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Did you install Windows with the mobo set to IDE? Because it looks to me like that's what causing your headaches. If that's the case you can fix the problem with this, and then you should be able to use your SSD at it's full capabilities http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2010/05/25/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7/

Same Howard, good luck

The values you are supposed to use are the ones the RAM is rated to. Those timings vary with speed, so they need to be looser the fastest the RAM runs. JEDECs shown here are the manufacturer's speed/timing these sticks are rated to Problem is none of those JEDECs is for 800MHz, which is the speed you're currently running your RAM at, so we can't know based on that what the proper timings for 800MHz are. I picked the timings for a faster JEDEC (888MHz) to play it safe. Higher timings mean less stress to the memory controller so what we are doing here is "downclocking" the memory to release some stress from the CPU/IMC

The values in the "Memory" tab in CPU-Z are the ones in that BIOS page, the ones you probably need to change. Make it 11-11-10-30-2 instead of 11-11-10-29-2

Yes, but in your case, none of the JEDECs in CPU-Z is your actual rated speed. But I would just play it safe and select this: Is this the kit yo have there? http://media.kingston.com/pdfs/HyperX_FURY_EN.pdf

You need to press the button that reads "Manual" to the right of "AI Overclock Tuner" A pop up window should appear with 3 options: Auto, Manual and X.M.P. Select X.M.P. If the X.M.P. option is not there, then you need to dial in all the timings manually at "DRAM Timing Control" further down in that same screen

Try the XMP profile first: 1. Restart your system 2. After it beeps, press DEL repeatedly until the BIOS shows up 3. Click "Advanced Mode" on the top-right corner 4. Click the "AI-Tweaker" tab 5. Locate the "AI Overclock Tuner" option, click the button to it's right (should read "Manual", mine reads "Auto" here) 6. Select "X.M.P." if available. If it's not there, then you need to input your timings manually 7. You should see a new option bellow with the selected XMP profile. Here's mine: 8. Click "Exit" on the top right corner 9. Click "Save changes and restart"

Slots are good, but those sticks seem to run at some unusual timings. Notice you're running them at 1600MHz 9-9-9-28-2T (mobo defaults) but we can't tell from those JEDEC's at what timings they're designed to run at 1600MHz. Apparently there's no XMP profile unfortunatelly, so you probably need to go to the BIOS and dial in all the timings manually. You have three options: 1. Check if there's indeed an XMP profile in your BIOS 2. Go for the sticks' rated speed and timings. 3. Be conservative and leave the memory clock at 800MHz (1600Mhz) and set the timings at something like 11-11-10-29-40-2T Are you comfortable doing that in your BIOS?

Please post captures of the latest version of CPU-Z's SPD & Memory tabs,

Actually there's a disk defrag built in Windows (dfrgui) I believe since Vista. Never used it myself and I have no idea if it works well or not. And of course an SSD should never be defragged

Try this (8xS + 2xSGSS) Dial in these settings, but use 2x Sparse Grid Super Sampling instead of 4x. No need for rewards if it works. Welcome to Avsim!

The 2500K has two channels, so you can max that out with only two RAM sticks, but you have to make sure the sticks are installed in the proper slots. The number of memory channels don't do much if anything at all for performance. As for the BSODs, if you are using the same OC profile with the new set of RAM sticks, that may very well be the problem. How did you overclock the system? Have you overclocked the memory too?

FSXMArk11 was intentionally conceived to be CPU bound. The idea was to have a test, very much like it's predecessor, FSXMark07, as simple as possible, without addons so that anyone could run it. It's not meant to be a perfect metric for FSX performance, but since it's a well known fact that FSX is severely CPU bound, and addons just make matters worse, having a simple CPU test helps compare CPUs in FSX. I don't have any experience with P3D, and of course, if it's better balanced with regards to CPU-GPU performance, this test may not be as meaningful as in FSX, but getting the GPU performance out of the picture will also give you a meaningful metric for CPU performance to compare CPUs in P3D. I would say that's a lot better that any other synthetic benchmark, but that's just me. Those 3Dmark benchmark results can be found in the web anyway. Is P3D not CPU bound around large airports with complex addons at 1080p with a mid range GTX960? Because if it is, then adding massive resolutions and powerful GPUs will at best, get you the same performance than with that GTX960 @ 1080p

Not sure if already mentioned, but have you checked your "Power management mode" is set to "Prefer maximum performance" in NI or NCP?

I would say it's a perfect match for FS9 considering FS9 is single threaded

How about a simmer... and an experimented Call of Duty gamer for a marshall... WITH A BAZOOKA? Now if that's not total safety I don't know what it is

There's no way it happens in Europe. I know I wouldn't board a plane with an armed guy if I knew it, it's just plain insane. Reminds me of the Simpsons, when Homer becomes a police and Lisa asks him, - who polices the police then? - I dunno, Coast Guard? Seriously though, I'm sure you wouldn't be comfortable in a plane of some foreign airline sharing the cabin with a guy holding a kalashnikov and staring at the passengers like he can see through you. Remember there's more to the world than just the wild west or even the USA, and even in America, imagine how dangerous it could be having a few trained terrorists attempt to disarm the marshal and who knows what's next... I'm sorry, but it's such a dumb idea it's not even funny

You're good. Your RAM is fine, and it's set to it's rated speed and timings Cleared for takeoff :p0502:

According to that, you have 4 x 4GB modules, not 2 x 8GB Also they're running at 2133MHz, which is their rated speed (not 1600MHz) Everything looks OK to me post a screenshot of the Memory tab in CPU-Z

Got it, thanks Kevin

I'm curious about the 1500 rule in the US. I take it is was put into place after the Colgan Air crash right? So what is it that pilots can't fly until they have 1500 under the belt? Can they fly turboprops in regionals?

Personally, it would freak me out to board in a plane and see a guy with a gun. You may trust your marshalls a great deal, but what about international flights in foreign airlines? Would you feel the same confidence flying in [insert remote country] with an armed guy from the military of some weird [insert remote country]? What if the bad guys manage to overcome him and take his gun? What if the marshall goes nuts? No pilot will be ok with having an armed dude in the cockpit. Then there's the cost impact, but the main problem is that it creates more problems than it solves IMO. A rogue pilot can put a plane in a dive or a spin in a few seconds, the sheer g-forces making it impossible for the marshall or the other pilot to do anything about it. You simply can't put rules in place to account for pilots wanting to crash a plane. All you can do is maybe bring back the psychological tests and raise the minimum flying time requirements. I'm not going to stop trusting my pilots because of this event

Lufthansa was paying for his training. I hope that didn't play a role in the decision to keep him spite of his mental episode. I guess they simply didn't think it was that serious. They maybe thought if he had a relapse, they would pick it up in the regular physical test. I don't know

Well, that's my point. They didn't have to investigate further or ask any more questions because of the regulation changes 4 years ago that put an end to the mandatory yearly psychological tests

According to the news, Lufthansa was informed that Lubitz had a "serious depressive episode", nothing else.