I get occasional computer reboots when running FS9.When it has finished reloading I get a message saying windows has recovered from a serious error. If I send the error report to Microsoft I get a reply that an unknown device driver has caused the problem.Is there anyway to find out which driver is causing the problem? What are the most common ones for causing problems?Any help please.

to be honest without further imformation it would be very difficult to diagnose your problem; what OS are you useing, what are your system specs, what driver vrsions are you using, have you overclcked any components, etc., etc?

In response to previous post my computer specs are:Windows XP homeAMD 3200 athlon. Not overclockedNividia Ge Force FX5500 driver version 7.1.8.91GB RAM160 GB Hard driveFS 9.1 Patch installed.Hope this helps.

Sounds like your computer is getting too hot. Overheating will cause it to reboot, and FS9 will work it harder than probably any other program you have. Do you have good cooling on your computer (fans?). Do you keep the dust off of your heatsinks? This may not be your problem, but this is what comes to my mind.RH

I dont think overheating is the problem. I monitored the temperatures during a FS session and was getting average temps of 53deg for motherboard[is that too hot?] and 37deg for CPU.H/D temp was 27deg.Maybe its addon aircraft and panels that cause the problem. I read they can and I have alot installed both freeware and payware.

Maybe 53deg is too high. Not sure what acceptable temps are.

Hi there,Does that only happen for FS? Do you use other games?My first guess would be temps as well but the numbers you give sound fairly low, with the exception of the MB temps.Do you have enough case cooling? Maybe you could try to run FS with the case open.Another thing I would suggest is to run a test software like Sisoft Sandra (comes as a free version). You can get it here:http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=&...buy&langx=en&a=If you run the wizard it will highlight possible hardware issues and conflicts.Other things I can think of would be memory test (check your ram for error with memtest) and unknown hardware or some bad drivers (installed any new hardware recently?).Cheers,Alexboth come in free versions, but beware: 3d mark is a pretty hefty download.You should be seeing around 7000 points in 3d mark 2005. The nice thing about Sandra is that it runs extensive tests and shows you where your systems excels and falls short and gives you a lot of details on how to fix that.Generally you should make sure that you have no unknown devices in your hardware manager (look for yellow ! signs).Hope I could help you a little :)Cheers,Alex

Seems like a PSU problem to me...How many Watts is your PSU kai how many Amps can it deliver on the +12V line and +5V lines? You should be able to find that data on a sheet attached to the PSU in visible place.George DorkofikisAthens, Greecehttp://online.vatsimindicators.net/811520/1704.pnghttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/betaimg.jpg

Is it at heavy scenery areas?If so could be the video card.My old 4200 was fine, upgraded to 6600, and many crashes as you describe, but always at heavy graphic areas.Now looking at repacing card.regards,