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Prepar3d v5.4 crashing

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So the conclusion is, overclocking can crash the sim, while the OS remains stable? I think the sound you heard indicates this, because in other cases, Prepar3D just ctd silently.

OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.3 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons)
Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX
GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro

Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods

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    I flew the exact same route on the same day, departing at the same time as the one that dropped P3d. after an hour. This time it was a perfect flight, no problems and no "funnies". So, I wil

  • IanHarrison
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    My thoughts, exactly. First action will be to turn off AIG

  • IanHarrison
    IanHarrison

    Just to add to the confusion. A simple flight from Sydney to Christchurch with AIG and traffic in the sim activated, crashed to a complete stop after an hour today. I think I will try Ray's 5.3 s

I had a problem where I would lose my internet connectivity when using P3Dv6.

I went through a step-by-step troubleshooting procedure where I disabled addons and such one by one to see if the problem went away.

Finally, I started turning off or lowering settings and eventually discovered that using any of the temporal anti-aliasing graphics settings caused this issue.  Now I use 8X MSAA and everything is fine.

So the settings can indeed cause big problems, even with the pretty high end hardware that I have.

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36 minutes ago, dave2013 said:

Temporal as opposed to spiritual?

 

Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.

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36 minutes ago, dave2013 said:

Temporal as opposed to spiritual?

 

Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.

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11 hours ago, blaunarwal said:

So the conclusion is, overclocking can crash the sim, while the OS remains stable? I think the sound you heard indicates this, because in other cases, Prepar3D just ctd silently.

That is the obvious one. But in my case, the over clocks have been working for the past 5/6 years. It is only now that they seem to have been causing problems.

So I think it is more likely a sign of ageing hardware, rather than the settings per se.

Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.

Maybe accumulated dust on your coolers? That's the only computer thing I can think of that may get worse with age. That or old thermal paste.

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14 hours ago, IanHarrison said:

That is the obvious one. But in my case, the over clocks have been working for the past 5/6 years. It is only now that they seem to have been causing problems.

So I think it is more likely a sign of ageing hardware, rather than the settings per se.

12 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Maybe accumulated dust on your coolers? That's the only computer thing I can think of that may get worse with age. That or old thermal paste.

Excactly.

Hardware doesn't age that fast. Of course it gets outdated but the function remains mostly great over years.

What accumulates is dust. A good case has dust filters and sometimes they get clogged. Also cooling fins accumulate dust. All of this makes the system, especially overclocked ones, overheat. As soon as it's to hot, the system crashes. 

So my advice check filters and fins for dust. I always use a small vacuum cleaner for the filters. The fins, I just blow it out and vacuum the dust coming out.

OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.3 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons)
Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX
GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro

Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods

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I will have a look in the New Year.

But I have been monitoring the temps with HWInfo and there was no cause for worry.

Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.

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