8 minute freeze in 777 - possible solution

[Vargveum 53]

Just thought I'd chime in on how I have fixed (hopefully for good) those pesky 8 minute freezes with the sound still playing. 

 

-Updated my Realtek HD sound driver to the latest available.

 

-DIsabled all other sound devices thru device manager.

 

After I did that,I completed -for the first time - a 10 hour flight without a single freeze in the PMDG 777.  

 

Don't know if it works for everyone, but it worked wonders for me.

 

I am running ASN, FSinn, FSUIPC (never had autosave enabled), Opus for DHM.

 

 

(sorry if this has been posted earlier - shoot me down if you want   )

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

Haven't heard of this suggestion before.

 

Will test and report back.

 

Thanks!

[scandinavian13 5,192]

 

 

sorry if this has been posted earlier - shoot me down if you want

 

Just the opposite.  I'd submit a ticket to support.precisionmanuals.com to make sure they see it, if they haven't.

 

Can't hurt to be sure.

[777simmer 117]

Just thought I'd chime in on how I have fixed (hopefully for good) those pesky 8 minute freezes with the sound still playing.

 

-Updated my Realtek HD sound driver to the latest available.

 

-DIsabled all other sound devices thru device manager.

 

After I did that,I completed -for the first time - a 10 hour flight without a single freeze in the PMDG 777.

 

Don't know if it works for everyone, but it worked wonders for me.

 

 

I am running ASN, FSinn, FSUIPC (never had autosave enabled), Opus for DHM.

 

 

(sorry if this has been posted earlier - shoot me down if you want )

This has been reported twice last week.

 

But the more people that confirm it and report it here and to PMDG, the better!

 

So no shooting from me :-)

 

 

ps. nobody has reported which driver version is good and which one is not. That would be interesting to know for those with freezes.

[Vargveum 53]

Version R2.73, November 11 2013, is the one I updated to.

 

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

 

This has been reported twice last week.

But the more people that confirm it and report it here and to PMDG, the better!

So no shooting from me :-)


ps. nobody has reported which driver version is good and which one is not. That would be interesting to know for those with freezes.

[Boeing or not going 578]

I have reproduced freezing 100% of the time if I change fuel or weight through the fmc after starting my engines.

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

VIA and nvidia, but no realtek.  

 

Found a nvidia sound driver update and installed it - looks(!) good so far.

[Kimo 14]

r2.73 Realtek 6.0.1.7083 did not fix it for me.

[Vargveum 53]

 

 

Found a nvidia sound driver update and installed it - looks(!) good so far.

 

Fingers crossed! Let us know  

[DylanC 181]

Pretty sure it's not the fix.  I was one of the first few people to report it as a fix when the 777 came out.  It may be a contributing factor, but not the end all be all fix.  The only fix I found to actually work is to reduce your overclock.  I brought my speed down to 4.05 GHZ from 4.2 GHZ and that seemed to be sweet spot for my CPU.  I say that because even the NGX at one point was freezing.  The NGX never ever froze before and I surmised the increased OC didn't agree with FSX, the 777 or the NGX.  I had recently increased my OC when I upgraded to water cooling; my CPU prior to that upgrade ran stably OC'd to 4.02GHZ for the last 2 years.  Now I'm in the business of building and fixing computers on the side and I can say without a doubt, FSX has always proven to be the best benchmark of a stable CPU.  There is no forgiveness for errors.

 

If the audio fix doesn't work, I guarantee dropping the OC will work.  You won't notice the difference performance wise going from 4.2 to 4, but it will make FSX a whole hell of a lot more stable.

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

So far I've got the "ocean freeze" once: When 40 nm from the coast, on my leg from Valencia to Ibiza, FSX froze for a couple of mins and resumed normal ops afterwards.

 

This one could have been caused by inadvertently activating the FSX 'tower view', a confirmed FSX flaw; not related to those T7-specific freezes.

 

So my hope persists ...   B)

[Vargveum 53]

Oliver, which sound device are you running in FSX sound menu? 

 

The reason I am asking is I had "default" set, but changed it on my second last leg. I switched to Realtek HD (don't ask me why) and got a freeze after only 50 minutes.

 

I then changed back to default and the freeze never came back. I will fly another long haul shortly in the 777 and double check. This is really weird stuff, but I still have a feeling it is related to sound somehow.