jamiebrooks Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hi, I am hoping for some help having hit a brick wall with the infamous 8 minute freeze on FSX! 18 months ago I noticed I would get the 8 minute freeze, probably every 20-25 minutes of flying time... I noticed I didn't get this over the UK where I have VFR scenery so tried turning off Autogen which cured the problem.... I have done multiple mid haul flights, UK-Dubai, UK-Canaries, UK-Cape Verde etc without issue. Last week I noticed it started to do it again... with no autogen at all on still so did more digging, I have done the Affinity Mask=14 fix in FS Config and this has improved thing (thought it had sorted the issue to be honest!) I flew from Southend to Palma to test and not one freeze, I did another test flight from Corfu to East Midlands and it was improved and seemed to be ok... until I got to the English Channel over 2 hours into the flight and had a freeze... it released after 8 minutes and flew on to EMA without incident (another 30 minutes plus). I have only installed the update for iTunes in the past few weeks (could this cause an issue with FSX in conflict?) The affinity has improved the issue since it arrived last weekend but is there any suggestion to be rid of this issue? Seen its been an issue ongoing for years! (would the Steam version fix this? although don't really want to go down that path ideally due to the finance and time spent building up what I have now!) Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am so frustrated with it and worried I will lose all the time and effort (and money) making my FSX how it is. Kind Regards Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hi Jamie, and welcome to the forum. To be perfectly frank, I haven't heard anything about this 8-minute freeze before, nor have I experienced anything like that myself. I don't really believe that an iTunes update could cause this, and I don't think that FSX-SE would solve the issue. What I think you should do is go here: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?259352-FSX-P3D-Software-and-Hardware-Tweaking-Guide - this is Kosta's FSX tweaking guide, and you'll see the Affinity Mask setting in there also. I have used that guide with great resulting improvements. Also, you don't indicate if you're having any issues with Windows. Is your Windows installation - no matter what version - stable and working OK? Jorgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 There was a yuuge thread on this very topic over at the AVSIM site a while ago. You might have to do some searching for it. http://www.avsim.com/topic/432945-fsx-asn-8-minutes-freeze/ Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 It seems that the thread at AVSIM sees a problem between FSX and HiFi's weather products. I had ASN and now have AS16, and have never seen that issue. Jorgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiebrooks Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 The windows install seems fine and haven't experienced any issues at all with that. Thanks for the link I will have a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiebrooks Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Many Thanks for your reply. I don't currently have any hifi weather products installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GullWings Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Nevertheless you should read...http://hifisupport.kayako.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/41/10/temporary-freezes-with-fsx It's all to do with finding the right Affinity Mask setting for your setup, NOT sound drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel.T Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Maybe a stupid question but... Are you sure you don't have an antivirus, windows defender or any "so-called" protecfive software running and sweeping in your folders ? i7-4790K @4400 on Gigabyte Z97X (16gb), GeForce GTX 970 OC, Corsair Spec case Win7 Ult(64) on Samsung850 SSD(256), FSX+Accell on Samsung850 SSD(256), Track IR5 Saitek yoke/rudder radio/multi/switch panels, Logitech G13, GMap on Samsung tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Daniel, the only question that's stupid is the one not asked. And your question is very relevant, because if some anti-virus software decides to start a sweep (which is a background task) while you're running FSX, then behaviour like that is what you might see. Jorgen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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