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MSFS hates NVIDIA hates MSFS

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Hi Guys,

Has anyone got any idea why, when I turn on my pc, MSFS loads as far as the UI, then CTD. Install another griffics driver (older), MSFS runs fine. Restart pc and back to square one, every time.

oh yeh, only add on is JF Pa28 Warrior II, and it makkes no difference whether on not it's installed.

Rich

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60GHz. RAM 32 GB 1 500GB SSD and 1 2TB HDD NVIDIA RTX2080Ti 11GB WATER COOLED

Try un-installing and re-installing

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Done that. last time was 6 hrs

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33 minutes ago, RichD said:

Done that. last time was 6 hrs

Perhaps its your computer or graphics card that hates MSFS. What are your temperatures?

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Perhaps its your computer or graphics card that hates MSFS. What are your temperatures?

It's not temps. Ran MSFS for two hours, ultra high. Temp stable at 71 degrees.

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Maybe so, but I got a responce.

I am not the only one this happening too.  Like I said, turn on the PC and MSFS loads to the ui, then just ctd. Install another NVIDIA driver and the Sim will run, run at full graffic setting with no problems, but restart the pc and I have to change the nvidia driver again and then all's fine again until I turn off pc. FYI, I run a X-Plane 11, Euro/American Truck, and others with no problem at all.

Any help would be good, thanks.

 

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60GHz. RAM 32 GB 1 500GB SSD and 1 2TB HDD NVIDIA RTX2080Ti 11GB WATER COOLED

After installing the driver delete your MSFS user.cfg file. It will make a new one .  Start the sim then turn it off then reboot and see if it holds.

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I'll give it a go, thanks

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After installing the driver delete your MSFS user.cfg file. It will make a new one .  Start the sim then turn it off then reboot and see if it holds.

Just tried your instruction, not having it. Got to ui and ctd.

Thank you though.

 

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60GHz. RAM 32 GB 1 500GB SSD and 1 2TB HDD NVIDIA RTX2080Ti 11GB WATER COOLED

seems like your OS is loading the new drivers every time you reboot.  Turn OFF automatic updates in your windows settings when you have the older drivers loaded, then reboot and see what happens.

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Update off, still ctd, but thank you

 

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2 hours ago, RichD said:

Install another NVIDIA driver and the Sim will run, run at full graffic setting with no problems, but restart the pc and I have to change the nvidia driver again and then all's fine again until I turn off pc.

 Disable the auto driver update, Windows 10 has NEVER done that on any of my builds. It updates drivers only when I update them myself.

i7-13700KF, 32gb DDR4 3200,  RTX 4080, Win 11, MSFS 2024

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16 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

Try uninstalling geforce experience it may be interfering.

Hi Glenn, just did that, no difference, but thank you anyway.

Rich

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60GHz. RAM 32 GB 1 500GB SSD and 1 2TB HDD NVIDIA RTX2080Ti 11GB WATER COOLED

like  Michaelst7 mentioned;

have you checked nvidia control panel to see if its reverting back to the same driver each time, when it crashes?

If you've only ever installed microsoft's version of video drivers (using windows "update driver" option), windows might be trying to "pick the best driver" for your system out of all the one's previously installed

keep pressing back button till you see the below

If you don't have a control panel like below (has happened with some MS version of the driver), there is a command for the command prompt window that will output the GPU driver version details, but will need to check what that was again. maybe someone else will remember it. However, if you don't have it, I'd be removing/deleting the driver per next post

 

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Edited by dogmanbird

if it is reverting back to the same one (or has no nvidia control panel), uninstall video driver in Device Mangler, and tell it to delete the driver (hopefully to stop it reinstalling the dodgy one)

anyway, worth a try i guess

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