Crash to Desktop during long haul flights....again.

[stevehookem]

John,

How do I "stop" using AES once it is installed? Just deactivate it inside SceneryManager?

What do you mean by hardware interfaces? The main computer has everything on it except the Ellie Avionics that run on the networked computer. I read that it is recommended to use only FS9 on one drive and put everything else on another but I didn't know how to make FS9 see the items so it all went on one 300gb fast drive.

What should I use to scan the memory modules?

[JBaymore]

Steve,

HARDWARE:

[stevehookem]

I've had memtest 86 v 4.0 running for almost 3 hours. No errors yet.

How long should it run?

Hardware: CH Yoke, Pedals and Throttles, GoFlight MCP-Pro, GoFlight GF-P8 (x2), GoFlight Landing Gear GF-LGT. Main screen is a 1024x768 BenQ Projector on GTX 285 alone. Overhead panel and FMC on a 15" and 10" monitor run off of a 9400 GT (don't use them since FS9 will crash when dragging items over from the main screen). Networked computer is older Pentium running Ellie ND, PFD and Standby gauges and flightplans.

I'm thinking that all I need to do is open SceneryManager and make AES not active. Correct?

[stevehookem]

OK, with AES off he flew from Stockholm to Rome. Not a long haul but it was with two add-on airports, CS 757 (Ethiopian makes that route--weird!) and everything else on that he usually has turned on.

No problems. Great flight and landing. Rome had low visibility. Didn't see the runway until minimums.

I have heard many stories about AES issues. That could be the problem.

I also went back to letting XP choose the page file size rather than make a set size. I want it to use however much is needed.

Memory test ran overnight with no errors.

[JBaymore]

Steve,

Don't change more than one thing at a time.  Basic scientific method.  Control the variables so you can make cause and effect conclusions.

Either AES or pagefile.  Not both.

best,

................john

[stevehookem]

I just feel bad for my son Taylor. This is really his passion and he loves it. Today he left from ATL to CDG in the PMDG 747. It flew all day. This evening he went in and was ready to land. The announcement was "ladies and gentleman we are preparing for our descent" and then, bam---it quit like it had not been running at all! Every app running (TrackIR, Ground Environment Pro and 2004) were just gone. Only the desktop remained.

He gets very upset! I do too really! It's supposed to be fun. We went to FS9 because of having to mess with FSX constantly. It's happening again and I don't know what to do. It's getting to the point where I can see him saying why bother.....

[jwenham]

Steve, what is the app that did the decent call. Seeing it died after that I would not run that add-on and see.

[stevehookem]

It was FS2Crew but I was using the announcement for reference of approximately when the crash happened. It was probably several minutes after---somewhere around the top of descent--that it failed.

FS2Crew was running the entire flight. It didn't just pop in and crash it.

[JBaymore]

Steve,

Did you install the "patch" that was issued for fs2004?