FSX Freezes mid flight - Random. Sound continues and no error message.

[jonnye]

OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit)

Processor: Intel i7-4790 3.6GHz

RAM: 16GB

Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

SSD: Crosair Force LS 240GB SATA 3 6Gb/s SSD

Monitors: 4x DELL U2414H

FSX Version: FSX Acceleration

 

Error from Event Log:

The program fsx.exe version 10.0.61637.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.

Process ID: 92c

Start Time: 01d0269aa0315b2b

Termination Time: 42

Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\fsx.exe

Report Id: 9ba5c4d2-9292-11e4-be81-74d435e3bd8b

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

 

What's strange is that FSX just hangs with sound but everything else freezes. If i then click on any of the windows i will get a (Not Responding) on the Window top bar, but that is it - no other error.

 

Only when i go to the Event Viewer do i see App Hang.

 

Any thoughts / suggestions?

Thanks.

[pvarn]

App hangs do happen from time to time even on the best systems. Mostly when the computer is being driven to its limits. Overclocking and/or thermal instability may be a factor. There really is no reliable solution other than to restart the sim and lower some option settings if you can live without them.

 

Sometimes these hangs can resolve themselves if you wait long enough, but I don't. I just kill the sim in the task manager and restart. For me, these more often than not are due to my use of FSINN. The FSFDT Control panel is not 100% stable. I'm careful to force FSFDT to close from the task manager before restarting. The hangs are not frequent enough for me to give up FSINN (about 4 times a year.) There may also be a relationship to desktop task switching, but I have no proof of that. To help with that possibility, make sure your desktop and FSX are set to the same native (recommended) resolution as your monitor and only use 100% DPI.

 

-Pv-