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Sounds like a GPU related problem, as in your GPU and/or CPU is not powerful enough. List the specs of your computer.

Regarding #1 above, have you cleaned the inside of your PC in the last three years, your problem with booting into Windows maybe related to how much dust ect. is in the PC. Your HSF may need to be reseated and the thermal paste replaced. If your PC is overclocked the above would apply even more. Maybe your CMOS battery needs replaced and/or you need to clear CMOS and put all of your BIOS settings back in from scratch. Regarding #2-4 above, #5 maybe the cause. I do not think #5 would have anything to do with #1 since your OS drive would not come into play until after you have booted past what you are seeing in #1 and Windows actually starts to load.

If you are willing to reinstall everything from scratch, use Diskpart to clean all your drives, then uplug all drives except your OS drive and install Win7 from scratch. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91339-ssd-hdd-optimize-windows-reinstallation.html After you get Win7 installed plug your other drives back in. Make sure that you shut the PC off everytime you unplug and plug drives back in. How to use your Win7 install CD to get into Diskpart. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/119713-diskpart-pc-startup.html?ltr=D

This guy did some tests between 2 sticks of ram and 4. Click on "2 vs 4 sticks" at the bottom of the table. http://www.overclock.net/t/1570219/skylake-6700k-memory-tests-speed-vs-latency So with a benchmark you do get better performance with 4 sticks on Skylake. In the real world will the improvement actually be noticable!

Veron, see my post in your thread in the hardware forum at SimForums.

From NickN's FSX Bible. You can get the complete document at the support forums of flight1.com ____________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT: Just after installing FSX with the patches, install the POST SP1 C++ Library 2005 Update Click here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB961894/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2067 A few lines down the list. You want to download and install: ENU (vcredist_x86.exe) runtime binary, 2682K, uploaded Jan 13 2009 NOTE: Or the one which is right for your OS language ENU= ENGLISH Alternate Link This is a direct download link to the correct 32bit ENGLISH version: http://gex.flight1.net/forumimages/KB961894_VC++_Post_2005_SP1.zip The C++ Library update is needed for aircraft support and is installed with FSX/Acceleration. The link above is to the update which did not ship with Acceleration. You want the 32bit version (x86) not the 64 bit version even if you use a 64bit OS. FSX is a 32bit application and requires the 32bit version of the C++ Library update. IMPORTANT NOTE: After you have applied the Post SP1 2005 C++ Library patch Windows Update will locate the version and update it automatically and correctly. The original update that shipped with FSX/Acceleration has a error in it that the patch above corrects and from there Windows Update under the 'OPTIONAL' updates will offer a update version (VC++ 2010) which is required for many different planes. The more advanced Flight1 aircraft with G1000 use the VC++2010 Library update. When you run Windows Update (as outlined LATER in this outline) be sure to review the OPTIONAL updates and install the ones that are not Microsoft Bloatware such as BING Desktop or toolbars. Many of those optional Windows Updates are very important.

It is in the avsim library, in FSX Utilities look for Autothumbnail v2 - Fix for Windows 7 http://library.avsim.net/index.php?CatID=fsxutil&Sort=Name&ScanMode=0&Page=5 It is not really a fix for Win7, but a exe file for Win7 64b OS. You need to first install the 32b version of ATN and then overwrite the 32b exe with the 64b exe.

For a base setup of NI in FSX you can start here. After you have installed, setup and tested for correct operation and performance in FSX per the link you will just need to change the various settings and test to see what works best for you. http://www.simforums.com/forums/drivers-nv-inspector-fsxcfg-complete-guide_topic36586.html There is a default Prepar3D setup in NI, but I do not use Prepar3D so I do not know if the Nick's base FSX settings will work in P3D. You can use the search function and search in the P3D forum on this site and this forum to see if anyone has posted basic settings for NI.

Did you install any addon airports or other scenery that included traffic.bgl's for those airports/scenery? If so you need to get rid of those traffic.bgl's. A tool is available in the MTX forums that will look for traffic.bgl's and then you know where they are and you can disable them or delete them, your choice.

I only use that site for notices on patch Tuesday update problems and nothing else! I do not even read anything on that site that does not have to do with patch Tuesday update problems!

MS pulled KB294927 from updates on the 17th, that is why you did not see it. This kind of problem is exactly why I have auto update off, I only update manually and I always wait at least a week before I update. Before I update I go to this site to read any news on update problems. http://www.askwoody.com/ Not as good, but another site to read about any update problems. http://pcsupport.about.com/

If you have an anti virus program running turn that off and download one that was corrupt before and see it that works. Before you turn off your AV and download make sure that you know you are downloading from a safe site. Also after you download you can turn your AV back on and scan the downloaded file before you try to unzip it.

The first thing that I would do is remove the SSD's from the Marvel ports and put them back on the Intel ports. If your FSX SSD is still acting up try a different SATA cable. If it is still acting up hook up your new SSD and boot into Windows. Copy everything from your old FSX SSD to your new one. After everything is copied shut off your PC, but make sure that you look and remember what drive your old FSX SSD is. As an example my OS is on C: FSX is on F: and my DVD is D: Unplug your old FSX SSD and plug your new FSX SSD into the same SATA port the old one was plugged into. Turn the PC back on. Once in Windows click on the start button and in the run box type "disk management" make sure that "create and format hard disk partitions" is highlighted and hit enter. In Disk Management select your new FSX SSD and then right click on it, then select "change drive letter and paths" change the drive letter of your new FSX SSD to the drive letter of your old FSX SSD, close everything and reboot, verify that your new FSX SSD has the same drive letter as your old FSX SSD and you should be good to go, no need to reinstall everything, but you will need to overwrite anything you tried to install/copy to your old FSX SSD that did not complete. So in the end if I was doing this I would now have a new FSX SSD with the drive letter F: and this new FSX SSD would have everything copied to it from the old FSX SSD. You should not have to reinstall anything, but if for some reason this does not work then a complete uninstall/reinstall is what you would need to do at this point.

I have an Asus Sabertooth Z87, the UEFI should look close to the same. This picture shows boot option 1 and 2. In this picture boot option 1 is my Samsung 840 Pro on Intel SATA port 2, this is my OS SSD. Boot option 2 on Intel SATA port 1 is my DVD drive. http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p339/idahosurge/40-BOOT-1B_zpse161736c.png This picture shows the other boot options and how I have them setup. http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p339/idahosurge/39-BOOT-1A_zpscc396681.png

In UEFI you set your OS drive to first boot priority so it looks to boot off that first rather than looking at your DVD or a USB first.