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Flight Simulator X crashes at splash screen
I installed FSX on vista. I've got an AMD dual core 4600 processor and 2gig of ram. I also have an nvidea Geforce 7600. When I run the game (either with or without admin and/or XP compatibility) it shows the splash screen (I think is what it's called) and it loads the scenery files (to 100%) and then has another window sorting out the scenery database, but it reaches 100% then gives "Microsoft Flight Simulator X needs to close". My nvidea drivers were updated yesterday, as I thought they might be causing the issue. I'd really like to think I haven't wasted time and money with this, so please help [Smile] Thanks. -- PlasterCast Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Flight Simulator X crashes at splash screen
Try updated your graphics drivers and download any updates for the game. If that doesn't work try launching it as an administrator and/or using the compatibility settings that come with windows vista -- http://www.goldwatches.com/ "PlasterCast" wrote in message ... I installed FSX on vista. I've got an AMD dual core 4600 processor and 2gig of ram. I also have an nvidea Geforce 7600. When I run the game (either with or without admin and/or XP compatibility) it shows the splash screen (I think is what it's called) and it loads the scenery files (to 100%) and then has another window sorting out the scenery database, but it reaches 100% then gives "Microsoft Flight Simulator X needs to close". My nvidea drivers were updated yesterday, as I thought they might be causing the issue. I'd really like to think I haven't wasted time and money with this, so please help [Smile] Thanks. -- PlasterCast Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Flight Simulator X crashes at splash screen
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Flight Simulator X crashes at splash screen
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Hash: SHA1 PlasterCast wrote: I installed FSX on vista. I've got an AMD dual core 4600 processor and 2gig of ram. I also have an nvidea Geforce 7600. When I run the game (either with or without admin and/or XP compatibility) it shows the splash screen (I think is what it's called) and it loads the scenery files (to 100%) and then has another window sorting out the scenery database, but it reaches 100% then gives "Microsoft Flight Simulator X needs to close". My nvidea drivers were updated yesterday, as I thought they might be causing the issue. I'd really like to think I haven't wasted time and money with this, so please help [Smile] I've heard of a lot of people having issues with the latest NVidia drivers. Rolling back to the previous release fixes a lot of it. I'm still on XP, but I've been using 169.21 of the nVidia drivers from 2007, and they work great. Try grabbing that version (if still available), removing all installed nVidia video drivers, and install that. BL. - -- Brad Littlejohn | Email: Unix Systems Administrator, | Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! | http://www.wizard.com/~tyketto PGP: 1024D/E319F0BF 6980 AAD6 7329 E9E6 D569 F620 C819 199A E319 F0BF -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKyRDqyBkZmuMZ8L8RAkiNAKDjIK5/y997FY9BBT+s7ZJkHakx1gCgx4ds 4/9CxTw/+huOsR690lEj/Tk= =VvvO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Flight Simulator X crashes at splash screen
G'Day PlasterCast,
Make no mistake - FSX is hungry. I had similar problems until I upped my card to a 9600 GT - and it could do with a still faster card. [Go to Control PanelPerformance Information, and 'Update my score'. FSX requires a minimum of score 3, and 5 is recommended.] Even with that card, I got my first Vista BSOD ever with the 190.62 Drivers. The 191.07 seem ok. You might try re-installing FSX - if necessary removing it with Windows Installer Clean Up (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/290301). When FSX runs well, it is EXCELLENT - so good luck -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "PlasterCast" wrote: I installed FSX on vista. I've got an AMD dual core 4600 processor and 2gig of ram. I also have an nvidea Geforce 7600. When I run the game (either with or without admin and/or XP compatibility) it shows the splash screen (I think is what it's called) and it loads the scenery files (to 100%) and then has another window sorting out the scenery database, but it reaches 100% then gives "Microsoft Flight Simulator X needs to close". My nvidea drivers were updated yesterday, as I thought they might be causing the issue. I'd really like to think I haven't wasted time and money with this, so please help [Smile] Thanks. -- PlasterCast Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Flight Simulator X crashes at splash screen
G'Day PlasterCast, Make no mistake - FSX is hungry. I had similar problems until I upped my card to a 9600 GT - and it could do with a still faster card. [Go to Control PanelPerformance Information, and 'Update my score'. FSX requires a minimum of score 3, and 5 is recommended.] Even with that card, I got my first Vista BSOD ever with the 190.62 Drivers. The 191.07 seem ok. You might try re-installing FSX - if necessary removing it with Windows Installer Clean Up (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/290301). When FSX runs well, it is EXCELLENT - so good luck -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "PlasterCast" wrote: I installed FSX on vista. I've got an AMD dual core 4600 processor and 2gig of ram. I also have an nvidea Geforce 7600. When I run the game (either with or without admin and/or XP compatibility) it shows the splash screen (I think is what it's called) and it loads the scenery files (to 100%) and then has another window sorting out the scenery database, but it reaches 100% then gives "Microsoft Flight Simulator X needs to close". My nvidea drivers were updated yesterday, as I thought they might be causing the issue. I'd really like to think I haven't wasted time and money with this, so please help [Smile] Thanks. -- PlasterCast Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |