Simviation Forum - missing cockpit

Mar 6^th, 2004 at 3:59pm

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Has anybody any idea why in standard cockpit view in all aircraft my gauges are missing but virtual cockpit works fine.I am running on xp and my graphics are provided by an NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 64mb card.All external views are working fine.I have uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times now with no sign of my gauges.Please somebody................... ??? ???

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Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 4:10pm

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Mach_4 which aircraft/2d cockpit?

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Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 4:25pm

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If it just appears black this has been a common problem. My bro had it. Go get the latest drivers from www.nvidia.com and install these. remeber to remove old drivers first though before installing new ones.

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Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 4:41pm

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Yes sir newer drivers is what the doctor calls for.and get direct x 9.b while your at it if you dont have it allready.

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Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 7:09pm

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New drivers will fix the problem. Until then you can try it in Window Mode instead of Full Screen. This is the fix that worked for people when ACOF first came out and the graphics card companies hadn't released the drivers that fix the problem yet.

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Reply #5 - Mar 7^th, 2004 at 3:34pm

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Thanks to all for the help,I have downloaded drivers and installed them but still no luck.However,I am quite dumb when it comes to working with computers so I havent as yet tried it with old drivers uninstalled(dont know how to) so when I get this sorted I will post my findings.Thanks again.............p.s. I will try using window view as a quick fix as soon as I have logged off.

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Reply #6 - Mar 7^th, 2004 at 3:51pm

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Goto control panel. Choose add/remove software. Find your old drivers in the list and click on remove. Once you done this i suggest you reinstall the new ones just to be sure!!

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Reply #7 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 4:38pm

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I have uninstalled via control panel but the computer immediately goes into restart and xp automatically installs the drivers(new or old i dont know)but my problem is still lurking.I have re-installed my old fs2002 out of curiosity and all is fine there.Any more suggestions Cry

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Reply #8 - Mar 8^th, 2004 at 8:39pm

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May be an issue with directX as comes in the FS9 package. Go to MS and install Direct9.0b, see if that helps.

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Reply #9 - Mar 9^th, 2004 at 7:28am

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Ok boot into safe mode. Un-install drivers. Re-start pc. On re-start it says new hardware found bla bla dont install anything then! click on cancel and let windows finish loading.

Once finished and run your latest Nvidia driver file which is 53.03 i think. xp does not put the latest drivers on there for you!!

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Reply #10 - Mar 9^th, 2004 at 3:35pm

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Thanks Gixer and Dave,I've tried both of your suggestions but still no joy.Looks like i had better just get used to flying in virtual cockpit only for the time being or go back to using fs2002.Its a real shame because the only reason I've upgraded my pc is for a larger monitor to fly with.Anyway,thanks again all for the help and any more suggestions would be received gratefully.Cheers.................... ???

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