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No, I took the whole unit out, switched on the 'on - off' button, then plugged it into the wall (to avoid touching the case). Sure enough, pop went the unit, out went the lights. Much Basil Fawlty-esque ranting ensued.

Hi atb, thanks for that info! I'm pretty sure it's the PSU. I took it out of the machine then plugged it into the wall. Sure enough, it went 'pop' and all the lights went out. When i tried my old 300w powersupply, it switched on just grand. Even tried different leads (in case it was that) but no, it...

Aaarrgghhh, just my bloody luck. I finally get the machine configured, setup and tweaked just right, a nice 30fps on the dornier do-27 with the VFR Photographic scenery from justflight. I'm about to settle down for a nice relaxing flight when my wife plugs in the hoover upstairs and ... !!!POP!!! go...

DanKH wrote:I must say that I too would prefer a sheep over Hillary Clinton.... but each to his own I guess

You're not from Aberdeen are you

I think that DaveB lives by the same rule ;-) I do my self too (more or less), although I must admit, that I tweak up to a certain level, and then leave it be... reducing it to an update of a driver every once in a while. Ah well now, I'm a software tester by profession so I'm always thinking "...

airboatr wrote: consider it foreplay

at the end of which your fps never come ...

ta very much!

Sorry for the linking to other forums, but see below. Can anyone tell me what a/c this is, and where i can get it from?

http://forums.flightsim.com/dc/dcboard. ... 3424&page=

So there I was last night at 1am. The lights are off, my wife went to bed 4 hours ago. The house is quiet, apart from the hum of the computer and the sound of the keyboard. I've got my Dornier Do-27 on the tarmac at Juneau Airport (PAJN). The door is open, the engines are off. In the top corner, the...

Last update then: I've managed to get a reasonable performance now from my machine. I can get a steady 35fps on average with complex scenery and a/c like the carenado and the default FS9 a/c. Something like the Digital Aviations excellent Do-27 hits a little harder (about 25fps depending on outside ...