June 2, 20179 yr My beloved Z77 board had an unfortunate accident and I have moved up to the Kabylake Intel 1151 z270 motherboard and Kabylake I5 CPU. I have managed to get my Windows 7 ssd to install the new drivers, keeping my installed updates, apps and data. However I am having a problem with FSX. It finds my graphics card (Nvidia 1050 excellent on the z77) unsuitable in all compatibility modes. On FSX start up the display does not change modes as it did with the Z77 setup. The MS/Intel/Trump/etc consortium have done a good job of alienating a lot of us from them!. Any enlightenment would be welcome!
June 2, 20179 yr Author I suppose my post relates to hardware so I will end it by informing the readers that I have got FSX to run now. Because of the traumatic change of drivers,etc any peripherals,etc will have to be checked for compatibility and reinstalled if necessary. My graphic card drivers were ms standard ones. New drivers fixed that. Making it difficult to migrate Windows 7 to this new stuff certainly gets the ancient grey matter buzzing!. My Windows 7 is updated to May 15th so so I guess I can do without anymore updates as threatened. Maybe I don't have to register it either?
June 2, 20179 yr Commercial Member Actually, there is no such version of FSX as "Gold". Gold is marketing package that contains both FSX Deluxe and FSX Acceleration, and you are allowed to install one or the other. I recommend installing Acceleration (the three disk install). Your problem should be resolved by installing the latest version of NVIDIA drivers. Best wishes! Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
June 2, 20179 yr Never trust the graphics drivers installed through Windows Update, always install the ones direct from nVidia. Tom Wright, UK PPL(A) SEP + Night Rating + IMC/IR(R) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM | 16GB RTX 4080 Super | 2x 2TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2 | Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Sidestick + Quadrant | Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals | WinCTRL Airbus FCU + EFIS + MCDU
June 3, 20179 yr Your problem has nothing to do with FSX itself. .... Unfortunately, your choice for the 7th generation Intel I5 CPUs (7*00 ?? ) in combination with Windows7 isn't a happy one. See http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-suspends-updates-kaby-lake-ryzen,33920.html Or simular announcements on the Microsoft support website. For obvious reasons (from a Microsoft marketing/support point-of-view) , Microsoft tries to force us to upgrade from Windows7 to Windows10. Which is, in my opinion in combination with FSX, not an attractive choice. For many reasons. Rob
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