FS9 crashes; Anyone have any ideas?

[matta757]

Hey guys,

I have a somewhat puzzling and, needless to say, frustrating problem. My FS9 keeps crashing when I try to view certain cockpit views. For instance, when I try to look at the overhead panel, the screen goes to one color, makes a funny sound, and the only way to recover is restart the computer. I have no idea why this is happening.

I have uploaded a video to youtube so you guys can see exactly what is happening. I am running FS9, obviously, and the software is the PSS/Just Flight 757 software. This problem did not used to happen. This morning it happened every time I tried to open the overhead. The overhead is configured as a fixed window view, I just press the 5 numpad key to view it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JebbwylgDY

If anyone is software/computer inclined to what might be going on, any help would be greatly appreciated. I really do not want to have to reinstall flight sim to try and fix this problem...

Regards,
Matt

[autocadplease]

Are any of your heat sink fans not working?

[matta757]

Are any of your heat sink fans not working?

Someone on another forum mentioned that a while ago (I had this problem before but it hasn't happened in a while and never this bad) and I am pretty sure all my cooling stuff is working just fine. How would I know if a heat sink fan isn't working? Also, this ONLY happens when FS is running, but I guess that could make sense because FS is a big drain on the system.

[matta757]

Hey guys,

I have another curious problem. I tried loading up my sim, this time with all 3 monitors running. I undocked all the gauge windows so they went to the proper places, closed the MIP and went into full screen mode. Everything looks fine, I can even view the overhead without the game crashing.

However, now for some reason the mouse cannot be used to click on ANY buttons. I tried to switch on things like the F/D, the autothrottle, landing lights, etc. The mouse cannot make any switches do their proper functions. Does anyone know why this is?!

[autocadplease]

The easiest way to see if all the fans are running is to actually physically look at them. Keep in mind that some fans do not run continuously.

I am no expert, but I would lean towards something like a mobo, video card or memory has gone bad.
Years ago, I had a video card that went on me and the computer would hang up when under load.
Have you done a system restore? Have you updated any drivers lately?

[ak49er]

Just a WAG, but did your on board video card get turned on by chance??? Is it conflicting, and how are your video drivers??