RandallR

What AIO are you using - any recommendations?

A peek into the current BIOS shows 'Load Optimized Defaults' but there doesn't appear to be another choice? This may be due to my current BIOS version?

Thanks - - maybe I need to advance to water cooling? I run very, very quiet fans as I am also a professional voice-over artist and, needless to say, the environmental background decibels have to be almost nonexistent for my recording work.

Under minimal loads the CPU's been running around 44° - the GPU around 36°. I think the last time I measured in-flight the max temps were in the low 80s but only for a few seconds on occasion. This new system ran FS beautifully (and with no crashes) for almost 3 months. I believe the last bench test showed the PSU output to be stable (1000W unit) but I will verify. The memory has been fully tested and I never overclock. As these issues with the i9 are being reported by a lot of gamers, I thought it was appropriate to inform this forum.

Some of you are aware that I have reported a number of crashing issues with MSFS in the last few weeks - unfortunately, things are worse than ever and I am basically unable to run MSFS at all now. (2 successful flights in the last 14 days). After checking everything possible and performing every file and memory scan available (including complete reinstalls of Windows 10 and FS 2020) nothing has been resolved and failures continue. And, it's not just FS - e-mail programs. video production systems, some browsers and other applications are also crashing. The computer shop I have worked with for over 30 years has worked with me on these issues and has not been able to resolve them either. I need to note that I built a new system in January which, for the most part, has been wonderful. For at least a couple of months, I experienced the best performance I've ever had with all of my applications (including FS). Now, with all of the crashes and all tests and procedures failing to correct the issues, I received a communique from my PC shop that the Intel i9-14900K processor is generating a slew of failure reports around the world, especially with gamers. I happen to have an ASUS Z790 motherboard - ASUS is providing a custom BIOS update for their boards which apparently includes an "Intel Baseline Profile option" to let users revert to the Intel factory default settings. The unfortunate thing about this is that a number of performance enhancements of the i9 will be lost BUT I'm hoping that all of my failures will stop (and that I will be flying again). Intel is supposedly investigating these issues and will hopefully resolve them. I will be flashing this BIOS update in the coming week - I'll post here on the results.

Be careful - not everything is stored in the cloud. If you have custom cockpit camera views, for instance, they will all be lost. Back up this folder: \Users\"name"\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\SimObjects\Airplanes The aircraft here will be those you have custom settings for (cameras.CFG)

Here's the latest... Since I reinstalled into a custom folder on my D:\ drive backups and file-copying are fine. I have now made several successful flights but I did experience the following. I've had to revert back to DX-11 or the sim crashes. This is disappointing as I had been on DX-12 for some time with good performance. I've had to dump a number of my favorite liveries (at least for the TBM) as the sim now crashes if I attempt to use any of them. Something changed in the last update in order for all of this to happen (at least for my system)

Well, it's been about a 6-day journey but I'm back flying again. With no way to copy or back up my Official folder, I was forced to do a complete new install. Considering I was starting from scratch I created a folder for it on my D:\ drive and got it out of the root on the reinstall. The first part of the reinstall took about 4 hours, as the re-download of Content Manager items like World Updates, etc. took longer than normal (speed varied from 300 to 8 Mbps) Once MSFS got back to the main menu, I found most of my settings were restored (but not all). It reset to DX11 - I had been using DX12 and getting good results so I reset that and some other graphics items. After cleaning caches I restarted the sim, only to have it fail and go into spinner mode After running file checks it still wouldn't start I decided it was time to see if I could copy/back-up the new OneStore folder - it worked! After copying the folder I uninstalled the sim again, deleted all remaining folders and ran another install. After the initial download from Xbox I copied the OneStore folder back to the Official directory and restarted the sim The sim started quickly and booted up to the main menu smoothly. I was able to start a flight without a CTD for the first time in about a week The really good thing here is that now, even if something goes wrong down the road, I'll have viable backups for getting back up quickly.

There is no issue with putting it on another drive. The problem appears to be that it was in the root instead of another folder, though I'm still not sure if that's all of the issue. I'm now placing it in a new folder as an entirely new installation. We'll see if it is encrypted again or whether I can use my regular backup system.

What I said. Since most programs install to a specific folder without issues I wasn't worried about it. BTW, I'm reinstalling right now - guess what? You can no longer specify a custom folder for MSFS! Now, the only choice is where ALL MS games are installed. The default is now \XboxGames. If you change the folder, then ALL GAMES go there, not just MSFS. Update - I spoke to soon - looks like I'll be able to designate with Install Package Path once I restart the sim!

I use Acronis in the same manner - it's powerful and dependable. I believe that since I didn't designate a custom install folder when I initially installed it, MS placed it in WpSystem and encrypted the Store files. This blocked the majority of folders and files from editing access, copying (and backup).

I mainly wanted to make sure it didn't get on my C:\ drive, as I only allow the OS and associated system maintenance programs I use to reside there. Most programs install into \Program Files and or make their own obvious subfolder on the chosen drive. I was installing MSFS 2020 early in its history and we were still learning of its idiosyncrasies. I was surprised to see where it ended up, but once I made a desktop shortcut to it for quick access, it was OK. The only reinstall I have ever done was in January after building a new system. I had cloned everything over to the new drives but the MSFS folders were empty (now we know why). I did a complete reinstall and everything has been running with no issues (until now).

Many - a lot of programs. 🙂 However, way back when FS2020 came out and it asked for a location for installing it showed a default of C;\. I changed it to D:\ (the root). After the installation and a rather frustrating search I found it in... D:WpSystem\S-1-5-21-2610037304-2891976329-3409416837-1001\AppData\Local\Packages

I didn't install it to the default location (C:\, I believe?). However, I did install it to D:\ without creating a special folder. Would this have created the same problem as taking the default?

Bob - where did you install it?