[simpits-tech] FSX computer recomendations?

[Rick Davis]

>I got fed up with it and gave it to Rick Davis Shelburne Nova Scotia 

>because its cold up there and I figured it would run better.

Not so. Decomissioned LOL. Has a tendancy to eat RAM. Chewed through about 4 gigs of pricey new ECC sticks in 6 months. Scared to put any more in it. Yup, sounds like a plane. Won't run long without the fans either, even up here in the North Pole. Nice big case, but also impossible to work in unless you're a Leprechan. Doesn't like X-Plane much for some reason either. 

I've had it loaded as new with both XP Pro and Vista. Starts bleeping and going all freaking nuts after about a half an hour of flying. I eventually put a piece of electrical tape over the Pizo hole before I took a pair of needle nose pliers to it to shut it up.

Always crashing. That's why I eventually broke down and bought this I7 after I lost about 6 hours editing (yea ... I know "stupid head" had the autosave turned off  'cause it was locking things up) I tried everything right down to cleaning an re-seating the processors with the best compound I could buy. No difference. I think it's compatability issues or something. Like they skipped the driver build for that configuration. I gave up trying to find the audio drivers and installed another card.

Currently it's in the process of being packed up and shipped back to you (ha ha) so you can play with it again. I do have it running ok now, Windoze XP Pro 32 bit but only one gig of ram left and I ain't buying anymore.

Riccard





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