I have been having lockups and kicked to desktop. It was so bad I totally reinstalled FS9. It will sit for a bit then kick me out. Never had this problem before. I did have the FS9 update then when i reinstalled I didnt put it in. Dont have the WinXP sp2. I have never had this problem before, I run ad ware and virus scan all the time. No problems with them before. Start with the default flight. No problem anywhere else on the computer.Alienware P4 3ghz1.5 gb memoryRadeon 9800SB Audigy2 AddonsAeroworx B200Flight 1 ATRDF C177 CardinalPSS Airbus 320, 330, 340 Dash 8PMDG 600-900, B1900Wilco Feelthere CRJ 200-900Simflyers World AirportsFly Tampa all but KTPANever had a problem with these before this week.Any help or suggestions anybody could give me would be appreciated.Thanks

Hi andrew what drivers are you using for your 9800??? steve

First thing I'd do is rule out that heat is the problem. Best way to do this is to remove the left side cover from your computer case and stick a small house fan in there flowing cool, fresh air into the components. Then go fly. If you still get lock-ups you can then start looking at other possibilites.Hope this helps,Greg

Yes, I agree - check all your fans are still working.Mike

As well as fans a buildup of dust in the PSU can couse the components in there to heat up and not produce enough power that can cause lockups as well.... this is kinda a sub-problem related to Cooling.

"As well as fans a buildup of dust in the PSU can couse the components in there to heat up..."Something like this, Ben?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/96791.jpgKnarly! :-) Greg

Uninstall all your video card drivers and control panels etc associated with ATI. Second, get DRIVER CLEANER, and make sure it finds any stray driver system files in your windowssystem32 directory and deltest them. Reboot your computer and ensure that it boots to the default Windows VGA drivers and then reinstall the latest ATI drivers.HTH,Mike T.

I have checked the last 2 times I had CTD after having a couple of no problem flights. 1st was the F1ATRB.gau (which I am trying find something from Flight 1) and this last time was a weather.dll. This is just ridiculous I have 2 years with no problem and all of a sudden I cant finish a flight.Thanks for your replies I will check on the heat and drivers.

Same here lotsa crashes aand freeze ups lately

> Dont have the WinXP sp2. Have been having all kinds of problems after installing the patch. My XP did not have SP2 either. This week I installed SP2, not only did my problems disappear, but as a bonus my frame rates jumped 10-11 fps! It takes time to install, I'd start it before going to bed, then when instructed to reboot, do so. Leave the system on, and go to bed so your time is not wasted staring at the screen. In fact, I leave my system on 24 hours a day. The monitor shut down saves a lot of energy, and it defrags or does other system maintenance, like virus checks etc.. Bob

Thanks for the info Bob, I figure adding XP2 now would be the time to do it since I have only just reinstalled FS. If it goes screwy on me I can do a reinstall again if need be.

LOL exactly all fans can work fine but dust can be a problem... BTW what is that part it looks very cooked :)

>Thanks for the info Bob, I figure adding XP2 now would be the>time to do it since I have only just reinstalled FS. If it>goes screwy on me I can do a reinstall again if need be. Your very welcome... Good, if we think about it, FS9 and the Patch was created on XP. So it is logical to think that it would run much better on XP. If you only have FS9 intalled, I'd do a completely NEW install of XP... the way its recommended. You can use the XP upgrade, from W98 or ME, and get rid of the old FAT system.Some things in the SP2 upgrade, were probably designed to fix things in programs, as a result of all the error reports they've received from software in XP. (Any time you get an error, XP asks if you want to send a report to MS... Say yes, and it automatically generates the info about what was running in memory, what caused the error, etc and sends it to MS.) Operating systems are so complex there had to be conflicts with previous systems. Evidently there were even conflicts in XP, which have been fixed in SP2. Bob

To those who experience CTD's as of lately:Do you fly with the real actual date? I do and I have noticed that indeed more CTD's seem to show up. There is/was a know problem as the seasonal CTD from mid Autumn all through Winter. I am not aware of what was the cause of this but MS claimed to have most of them fixed in the patch.Apparently they were not very succesful in trying...