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I'm a premium version user, it had better come back lol

He did get get back to me & was very helpful. He couldn't understand why I was having a problem either.

i have had a very similar problem to the one you have and found that the wall charger was not charging my laptop but after replacing it the laptop worked fine so it might be worth a shot

try disconnecting every usb device attached, then connect the panel, see if it works, if it does add the usb devises one at a time and see if there is a confilict, i seem to remember reading some where that some other usb devices can cause issues, and for some strange reason i am thinking that they only really like USB 2.0, (could be wrong one that one)

we will do a little test later this morning for ya Marty , just show you the graphic off FS when ya stop though

thank you for all the help everyone, it is looking like i may have to save my dollars & cents once again. cheers Bazza, Adamski and jastheace

QUOTE I follow the cardinal rule .. never overclock ! .... bugger no Nuke Emotions Just a small thought , glows in the back, 'like' ....... like RUN /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif />

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 22 2010, 01:35 PM) I have been experimenting with Track-IR , you with Force Feedback , I was a bit keen to try Track ir in BoB WoV but got sick of shooting things /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt= biggrin.gif /> QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 22 2010, 01:35 PM) fact is you are operating a module away from Flightsim .. you can get the buffering and sink of turbulence on a screen but will not operate back to the stick , one reason i never purchased a FF control . Buffeting and turbulence are there in the ff in game I think, but...

hmmmm.....good idea

Yeah, give it a try, worked for me /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif />

QUOTE (markll @ Feb 11 2010, 10:22 PM) Yup - definitely x64 ... the about box in the profile ed. shows a version number of 6.6.6.9 Mark - taken to PM, if that's OK with you /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif /> - to save cluttering this thread!

QUOTE (deeknow @ Feb 6 2010, 09:00 PM) Hey Steve, First up, make sure you video card driver is up to date (visit the manufactures website) Then tune the following things in the Sim by going to "Options-Settings-Display"... Set Water effects to None Turn off Sun flare and Lens flare Turn off Ground scenery casts shadows Under the hardware tab set the resolution to the native one for your monitor (1600*900) then go through and set every other slider on each page to about 3/4 setting See how the frame rate is affected, if it looks much better just go through and slowly creep...

Have you watched many movies on that laptop? If you've not got oodles of memory to buffer the video, the drive never spins down and can overheat and wear out quickly. I think the PS2's also had this problem. Also, I've heard that excessive DVD burning can take you over a fixed "lifetime cycle" (as in a laser printer). A PC engineer told me that was a well kept secret. "Planned obsolescence" is the term /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif />

Just like Ian said - these are old. Most of the types of coding built in to FS95 and 98 models (such as transparency and coloured parts (not texures)) is not supported anymore, so there is nothing you can do to fix it.

QUOTE (steelsporran @ Jan 20 2010, 04:22 PM) Is your VC quality set to high in your display settings? yes... that's the first thing I checked.

theres a good set of articles in PC Pilot magazine - available in whitcoulls - covering optimizing , both for fs9 and FSX rgds

QUOTE (Adamski @ Jan 7 2010, 06:21 PM) There's your problem /laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif /> /laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif /> /laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif /> Do your pics get put in \libraries\Pictures\My Pictures\Flight Simulator X Fles ? I presume they do. What video card are you running? DX10 preview mode or normal? Looks like you may be "grabbing" a buffer frame. I agree with Timmo, though - latest...

Arrrrgh! Same thing has just happened to me, in exactly the same location during a Flight Sim Economy flight from NZWV-NZGB. Just cross the boundry into the photoreal Coromandel and ... bang ... CTD! Any chance those "pre-release" .agn files are still available? Don't want to have to download 42MB from Lawrie's site on dial-up. /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif /> Email is lgd14 at paradise dot net dot nz TIA

Great news!! QUOTE (Chairman @ Jan 1 2010, 09:32 AM) Step 2 - Spend an increasingly panicky few minutes now that both monitors are dead Step 5 - Seize x1950 in both hands, prepare to smash it on the edge of the desk ... Hehe ... been there ... horrible moment /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif /> It seems to confirm my view about ATI drivers. Pretty good cards, but let down by the software. Glad you appear to have it sorted! I'll just look at your other thread!