FS9 Freezes...

[737NGCapt]

Well, recently I've started having a problem w/ FS9. During a flight after flyin' around for awhile, i'll go to select an new aircraft, or airport, and FS9 will stop responding. Is this a problem with my computer, or should I reinstall FS9? This all started happening when I installed Barbados scenery, since then I have removed it and it still keeps happening.

Comp Specs:
Windows 98 2nd Edition
AMD Athlon Processor: 1.1 mhz
112.00 mb of RAM (FS has normally run fine with this small amount)
28.6 Gig harddrive w/ 3.36 available
Generic SiS Video Card

[garymbuska]

How did you install this scenery.
You also might want to consider increaseing your RAM if you can. What kind of frame rates were you getting.


You will probably have to uninstall & reinstall  FS
But before you do that back off any addon scenery or aircraft
and any thing ekse you have changed. After the uninstall make sure you remove the folders it leaves behind. Any time you have to reinstall FS make sure you start with a clean slate.

[congo]

Considering your PC specs, you've been lucky so far.

I suspect the program (FS9) got muddled trying to run the sim at some stage, possibly configuring the new scenery, and didn't save an essential bit of data correctly in it's configuration.

You have 128 mb's of RAM, of which 16 mb's is shared to your onboard video card, which is a poor performing SIS chip by FS9 standards.

Your Win'98 draws 60 odd mb's right off the top just booted up and running, leaving you a very small RAM workspace, for your already SLOW CPU to carry out it's calculations.

With adequate RAM, (384mb's or more) and possibly a BIOS setting to allocate up to 64 mb's of system RAM to the onboard SIS graphics chip, (These onboard chips are not up to scratch for FS9) , you may not experience the same problem again. (Unless that SIS is getting hot!)

Other than the obvious inadequacies of your system, it's also very possible that your Poor old AMD cpu is starting to either get hot, (dust on the heatsink!), or feels the signs of old age and is more sensitive to heat rises.

It's possible voltage fluctuations are also affecting stability with an ageing mainboard and power supply.

1. Re-install the game

2. check CPU temps and clean your PC

3. if you don't plan a new system soon, then get some more RAM (a 256mb stick if she'll take it) and up the shared system RAM to your onboard video chip via the BIOS.

4. if you want to go all the way, get an addon video card.