Recently upgraded my computer and installed FSX, patched to SP1, etc. Found order ID info and installed PMDG MD-11 and patched to v1.20. Trying to follow Tutorial flight but FSX crashes when I try to load MD-11 from "Free Flight" screen (the usual dialogs come up asking if I trust the PMDG DLLs to load, etc. before the crash).Tried uninstalling and reinstall without patch to MD-11 v1.20 - same problem.I have several other add-on aircraft (e.g., Eaglesoft SR22, Wilco/Feelthere Citation X, etc.) and they all load fine. I miss my MD-11!!! Please help!Basic sys info:WinXP Pro SP3Dell XPS1730Intel Core 2 Duo, T9300 @ 2.50 GHz3.00 Gb RAMNVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTThanks!

Update your drivers for your graphics card. If you have a certain joystick, it might cause FSX to crash, try unplugging it and then loading. Remember, it doesn't always happen to be PMDG's fault, might be your computer. Try another professional computing forum.

Update your drivers for your graphics card. If you have a certain joystick, it might cause FSX to crash, try unplugging it and then loading. Remember, it doesn't always happen to be PMDG's fault, might be your computer. Try another professional computing forum.

Thanks for the thoughts, but drivers are all up-to-date as of today (always check that when reinstalling), an dI've tried with and without my CHS USB Yoke plugged in. MD-11 worked flawlessly on my last computer, so I realize it has something to do with my new one, graphics card, etc., but just need specific things to look / look out for...

It could be that you're missing some C++ programs that are normally installed during installation of the MD-11. Check your Add/Remove Programs for those. You should have a 2005 and a 2008.

Thanks for the thoughts, but drivers are all up-to-date as of today

Maybe that's your problem. Latest drivers aren't always the best. Try going back to a driver you were using on your previous machine.Iain Smith

Thanks all for the input - for anybody finding this thread having a similar problem, PMDG Support came to the rescue with the solution: turns out my DLL.XML file had somehow become corrupted, and offered the following instructions to fix it:1) Locate your DLL.xml file associated with FSX. You will have to enable the

I strongly suggest you think about using SP2 for FSX as well...It massively improves the performance...And it has been out for some time now, and the benefits outweigh any problems in general...Or is there some specific reason you feel you shouldn't update to SP2?Andrew