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A floating airport. Nice!

Love the Arrow. Is that the Xtreme Prototypes model?

Correct! Nice job, your turn.

Not quite, but you're going in the right direction...

Hmm, that would be a very nose heavy Cub. The Heinkel 46 has a better visual resemblance, but a little too large. Keep guessing!

Thank you Clem! Now tell me, what is this airplane?

Yes, it indeed seems to be the power supply! I managed to switch it with a Cooler Master 650W Extreme Power Duo, and everything works. I'll attempt some further testing, but it seems that I am in for a new PSU. Thankfully Corsair has a good warranty. Now to catch up on some flight simulation!

Could it be a Cessna 402 (with the two names being Utiliner and Businessliner)?

Seems like Aerosoft has something in the works as well: http://en.shop.aerosoft.com/eshop.php?action=article_detail&s_supplier_aid=12309&s_design=DEFAULT&shopfilter_category=Flight%20Simulation&s_language=english It's good to see some new traffic addons!

Great. Well I tried putting in a replacement card from Asus (same type), and the problem persists. Could be the power supply then. Although there could still be a problem with the motherboard BIOS. (remember, this whole problem started after software updates; I didn't do anything to the hardware) One thing to point out, though, is that there seems to be a high pitched whining/scratching noise coming from the PSU immediately prior to the computer shutting down. I will report back.

Well, today I managed to try out a GTX 550 Ti in my system. The result? Everything worked fine. No shutting off whatsoever, and FSX ran perfectly well. I also tried putting my GTX 580 back in just to make sure it wasn't some sort of connection issue, and that's where tings started getting interesting. When I first booted up Windows (with no graphics drivers), I expected it to install some basic adapters/drivers automatically, as it usually does. But nothing happens. So I go into device manager and see that there is an alert by the "Standard VGA Adapter" (it din't say GTX 580). When I clicked

Okay, I have some interesting news here: I have not yet been able to get a second graphics card (I will this coming weekend, though), so I decided to take out my GTX 580 and enable the Intel HD 3000 graphics in my i7 2600K. And guess what? Problem solved! No more shut downs, crashes, etc. I tried all the tests that I did with the 580 (even FSX) and everything worked. The performance was, of course, awful, but it was stable. So I guess it was the graphics card. But now I need to know what to do. The card seems perfectly healthy, and upon a visual inspection, everything looked fine. A note her

Nicely done Jan!

I hope I'm not too late! Here are my three: 1. Blackbird 2. "The Great Divide" 3. Cruising over the dry Grand Canyon Good luck everyone!

I like!

Hmm, I do have access to another graphics card, so I'll try it out. Still testing the PSU as well...

So a cockpit is considered a "Deluxe" option? I hope they don't start doing that in real life. Nice shots though, it looks relatively detailed.

Yeah, tried that - didn't help either.

Hmmm... Well, I've cleaned out the dust bunnies already, and that didn't help. I think the power supply is also okay, but I will look further into that (although it is a good quality Corsair HX850, and only a year old - I think it should be providing enough power). The thing that bothers me is that everything was okay before the updates, and it's hard to imagine that they could have caused any sort of hardware-related problems. James, maybe I'll stick with your suggestion after this is all over. But to clarify, I have most programs on my computer (including Windows Update) set to either not

Wow, looks very fun! Now I really want to go in a big simulator...

Thanks guys! Dai, I don't think this needs any other scenery to work. I only had Blue Sky in my shots. By the way, for reference, this is the area I used: http://www.blueskyscenery.com/AZ_North2West10.html

Oh, no thanks, I would need to take out my frustration personally! (although I would consider letting you do it if you pay for a new one...) I'm pretty sure it's not the temperature though, as Intel Burn Test will only get my CPU to 60 degrees (with default clocks), and Furmark maxes out my GPU at 80 degrees (it's still stable, though - I can get 30+ fps in Furmark). Looking at other temps in CPUID Hardware Monitor, everything looks fine. But as I said before, even playing a simple game like Colin McRae Rally (from 2004) would cause the computer to shut down. And this is almost as soon as I

After seeing Soya's countless mouth-watering shots of the freeware Blue Sky photoscenery, I thought I should try it myself. And I must say, I am pleasantly surprised! This some good quality scenery! Enjoy the shots, there are a lot! (couldn't stop pressing the V key)

Hi guys, I am having a really annoying problem with my PC right now, so I hope someone can help me. Whenever I run any sort of 3D application, whether it be FSX, DCS, or even an old game like Colin McRae Rally, my computer just instantly shuts down - no warning, no BSOD, just instantly goes dead. This all started happening after I updated a few things on my computer, including the BIOS, graphics card driver, Intel Rapid Storage Technology, and the Asus AI Suite. I did reboot in between each update, using all the correct procedures, however I didn't check if something like FSX worked! Over

Yup, that's the one! Your turn.