TorqueWrench

Tickets for TopGear have to be applied for in advance, you can't just turn up.Also, they require a male / female couple - no good if you're on your own!

I think Windows is powering down this USB hub when it's not used. You can change USB hub power management under Device Manager.

Thanks gman, but I suggest you read the topic again. FSX is fine, the problem is FS9!!!I previously used ATI Tray Tools but still no luck with that.

Nope, I can't get anti-aliasing whether I start in full screen or windowed mode. Nor can I get it by switching between them or by then trying to force it in CCC

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, Gigabyte Mobo, Sapphire Radeon HD3870 512Mb GPU, FS9 & FSXI'm unable to get AA working in FS9 on this system (clean install, latest Catalyst drivers). AA works in every other game, including FSX.I've tried every combination of enabling & disabling AA in game and in the Catalyst driver. I've tried Rivatuner, ATI Tray Tools, and Catalyst Control Centre. I've done that diligently.Tried Omega Drivers but no change.Tried Driver Cleaner with each driver upgrade.No difference in windowed or full screen mode.Any ideas?

The latest version of Norton has a Gaming mode, which makes it "back off" while gaming, much less intrusive etc. It got a good review on a tech website (can't recall which one).Personally I vouch for AVG free. Lean, light and seems to capture everything thrown at it. I occasionally stick McAfee on the box too to double check. AVG has never failed to detect viruses on my machine, whereas McAfee and Norton have.

I upgraded recently to a Gecube HD3870 512Mb Radeon card. Frame rates are now brilliant, but I can't get anti-aliasing to work in FS9 or FSX (or any other games). The only game that gives me AA is Crysis (DX9 on XP SP3).I am using XP on an Asus A8N-E mobo, Athlon 3700+ CPU, 2Gb RAM, Catalyst driver 8.9 (latest one). I've tried setting AA in CCC, in ATI Tray Tools and within the games. No joy.I've also tried a clean install of XP SP3, ensured all drivers are up to date etc. I've also had no luck with AA on Vista SP1 Ultimate.Since Crysis is doing AA (but within the game's options), is it possible that the card itself is not doing AA, but relying on the graphics engine rather than DirectX / hardware ?