Up until yesterday I thought this was a hardware problem. Through a fluke I just realized that the freezing behavior does not occur when I forget to start active-sky.When this lock-up occurs the sound keeps playing (probably a loop) but the mouse, keyboard and display are frozen. The freeze lasts anywhere from a couple of minutes to ten minutes. Then the system just comes back to life right where I left off and runs for a time, maybe fifteen minutes before the freeze repeats. I'm not sure about the timing on these cycles, this is just a SWAG.How can I trouble-shoot/debug this for you? I'm running build 1160 of Active Sky X. I also have X Graphics build 298 installed, though I don't usually run it while flying.I believe I have the latest patch for the SDK but maybe you can tell me a way to verify the correct component version for SimConnect?

Hi,Are you using FSX in Full Screen Mode or Windowed Mode?You don't need the SDK unless you are using a network set-up.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

I'm using full-screen mode. I do plan to run Active Sky X on a 2nd computer once I've figured out what's going on (and how to do it). I'm also planning to run FlightSim Commander X and FSMap from Aerosoft on that 2nd machine, FYI. I am not currently running these other tools so they shouldn't be a factor in your analysis.Question: Are there any issues with using FSUIPC while using your products?

>Up until yesterday I thought this was a hardware problem. >Through a fluke I just realized that the freezing behavior>does not occur when I forget to start active-sky.>>When this lock-up occurs the sound keeps playing (probably a>loop) but the mouse, keyboard and display are frozen. The>freeze lasts anywhere from a couple of minutes to ten minutes.> Then the system just comes back to life right where I left>off and runs for a time, maybe fifteen minutes before the>freeze repeats. I'm not sure about the timing on these>cycles, this is just a SWAG.>>How can I trouble-shoot/debug this for you? I'm running build>1160 of Active Sky X. I also have X Graphics build 298>installed, though I don't usually run it while flying.>>I believe I have the latest patch for the SDK but maybe you>can tell me a way to verify the correct component version for>SimConnect?I have experienced the exact same issue with ASX build 1160. It usually locks (with continuing sound) after 30-45 minutes. As a matter of fact, I just started troubleshooting this last night. Was simming without ASX loaded for 1.5 hrs and no lockup.Not complaining, but wanted to report this just the same.

Hi,Run in Windowed Mode with ASX and see if the lockups occur.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Hi,Run in Windowed Mode with ASX and see if the lockups occur.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

>Hi,>>Run in Windowed Mode with ASX and see if the lockups occur.I'm out of town on business this week, but I will give it a try this weekend.-Michael

I've similar lokups, although they appear to be random, but am running in Windowed Mode.RegardsRussell Jourdain (ANZ007/ZK-RHJ)

>Hi,>>Run in Windowed Mode with ASX and see if the lockups occur.>>Thanks,>Jim>>http://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpg>http://www.hifisim.com/Ughhh...I normally run FSX locked at 30 FPS full screen. Windowed mode drops that number to 18-22...and introduces chugging. Hopefully, there is another solution on the horizon for this.

Hi,The reason I ask is that for some, in general, even with no Add-ons installed, FSX will exhibit this behavior in Full Screen Mode. Most of the fixes involve updating the video drivers. Much has been posted about this in the General Forums. That is why I ask to try this, because it might not be ASX at all.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

>Hi,>>The reason I ask is that for some, in general, even with no>Add-ons installed, FSX will exhibit this behavior in Full>Screen Mode. Most of the fixes involve updating the video>drivers. Much has been posted about this in the General>Forums. That is why I ask to try this, because it might not be>ASX at all.>>Thanks,>Jim>>http://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpg>http://www.hifisim.com/Jim,Good advice! That was the issue for me. I updated my 7900 GS with the newest 178.13 (from 169.XX - which have been pretty solid...until I installed ASX) and have flown with ASX running for over 3 hours straight...without a hang. Also, overall props to the newest driver as well...with injecting overall spunk into FSX (at least with my mid-range PC).Gordon

I have ASX SP3 running in Windowed mode and I get hangs all the time!I gave up on ASX ages ago but last weekend I reformatted and rebuilt my flight sim machine. With a flourish of hope I loaded ASX but sadly I still get the hangs. With my system it happens on ASX startup. Log file is below...Hardware========AMD AM2 dual core 4200+ CPUAsrock SATA2 GLAN motherboardATI HD4850 graphics cardCreative Labs Audigy sound cardRealtek on-board sound cardSoftware========Windows XP Home SP3FSX SP2 AccelerationActiveSkyX SP3FSUIPCP 4.3FSInn 1.3/FSCopilot 1.7Log===15:28:34: Logging Initialized15:28:34: XEngine v1.0.0.332 Copyright

Hi,OK you have enough information posted here so I won't ask for a new thread to be started.What video drivers are you using?Is your on board sound chip disabled?At the point where your log stopped, is that when FSX crashed?Any error messages?Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Hi Jim, thanks for replying. Neither ASX or FSX report any errors but they remain hung indefinitely I just got back from leaving it running for an hour or so. FSX was still hanging but when I closed ActiveSkyX, FSX recovered within less than a minute.As for the video drivers, I'm using the latest ATI Radeon drivers for XP. I use both sound cards (on board and PCI) so that I can play FSX sounds throught surround speakers and talk to VATSIMM on headset - I've been doing that for years and it's pretty solid.The log I posted was taken from an earlier hung session but they always seem to stop right at that point. Mysterious!!Ian

Hi,Set ASX to use core 1 for affinity and see what happens.Thanks, Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/