[Piper Cheyenne X]

Thanks for the reply and advice. I disabled SLI and all my problems went away, I also get better FPS without SLI. I guess that FSX is so processor intensive that running in SLI just added more demand for the processor. (I'm using the latest drivers from NVidia 180.48)

My power supply is a Thermaltake Toughpower 1500W so no problem there, and I have a Thermaltake Armor+LCS with plenty of fans, although I do need to re-seat the waterblock on the processor (running at about 65 degrees during FSX). I guess I should have waited before going for SLI as I have now found that FSX is more processor and RAM dependant rather than GPU dependant.

Thanks again and sorry for doubting the Cheyenne Shaun

[Piper Cheyenne X]

This is all completely irrelevant until somebody tells us what system specs and OS are in use. Could just be using a crappy laptop with weak graphics card, but we don't know, do we..?

I have an EVGA 790i Ultra MB with two BFG GTX280 OC in SLI and 4GB of Corsair Dominator Memory, Intel QX6850 (stock speed) and 600GB RAID 0 Velociraptor HDs, Vista 64-bit Home Premium with SP1.

I have tried turning off TrackIR with the same results.

It must be something else broke in FSX rather than the Cheyenne, it happens regularly with other aircraft now. Maybe I upset something when I tried the vcredist fix. When I went to uninstall previous vcredist there were two of them listed in Programs, so I removed both, then reinstalled the vcredist that I obtained via the link in the FAQ & Updates for the Cheyenne, now there is only 1 vcredist visible in the Programs list.

This is the kind of thing I now get before the graphics give up completely.

2008_11_27_12_55_54_217.BMP

[Piper Cheyenne X]

Well, I thought it was fixed but it appears not.

I have TrackIR, when I move my head I can see a vertical pixel line on the right of the screen, and I can see the colours changing in sync with my head movement. The menu bar is visible and the ATC window is visible, just completely black screen behind it. I can still hear the sounds (engines, ATC etc.). When I press CTRL+C and quit the game it doesn't shut down properly and a window pops up "Microsoft FSX has stopped working". This only happens when I use the Cheyenne and all my other addon aircraft work fine.

Regards

Crog

[Piper Cheyenne X]

Hello Crog,

New one on me. But could you check out the post here and try reinstalling the Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Files again. It may or may not help.

Hi Shaun,

I have seen this post and tried reinstalling the Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Files again but the problem still persists. It's a strange one, it only happens with the Cheyenne, I have the Twin Otter which works fine, I also have several other 3rd party aircraft which are fine. Very frustrating since the Cheyenne is the best aircraft from my addons by far.

Kind Regards

Crog

*Edit*

It seems it was the vcredist after all, I just uninstalled the cheyenne and reinstalled after fixing vcredist and everything is fine now. Thanks for your help.

[Piper Cheyenne X]

Hi,

I have a problem which I have tried to resolve by uninstalling all FSX and addons, then re-installing FSX to SP2 level using the "Install/Launch/Shutdown/Restart" method for both SP's then installing the Piper Cheyenne X. During a flight using the Cheyenne, if I try to access FSX default menus, such as the save game feature or change weather etc., I come back to FSX and the screen will not reload. I just get a black screen, all menu's and other functions work within FSX, but I see no graphics, I cannot get my grahics back no matter what I try. It doesn't seem to happen with the default FSX aircraft...only the Cheyenne. Any ideas?