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Bert, Thank you for your advice. I cleaned the air vents and fan on my laptop, and that seemed to have fixed the problem. There was so much dust in there! My GPU now idles at 34F and goes up to about 72F in FS2004 (and X-Plane). No more fps drops due to heat!

Okay, thank you, I will try that... I have a laptop... do I need to unscrew the bottom to blow out the dust? Or can I simply blow out the dust where the heat comes out?

Thanks for all the replies. I started FS in windowed mode and monitored my processes using task manager and GPU temp. After 5 minutes of simming, my GPU is at 92 celsius, but only 50% of the memory is used. My CPU is 60% in use, and I have over 3 GB RAM free. There are no unusual harddrive light flickers when the system is slowing down. I am wondering if my GPU is starting to fail. The problem also occurs in X-Plane 9. :( Is my problem a common symptom for graphics cards that are about to fail?

Hi all, I need some help. FS2004 used to work fine until now. I have about 40 fps, but recently, every 5-15 minutes, I experience a huge fps drop down to 10-12 fps. This lasts for about 1-3 minutes, and then it goes back to about 40 fps. I did not install any new addons, nor did I do any other significant system changes. I already tried: Complete windows reinstall Complete FS2004 reinstall Old NVIDIA drivers The newest NVIDIA driver Turn of ASE to see if the weather download causes problems I have REX GE Pro UT USA FSGenesis Computer HP Pavilion dv7 6GB RAM 2.4 GHz dual core Nvidia Geforce 9600GM Win7 x64 I searched the forums and saw that others had similar problems with FSX, but no one was able to answer the question. Anyone?

I had the same issue. Now, before loading the plane I press Alt-Enter to go to windowed mode, then I select the Kodiak, and when in the VC or 2D panel I press Alt-Enter again to go back to full screen mode. That worked for me. I suppose it could be the video card.

I am wondering if there is a way to increase realism in FS2004 (yes, I know it is already "as real as it gets").For example, are there programs that can simulate wear and tear on engines, tires, etc.? I know there are some addons, such as the Dornier Do27, and even FSD's products, but can these things be simulated for other addon planes? I am thinking of "AccuSim" from A2A for example.Thanks.

Never mind, I figured it out. I had an old version of FSUIPC installed, and the communication between FSUIPC and REX Weather caused the FPS drops. I installed the newest version, and now everything works great.

Thanks David. It could be my video card, but I am stuck with it because I am using a laptop. Oh well, at least the Kodiak is flyable. Some day I will get a better system...

For the last few days I have been experiencing a strange FPS issue in FS2004. After about 10 minutes of flying, the framerate drops from 30fps to only 8-12fps for about two minutes. Then it goes back to normal. I noticed that my HDD is accessing a bunch of stuff during the framerate drops, but I have no idea what it is doing because I am not running any progams in the background except REX weather engine. I would appreciate any ideas that could help me solve this issue. Thanks.I have a NVIDIA GeForce 9600M with the latest driver (285.58).

I am not sure if this helps you, but this is Bill's response when I told him about my CTD issue:"Mainly, you need the soundgauge.dll file in the main FS folder. Also, if you are booting up into the 2D panel view and have a very wide screen and resolution isnt the same in FS as it is in Windows Desktop, then you might experience a crash. Its extremely rare and usually only with powerful graphics cards on 3 screen monitor setups. The squashing of the PFD and MFD screens can cause freekish results with super wide screens. I guess GC's do not render the gauges flattened very well. If this is the case, try going into Windows mode, play around with screen resolutions, and even doing a copy/paste of the panel config file and comment out the PFD and MFD gauges from the 2D main panel section."I ended up loading the Kodiak in windowed mode, and it worked fine. Then I switched back to full screen mode for flying.However, after about 1-2 hours of flying, I still get a CTD - only when flying the Kodiak.Sorry I didn't post this earlier...BTW, Bill responded about one hour after I e-mailed him.

Ok, thank you. I just sent him an e-mail - if I get a response I will post it here.I even installed the performance pack to see if it is a texture problem, but that didn't fix it. I wonder if it is a panel problem? The FSX version works fine for me.

I just purchased and installed Lionheart's Quest Kodiak (build 2.6) for FS2004. However, immediately after selecting the plane in the FS2004 menu, the sim crashes instantly. I usually load the Kodiak from the default flight scenario.Does anyone have a similar problem with this addon? Does anyone know what I could do to make this plane work? I have Win7 x64. All other addons work without any problems.Thanks!

I just installed the MAAM C47 all theater's expansion pack with VC upgrade for FS2004, but the only VC that comes with clickable gauges is the C47 Delivery Condition. All the other liveries are unchanged... is this normal, or am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to have clickable VCs for all my MAAM DC3s?

I recently got a flight yoke and pedals from a friend, which got me started into creating my own home cockpit for FS2004. I thought that this http://www.simportsusa.com/kingAir.htm looked amazing, although I would like it to look more like a single engine Cessna - I would like it to look like a C172 cockpit. So far I have been in the planning phase for the whole project. I was thinking of buying a 40" Flat Screen TV for my front window, and two 24" PC monitors for my side windows. I will also need a smaller screen above my yoke to display my gauges. In order to finish planning ahead, I need a few questions answered. Does anyone know... Can my screen combination be done? Can I have a flat screen TV, two monitors, and another smaller one plugged into one PC? If not, what must be done to make this setup work? More computers? What about software requirements to make this work with FS2004? Can the sim handle all this stuff? Do I need a very powerful graphics card to do this? Do you think I need a left-front and a right-front view angle as well, to make it look more real? Your help would be appreciated. I am also open for suggestions, in order to make the home cockpit as immersive as possible. Thanks!

Well, I found the answer. Pressing ALT-Enter twice fixes the whole thing. Sometimes the most severe problems require only simple solutions! Thanks everyone for reading my post.