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This may be a silly question, but if a part of the load is being taken by the GPU in P3D, then will this platform significantly benefit from GPUs in SLI? (Or Tri SLI, or Quad SLI?). From my understanding FSX didn't benefit from SLI, but perhaps P3D will.

Danieln, The DME readout is irrelevant to the issue. Have you selected "Fail Operational" in the equipment options? I have hotfix 3 installed and no problems Pete

Danieln, I have tried an autoland at YMML RWY 16 with no problems. Have you selected "Fail Operational" in the equipment options? Do you have both autopilots engaged? Pete

First of all, thanks to ******* for his awesome work on this problem.*******, you said you were working on the black screen problem, but I wonder if the problem I have is related to that as well.The problem I have is with a white/cream window that appears when switching from full screen to windowed mode after about 15-20 Alt-Enters (NOT Alt-Tab).The sound keeps going and the simulation keeps going, but the window/full screen is cream/white.On rare occasions you can recover but most times you cannot.This happens in windows XP SP2 x64 with Nvidia 8800 GTS.Is this related to the black screen or is it something different?Tim (tfm) do you think this cream window problem is a fan speed issue?Pete

OK,If this is an OS memory management issue, then how do we go about requesting Microsoft fixes the issue?Would it be better that the developers (PMDG, Aerosoft etc) approach Microsoft on the users behalf?Pete

Tim,I don't use the [bUFFERPOOLS] entry in my .cfg file.Do I need to put it in?Also, is it UsePools=0 or Poolsize=0 ??I am gobsmacked that we seem to be making headway. Thanks to all who have tried so hard.Thanks,Pete

I do not have UT II and I still had the problem. I do have lots of WOAI traffic though.Pete

**** Update on Cream Screen of Death ******Hi All,Just a quick recap........I have a dual boot system with Windows XP x64 (SP2) & VISTA x64 Home premium (SP2). I have FSX installed on both systems. Full system specs below.With XP 64 and using the PMDG MD-11, I get a cream/white coloured window after I use ALT-enter a few times (sometimes 3 times, sometimes 10 or so times).The sound keeps going & there isn't any texture corruption on the aircraft or scenery with this event. Sometimes you can recover, but most times you cannot recover the visuals.And now.......I have done a complete re-install of XP x64 (with SP2 included on the install disk) and set up FSX and the XP OS exactly as per NickN's procedure but the problem persists.The ONLY add-ons are the PMDG 747 & the PMDG MD-11.Does anyone have a fix for the cream/white coloured window problem??????Pete

Bryan,Can you post the exact link of this file....."XP64 pro Service pack 2 for IT developer's" I cannot find any XP x64 SP2 file of 517 mb - the only one I could find was 350 mb.Pete

Update:I have reinstalled FSInn with latest versions.I have .Net framework 3.5 SP1 installed.Light bloom is off.I have deleted the fsx.cfg file and let it build a new one, updated sound drivers, run registry repair tool, installed latest FSUIPC.I have returned the bios to stock standard - no overclock.I still get the CSOD although it takes more Alt-Enters to get it and it is more, though not always, recoverable.Pete

Gary thanks for the reply.I am pretty sure I had SP2 on XP 64 as the contents of the disk have a file which refers to SP2 in its name.The rest of the list I will go through in time and report back.The obvious problem with all this "stabbing in the dark" is that if I could get it working, I would be at a loss to recreate it if I had to do a fresh install of XP64 & FSX.Thanks,Pete

Gary,Re CSOD problem......I noticed that my version (FSX Acceleration) is 10.0.61637.0 .Yours is 10.0.61472.Could this be a factor in the CSOD problem??I have also uninstalled and re-installed the 182.50 drivers using Driver sweeper and nHancer as per NickN - same problem.I have also uninstalled and re-installed the latest drivers using Driver sweeper and nHancer as per NickN - same problem.I also get the problem with or without FSInn running.If I just stay in full screen mode (or windowed mode) at all times the problem doesn't arise, but it is unrealistic never to get out of full screen mode during a long flight.Also windowed mode has problems with the jaggies - full screen is by far the best.Perhaps it is time for a change to the latest ATI cards.Has anyone with ATI cards on XP64 experienced the CSOD??Pete

Update:Tried all the above and sfc/scannow and disabled physics.Still get CSOD.Pete

I have only had this problem with the MD-11, not the 747.Anyone else found this?Pete

Thanks Rich,Some good detective work there.Unfortunately I don't have that scenery to remove, so I wouldn't know where to start.I already have nHancer set up as per NickN.Pete