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Thanks, I double checked and all the connection looks fine... I know it will cost a lot for professional service... but what I need is just 10gb of photo in the two 320gd hard drives... and I just did a defragement few weeks ago, and I guess those picture files are still clustered together and hope that those sectors are not damaged...ThanksBen

I didn't intentionally ground myself.. but I did touch the PC chassis with power cord pluged in... I guess it would do the trick...Ben

Hi, I replaced the PC's chassis fan yesterday and I don't know what I did wrong... now I cannot boot my PC (it just keep restarting without even seeing the windows logo)... I then booted up my PC with windows XP setup disk and run recovery console and realized that my harddrives are crashed (2 seagate 320 gb 7.10). Could someday give me a suggestion on which data recovery software is good? I am willing to spend up to 200 USD... There are about 10gb of photo which I don't want to loss... Thanks,Ben

Hi, Are you OC'ing your card? I had a different problem with 8800GTS, and I found out that the reason is I was OC'ing too much..... Even though it was totally fine running with other games or software....Ben

IT IS NORMAL....With PMDG 744 I get around 13 to 15 fps on major FSX default airport, 7 to 10 on FSX addon airport, 24fps over OCEAN....With FS default aircraft.. I get 24 fps all the time.... (I set my target FPS to 24)I am not a expert, but I realized that cloud drawing distance and 3d cloud density does has a very huge impact on FPS and it is the one that I am willing to sacrifice, especially during approach phase.... I am changing the setting while I am in different part of the flight... I will tune all graphic setting to medium level and cloud drawing distance to max to enjoy the beautiful scenery which FSX provides, and I will tune everything down to MIN for the final approach phase(hand flying) for max performance.. Anyway, could you tell me how it is like playing FSX in Vista 64 bit... Does it provide better performance than 32 bit? Ben

Hi, just upgrade my cpu, but FSX is still running very slow, any comment?CPU : q9450mobo: Asus P5K premium (I don't think it is a good mobo for oc)Graphic card: EVG8800GTS RAM: Corsair DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 (can't set to 4-4-4-12 although it is 4-4-4-12, blue screen will pop up)OS: Window XP FSX newest Service pack with PMDG 744Inside FSX, AA and AF are off. Graphic detail set to medium for everything. 2D cockpit. 30% AI, no car and ship. target frame rate 24...I tried to OC it by setting multiplier to 8, FSB freq 450mhz RAM freq 900mhz, dram voltage to 2.0 and CPU voltage to 1.3375.. but windows won't start... I can oc it to around 3.1ghz but don't know why the multiplier jump between 6 and 8 in CPUZ...thanksben

Hi, Could someone tell me which one should I get. I only use it fsx with PMDG and activesky.. is it worth to pay extra $200 for q9450?? I will keep the CPU for at about 2.5 yearsSorry I know the choice of dual or quad has been discussed for a long time, but I guess the new generation CPU will make a different compare to the choice of E6850 and q6600 half year ago..thanksBen

Hi, just got the saitek pro flight throttle. Could anyone teach me how to setup the reserve thrust ... I am currently using registered FSUIPC and I linked throttle axis 1 to control No.1 and No.2 engine and axis 2 for No.3 and No.4 respectively. It is different then setting up the CH throttle since for saitek, the reserve thrust is actually a button rather then an axis..thanksBenPS I didn't install the accompanied saitek Driver (CD that comes with the box), should I install it or just leave it alone if I am only gonna to use it on FS for pmdg 747

Hi, just wondering that is it necessary to format the hard drive in order to install Vista 64.... or I can just install this as if I am updating from window XP home to Vista home... thanks,ben

hi,same story, it is happening right now, and besides all 4 engines have smoke coming out, the winglets are also missing...bencheer

FYI, It is possilbe to go over 250kt below 10000 in HK. pilot:'XXX, request high speed descend'ATC:'XXX, high speed descend is approved'.ORATC:'XXXX, you are cleared for ELATO one alpha arrival, expected rwy 07L, from mango direct to sokoe, all attitude and speed restriction cancel' Frequenlty happens in the morning for traffic coming from the eastBen

Hi, Sometime the FS9 menu bar disappears flying 744 in FS9, especially when flying in VC mode and switching from and to VC mode. When the problem begin, the screen ususally flashs for about a few seconds then the menu bar disappeared, and I can no longer get the menu bar back and lose all the option such as save (even if I press ;) or exit ( need to use ALT CTRL DEL and force it to stop). After I quit FS9, my computer start behaving strangthly. (e.g. Firefox doesnt start..) I also notice that it happen most frequently when I am using non high end graphic (8600GTS), and the problem happens less when using 8800GTS.Have any even had same problem with me?Many thanksben

Hi,everyone, problem solved... Many thanks for everyone....Ben

Hi, I have the same problem, in fact, my problem is even worse.After the 744X touched down, the autobreak doesn't work and it doesn't turn to disarm neither. I still see autobreak 1 on the EICS after I touched down, and no auto breaking action at all.. ALSO, the auto spoilers doesn't work as well, as if 744X doesn't realize that it has touched down...Ben