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Just had a pleasant little flight, Coupeville Nolf, with Flt3 on my win8pro64bit pc today.Then started challenge 'Hikers Misadventure; challenge ran fine, but my flying skills didn't. Running dgvoodoo2 v2.5 got Flt3 functioning and looking right good. Brought back such pleasant memories; Flt3 and the fellas here at Avsim. you all take care, jimb

I was also reading over at TomsHardware. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Kaveri-APU-Gaming,22947.html Then there's TomsHardware article on AMD's hUMA memory tech. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-HSA-hUMA-APU,22324.html If it's there, my eyes keeping missing the part about pci-e 3.0 or ram speed support (on the Kaveri).

An article on AMD Kaveri apu at AnandTech. http://anandtech.com/show/7507/amd-kaveri-apu-launch-details-desktop-january-14th

I don't use it myself, but it's listed for less than 300 at overclockers.co.uk http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1967 What the folks had to say about the cpu at overclockers.co.uk http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=24645649 HarwareCanucks did a review on the cpu. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/62166-amd-fx-9590-review-piledriver-5ghz.html jimb

"Is it running when you first load it and after a few seconds the engines quit." Yes, if I start a flt on the active the eng's are running then they shutoff. If I start a flt on the parking apron the eng's won't start. "Try setting up a stock Cessna 172 with the engine running and just call it Cessna 172 test flight" I created a new flt with the fs9 172, got up to 9000' and saved the flt. Exited FS9. Edited the flt as: [Plane.0] Aircraft=Aerostar Default Paint Scheme Hi Resolution Start fs9, load that flt. The engines start cutting off then auto-restart in a loop. Exited fs9. restarted fs9. Loaded that same edited flt and this time engines worked. Landed at TIW, taxi to parking, shutoff engines, re-started with ctrl+e, and both engines fired up fine. Loaded FSD Flt Cold & Dark. Both engines fired up fine.Taxi clearance, takeoff was great. Wow, this FSD Aerostar is a pure-t rocket. What ever caused this for me is a mystery; but your steps cleared it up. Thank you Tinhead59, jimb Oh, I did send an inquiry to FSD through their message system as you suggested. Hopefully they will point out what it was that caused it.jimb

I've tried: -ctrl+E -brought up the panel and click the eng start switches -brought up the throttles into view and the mixture levers are moving ok for start when ctrl+E. -Engines just turnover/ chug. -Tried create a new flt on active runway and the engines will stallout and not restart. -Uninstalled and re-installed the Aerostar; no-go. - Used the FSD DataTest.exe and it found nothing wrong. -Selected different aircraft, including other FSD aircraft I own and they all start fine. So I figure I'm just not "engine start qualified" on the Aerostar. Any tips you folks can give appreciated. I'm unable to ask at their(FSD) forums;can't find the link anymore at their site for the support forum. jimb

Trev, Thank you for taking the time to post your findings. No doubt it will become invaluable for others (myself included) who may some day move to an AM3+ system and will be wondering how well their new rig might run FSX jimb

Got the notice in my e-mail. I had been "eyeballing" FS Instant Approach, so purchased it and later in the day FSInventions sent me a new e-mail with my FS Instant Help registry key. FS Instant Approach ($24.95 usd) + FS Instant Help (free, normally $9.95 usd). A fine bargain for me. Ran both in FSX w/ the Carenado C185F Bush at 21w Ranger Creek and KGRB Austin Straubel. A quote from the e-mail: "Purchase any product from us this weekend and get FS Instant Help free! The free download FS Instant Help will be sent to you within 24 hours of your purchase!"

The 6850 has 256bit memory bus vs the 7770 has 128bit memory bus. Plus some other spec's that the 6850 has over the 7770. I'd purchase the 6850 if I could. Here's some info that might be helpful. http://www.hwcompare.com/11925/radeon-hd-6850-vs-radeon-hd-7770/

A long-long while back there was color pallet editing going on; on the ground textures that helped to depict "snow" and "autumn" coloring instead of the green. It wasn't seasonal though, so you'd need to manually set the pallets by the time of year you were flying. You'd have to search our forum here to see how the guru's were doing it. you all take care, jimb

Merry Christmas to all.

My 3 "twisty" sticks appear to be functioning just fine. -Logitech Extreme3dPro, Logitech Freedom2.4, Saitek AV8R-01. -FSX Deluxe + Accel: Installed fresh on a new sata drive Win8Pro 64bit. Installation went fine with no problems. Folks with AMD mobo chipsets: don't forget to check AMD site for your Win8 chipset drivers if your mobo manufacturer doesn't offer any. That is what I had to do. Win8 was acting strange with my usb hard drives (kept wanting to reformat them).Gigabyte didn't have drivers for my mobo yet so I went to AMD. Knock on wood and all that, but since I installed the drivers from AMD all has been ok. Make sure you select "motherboard" in the drop down. jimb http://www.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDHomePage.aspx

First read these articles regarding issues on IE6,7,8 as it pertains to Sp3 installation. You will need the full versions of IE7 and IE8.Remember to backup your Internet Explorer favorites... File, Import and Exports, Export to a file.... http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/09/dont-install-ie7-before-windows-xp-sp3/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950719 ***************************** Jean-Claude, I've had the problem somewhat as you describe. With my WinXpPro Sp3, what I have had to do is 1st make sure you download and save the full version of Sp3. Then uninstall Sp3 from your add-remove programs. You will be asked to restart. Re-install Sp3. You will need to restart. Re-installing Sp3 replaces your video driver with its own basic amd graphics card driver. It sounds drastic, but is better than doing a full OS repair install. Then you should have a headache free install of amd gpu drivers; at least it has worked for me following a foiled amd driver upgrade because (I suspect) amd damages .net framework on WinXp during its driver installation somehow. good luck, and hope this was helpful, jimb

Out-of-box 3.5 to 4.1ghz and 6 cores,very nice. Anand did a review, reports the FX4300 achieving 5ghz stable ("with minimal effort"). http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested

Geoff, Your pc is eons ahead of mine; but I'll post here my info/settings.Maybe it will be helpful in some way. jimb WinXp Pro Sp3 x86 Dx9c 4.09.0000.0904 Desktop set to 1024x768x32 Monitor set to 60 hertz HD5850 Cat 12.4 Driver Packaging Version 8.861-110524a-121085C-Asus 2D Driver Version 6.14.10.7200 Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0841 OpenGL Version 6.14.10.10834 Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2012.0405.2154.37503 3D Options ********** Anti_Alias: Level 8x Filter: Edge-detect Samples: 24x Anti_Alias Mode: Super-sample AA Anisotropic Filtering: 16x Mipmap Detail Level: High Quality Display Options *************** 3D Refresh Rate Override: Same as desktop From the Catalyst icon in the Desktop Tray: Wait for vertical refresh: Always On