Radeon X 800 Pro & FSX

[hprass]

On startup I get a message that my video card is not working with FSX. Sometimes a restart solves the problem, other times not. My only solution is to re-install the driver, restart the computer and start FSX.
It works every time. But I have to go through this ritual every day from a cold start.
Worse, when SP2 is installed I get a message that I have the wrong driver. If I go through the process above, check to see if FSX works, I can then re-install SP2(I've already uninstalled) and its works fine.
I've checked the driver at "run" dxdiag and everything checks out.
I don't know where to go for help. Is there any forums at RADEON? I haven't found any.

(I've downloaded the driver updates from microsoft)

My guess is that this is a somewhat unique and isolated problem. It might be that something corrupts the driver file, but it always tests out ok.

Any hint or directions to take appreciated!

HP

[McFlysky]

On startup I get a message that my video card is not working with FSX. Sometimes a restart solves the problem, other times not. My only solution is to re-install the driver, restart the computer and start FSX.
It works every time. But I have to go through this ritual every day from a cold start.
Worse, when SP2 is installed I get a message that I have the wrong driver. If I go through the process above, check to see if FSX works, I can then re-install SP2(I've already uninstalled) and its works fine.
I've checked the driver at "run" dxdiag and everything checks out.
I don't know where to go for help. Is there any forums at RADEON? I haven't found any.

(I've downloaded the driver updates from microsoft)

My guess is that this is a somewhat unique and isolated problem. It might be that something corrupts the driver file, but it always tests out ok.

Any hint or directions to take appreciated!

HP


Great place here --> http://www.rage3d.com/board/index.php

You might need to try different drivers.

[loki]

Have you tried the driver installation process posted in the hardware forum here? It could be a corrupted driver install.

ATI does have some forums on their site too.

http://forums.amd.com/game/

[hprass]

Thanks for both responses above. Excellent resources! I'll get to the cleaning and driver replacement as soon s I can.
MEANWHILE........
I experimented with shutdown while FSX is running and it seems to work. I tried this because the only time I had failure was in the first start after boot. Once I got FSX running it was good until I shut down.
So I'm flying in "temp mode" until implementing the resources you provided.
Thanks,
HP