I am screwed, well, that is how it feels.

 

Yesterday I bought one of those devices to add and drive an extra monitor by USB. I figured it was cheaper than a new video card and also cheaper than the triple head 2go. Installed it fine, worked like a charm in normal computing. Then I tried to load up FSX and all hell broke loose.

 

FSX would not load. I kept getting a message to the effect that the video card I was using was bascally not suitable for the application. So, I temporarily disabled monitor 3 in the display settings, and was then able to loadup FS. then I reactivated the third monitor, and it was working, and after a few seconds I had a fatal error in FSX.

 

I decided the new kit was not up to snuff for the program, so I shut off, disconnected it all, and took it back to the store for a refund. All was well... I thought.

 

Now FSX gives fatal errors no matter what I do. It took forever just to get to get it to load up. I fly in windowed mode, and often change between a monitor and a projector on video card output 2. Now that I have once had a third monitor, it seems that any attempt to resize the window in FSX leads to a crash.

 

Eventually, I was so frustrated that I replaced fsx.cfg with an older backup version. However, the fatal errors are continuing. Try to change an aircraft and it hangs. Try to exit FSX normally and it gives a fatal error and reloads FSX. I cannot even exit the program without the fatal error, and then telling it to cancel the reloading of FSX.

 

And it is the same in P3d, even though I never tried that program while trying out that blasted device.

 

In short, I have both FSX and P3d as near useless as I have ever seen.

 

Suggestions people? Is this a video card issue now? Have I corrupted something at a core level? I think if I have to reinstall fs again, I will quit the hobby for a year and get a normal life back.

 

Help appreciated

 

Kenneth

Might be an obvious question, but did you uninstall any software and/or drivers that came with the USB monitor? To me it sounds like a driver conflict problem and it is still lingering.

 

Try a system restore to a time before the USB hell spawned monitor was plugged in and see if that helps rectify the problem.

Hi Kenneth,

Rebuilding FSX once a year is "normal life" - you know that (LOL).

As previous member mentioned, the problem is almost definitely in your PC and not with the sims. As you know, even if you change video cards, then resolutions, FSX will often hang up when starting because the old FSX.cfg still has old GPU info in it.

On a side note, you mentioned Matrox. I recently upgraded my GPU to a Gigabyte GTX 660 OC for only $229 from NCIX in Vancouver. Using NVidia Surround, I should be able to get 3 LCD's into a surround view mode just as easily as using the Matrox. There a few discussions in Avsim on this - looks very possible. I'll let you know.

If you start, however, using the 3 LCD's for combination views then I think your frame rates will drop big time.

Hope you get the other problem solved.

Ron ..... from Mississauga ...........

Thanks guys. Yes it looks like a video issue. I did a system restore, but it never helped. Not sure what to try now.

 

Kenneth

Possible some core system files got corrupted also. Run SFC /SCANNOW - google it for exact method - and let it restore missing or corrupt system files.

Obviously, uninstall and reinstall your video driver too.

 

Vic