palma), the sun is shining - can't wait to get down the beach!!, perfect flight from EGGD (Bristol, perfect descent (no Vnav warnings for once - although increasing the decent speed to 300kts seems to help here, anyway:-ILS set on both radios(109.90), 'App' selected,correct bearing for ILS approach runway 24R, both autopilots on, FMC all appears normal,then I get a 'Nav Invalid' message appear.1.Any ideas what this means please. I'm sure I've approached LEPA Ok, before and certainly the flight I made previous across to EGGD from EGKK all worked OK ? I am using the most recent chart from Speedbirdonline.com.2.If I'd just left the aircraft …