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Never had a problem before but...
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Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:21 pmby Mitch.
I have never had a problem with FSX up until just lately. It seems I can't get longer than a 5minute flight in without the screen freezing up. I can't even get to the runway before it freezes up.
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:31 pmby dave3cu
When's the last time you cleaned the GPU heatsink/fan?
Dave
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:33 pmby garymbuska
I would not think that changing monitor size would not cause the issue you are having unless you do not have a plug and play monitor, which I highly doubt. But for the latest nvida drivers just go to there web site
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us 8-)
REMEMBER you have to uninstall the old driver first before updating.
the proper way is to download the update uninstall old driver reboot then install new driver and reboot again.
I would strongly suggest that you make a system restore point before you do anything it makes it easier to go back. 8-)
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:22 amby Daube
I would not think that changing monitor size would not cause the issue you are having unless you do not have a plug and play monitor, which I highly doubt. But for the latest nvida drivers just go to there web site
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us 8-)
REMEMBER you have to uninstall the old driver first before updating.
the proper way is to download the update uninstall old driver reboot then install new driver and reboot again.
I would strongly suggest that you make a system restore point before you do anything it makes it easier to go back. 8-)
There *could* be a reason though: a bigger monitor might force him to play with a higher resolution, meaning (MUCH) more effort for the card, thus more heat, thus more instability
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:47 amby dharris
I am using winxp pro sp2 . I had this problem as well.
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:43 amby NickN
try another driver
The 6600 is an older card too so you may be having some issues with the current driver and the resolution you are trying to run
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:28 pmby Mitch.
Ok, thanks for the help guys. I just downloaded the lastest drivers.
Could someone explain the exact process to installing the new driver more throughly, it would be much appreciated.
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:26 amby dharris
Follow this link from NickN. The guru knows the ins and outs of the pc and software. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=search2
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:27 pmby NickN
Ok, thanks for the help guys. I just downloaded the lastest drivers.
Could someone explain the exact process to installing the new driver more throughly, it would be much appreciated.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 0641/30#41
Re: Never had a problem before but...
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:49 pmby Mitch.
Ok thanks again. Now though, FSX automatically shrinks and goes to the desktop, where it says in a little error message "Failed to read from file" and then I can only click OK, FSX then closes. :-/
Anything I can do?