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DVA5274
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on December 11 2007
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
US Capital Club
White Knuckles Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Pushin' sixty-six and flying at 500 knots!"
Mooresville, NC

1,407 legs, 3,370.0 hours
18 legs, 35.6 hours online
1,242 legs, 3,087.3 hours ACARS
16 legs, 39.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 27 2011 14:07 ET by Skip Simpson

EMachines ET1641-02w
Celeron D Dual Core 2.0 GHz
2gbs RAM
320 gbs HD
Onboard NVIDIA GeForce 7050
This machine used to run FS9 like a champ. I noticed over the past few weeks that it would start acting up with FS9. At certain times, when I had tried to open FS9, there was a notice "Not enough memory. FS9 will now quit." and I'd have to do a complete restart. Yesterday, while recording to FRAPS, FS9 suddenly stopped dead and went to a black screen. Now the puter won't boot up and there's a "no signal" on my connected monitor. The fan over the CPU spins like it's about to achieve warp speed, but the HD isn't spinning, and there are no lights blinking on the keyboard. I'll be honest with y'all, when I popped the hood, there was a lot of dust in the filters. So it's got to be: 1. The CPU died 2. The Video Card died 3. The Power System (250w) died 4. The Motherboard died 5. Everything died. Get a new computer. (I've already considered salvaging whatever I can and using the case, etc. to build a new machine.)
By the way, I already did the "battery out" and "CMOS jumper" things that EMachines recommended with no results.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!

Skip Simpson (DVA5274)

DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200

Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club

Monterrey, NL Mexico

357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs, 132.3 hours online
255 legs, 668.3 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 27 2011 14:17 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

Must be the global warming thing! biggrin

DVA7016
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on February 14 2009
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"I5 2500K - 560GTX - 8GB Ripjaw"
Essex GB

385 legs, 1,090.6 hours
384 legs, 1,089.6 hours ACARS
1,821 legs, 4,442.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on February 27 2011 16:33 ET by Alan Barber

Skip, my first thing would be to try a new PSU, see if you can borrow one, its the easiest of the lot to identify if thats your problem.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
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"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours

Posted onPost created on February 27 2011 16:48 ET by Michael Brown

Alan Barber wrote:

Skip, my first thing would be to try a new PSU, see if you can borrow one, its the easiest of the lot to identify if thats your problem.

If you have a meter you can check your PSU if you can't find a replacement. ....while your at it open up your case and blow out every spec of dust your can find. The heatsink around the CPU is especially important.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

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