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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | FSX Lockup at main menu
DVA2271
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 11 2005
Everett Century Club
Online Double Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club

Houston, TX

306 legs, 927.4 hours
263 legs, 796.8 hours online
273 legs, 879.0 hours ACARS
6 legs, 13.0 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 27 2018 16:48 ET by Drew Kratzer
Hello all. I don't often post in the Water Cooler but I am having an issue that I would classify as putting me near my wits end with my rig. I can't seem to find a fitting solution through many different Google and forum searches. I will give a little background on my issue and give system specs as well.

I recently purchased the QualityWings 757 and got it installed. When I opened FSX and got to the Free Flight main menu, I went to select the QW757, it would let me click "OK", and then my mouse freezes, with FSX and Windows 7 freezing also; my only recourse is to hard restart my PC with the power button. I restarted, checked Event Viewer for any errors (none), deleted my fsx.cfg file, let it rebuild, and tried again. Same hard lock-up issue occurs. It will also occur if I load up a default plane into a flight, then try to Change Aircraft to the QW757. Unfortunately I also within the last couple of weeks encountered this same issue with the PMDG 777. Similar troubleshooting methods, including complete uninstall of T7 (wipe registry and AppData\Roaming files too), but to no avail.

Running boxed FSX SP2. I have considered upgrading to FSX:SE for the time being while I mull over building a P3Dv4 rig in the next couple of years.

System specs:
Phenom II X6 1090T (OC to 3.44Ghz)
ASUS M3N-HT board
GTX670 2GB
CoolerMaster 650W PSU
Windows 7
8GB DDR2-800

It's a rather antiquated system at this point, but outside of the described issue, it runs FSX great and I have no complaints. Should I pull the trigger on the complete uninstall of FSX and try Steam version? Any advice or ideas are greatly appreciated.

Drew Kratzer

Captain, B747-400
DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,283 legs, 1,792.7 hours
837 legs, 1,044.3 hours online
1,265 legs, 1,770.7 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 28 2018 07:19 ET by Andrew Vane
FSX SE is much better than boxed in my opinion. Make sure you install QW757 using administrator mode.


DVA12617
Chief Pilot, A350-900
OLP, VFRADV
DISPATCHER
E-MAIL

Joined on April 23 2015
B757 100 Club
Eurocap Club
Millennium Club
Toulouse 500 Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Go Utes!"
Herriman, UT

1,280 legs, 2,967.8 hours
391 legs, 810.3 hours online
1,261 legs, 2,925.6 hours ACARS
25 legs, 78.6 hours event
39 legs dispatched, 174.2 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 28 2018 09:46 ET by Joe Burner
Andrew Vane wrote:

FSX SE is much better than boxed in my opinion. Make sure you install QW757 using administrator mode.


I’ll +1 for fsx steam. It’s much more stable. However you will have to modify your CFG file. But that’s easy. There is a awesome guide from Nick and Kosta on it. I’ll get you the link.



DVA2271
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 11 2005
Everett Century Club
Online Double Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club

Houston, TX

306 legs, 927.4 hours
263 legs, 796.8 hours online
273 legs, 879.0 hours ACARS
6 legs, 13.0 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 28 2018 18:40 ET by Drew Kratzer
Update: removed all add-ons, wiped FSX and fresh installed FSX:SE. ONLY installed QW757 and same lockup. Tried installing FSDT standalone add on manager per a troubleshooting thread on QW site. I’m perplexed -__-

Drew Kratzer

Captain, B747-400

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