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MSFS CTD on startup

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Hello everyone my name is Marc, I've been suffering from CTDs for a week now, I have pretty much done everything that could possibly be done.

First of all here are my specs:
CPU: intel i310100F
GPU: AMD radeon RX5500xt 4gb vram
RAM: 16gb
Storrage: 3TB

Here is a list of what I've done:
1- verified game files on steam
2- fresh windows install
3- turning XMP off in bios
4- removed all mods in the community folder.
5- reverted my GPU drivers
6- ran all CMD file checkers (even though i am on a clean windows installation)
7- ran event viewer and here are the results:
Faulting application name: FlightSimulator.exe, version: 1.37.19.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.22621.3733, time stamp: 0x44653e19
Exception code: 0xe06d7363
Fault offset: 0x000000000005f39c
Faulting process id: 0x0x1234
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DAD13C19481D9E
Faulting application path: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator\FlightSimulator.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 81a0de2f-879f-4379-a4eb-7719be498f76
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

If there are any steps/procedures i should take please let me know, as i am fed up

Do other games work? Have you tried benchmarks to eliminate a hardware fault / thermal issue?

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When do the CTD's happen, during a flight or on initial loading up of the sim? Random or reproducible at a specific point, airport etc? If you can get to the settings menu, try turning all settings down low and seeing if you can complete a flight like that. Your system is quite low spec for the sim (but if it worked before it should work now) and the recent updates might now be demanding a little too much from the settings you have set for graphics in particular.

You mention that you re-installed Windows. Unless you also formatted the drive when doing so, in other words a fresh, clean install of Windows, and then reinstalled everything from scratch to a clean drive, as opposed to a "repair re-install", this often invites further trouble and complications and very seldom fixes issues (in my opinion). Its tedious but it beats spending way more hours upon hours of frustration trying to figure out issues like this. 

GregH

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Are you using any Logitech controllers?

 

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31 minutes ago, flyingscampi said:

Do other games work? Have you tried benchmarks to eliminate a hardware fault / thermal issue?

Other games work just fine, and my temperatures are fine 

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32 minutes ago, flyingscampi said:

Do other games work? Have you tried benchmarks to eliminate a hardware fault / thermal issue?

Other games work fine and my temperatures are good 

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14 minutes ago, RaptyrOne said:

When do the CTD's happen, during a flight or on initial loading up of the sim? Random or reproducible at a specific point, airport etc? If you can get to the settings menu, try turning all settings down low and seeing if you can complete a flight like that. Your system is quite low spec for the sim (but if it worked before it should work now) and the recent updates might now be demanding a little too much from the settings you have set for graphics in particular.

You mention that you re-installed Windows. Unless you also formatted the drive when doing so, in other words a fresh, clean install of Windows, and then reinstalled everything from scratch to a clean drive, as opposed to a "repair re-install", this often invites further trouble and complications and very seldom fixes issues (in my opinion). Its tedious but it beats spending way more hours upon hours of frustration trying to figure out issues like this. 

CTDs happen when loading up the sim i get to half point on the blue loading bar, unfortunately i don't have access to the settings, is it possible to  turn everything down to low from game files?
Microsoft forums recommended a fresh windows,, it was the last thing i did and it didn't fix it.

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11 minutes ago, jcomm said:

Are you using any Logitech controllers?

 

I have a G29 connected yes

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13 minutes ago, jcomm said:

Are you using any Logitech controllers?

 

I disconnected it and i ended every ghub task from task manager but didn't help

7 minutes ago, flyingscampi said:

Do other games work? Have you tried benchmarks to eliminate a hardware fault / thermal issue?

Yes.
And try to "sfc /scannow" your system to check for Windows errors.

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19 minutes ago, David Roch said:

Yes.
And try to "sfc /scannow" your system to check for Windows errors.

Tried it, didnt work.

Drivers for GPU and motherboard up to date? Especially after reinstalling Windows. 
Anti virus program of something like CCleaner?

Symptoms point towards corrupt or missing files or hardware conflicts, not hardware failure, but don’t rule that out.

There are some sim user config files you can try deleting but others will have to confirm which ones and their locations. That will reset your user changeable config/settings.

Still curious how you installed Windows? Did you delete all disk partitions (clean install) when reinstalling to wipe the disc of all data or just put a new copy of Windows over itself so you keep all your files, which often breaks more than it fixes. A completely clean install should fix this as a last resort, meaning you need to back up your entire PC as you lose everything on the drive.
 

GregH

Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor

2 hours ago, marcz said:

I disconnected it and i ended every ghub task from task manager but didn't help

Ok, then it's not that 😞

Hope you can find the culprit. If I happen to find some candidate I'll post here.

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Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

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10 hours ago, RaptyrOne said:

Drivers for GPU and motherboard up to date? Especially after reinstalling Windows. 
Anti virus program of something like CCleaner?

Symptoms point towards corrupt or missing files or hardware conflicts, not hardware failure, but don’t rule that out.

There are some sim user config files you can try deleting but others will have to confirm which ones and their locations. That will reset your user changeable config/settings.

Still curious how you installed Windows? Did you delete all disk partitions (clean install) when reinstalling to wipe the disc of all data or just put a new copy of Windows over itself so you keep all your files, which often breaks more than it fixes. A completely clean install should fix this as a last resort, meaning you need to back up your entire PC as you lose everything on the drive.
 

GPU are up do date, idk how to check for the motherboard, and yes i deleted the C drive and wiped all of its data, then installed windows again from a burnt ISO file on my flash memory, i installed windows from the official Microsoft website

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10 hours ago, jcomm said:

Ok, then it's not that 😞

Hope you can find the culprit. If I happen to find some candidate I'll post here.

yes please, ive been troubleshooting for a week now i am so bored and done with troubleshooting

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