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Ok so I cut the Memtest short sense it seems to be a very long test and I have to leave in the next hour for the night. I did run the D3DBandwidth and here are the results... Hope this helps, like I said I'm leaving for the night to a drunkin Birthday party for a friend and wont be back until tomorrow. I will finish the memtest then and hopefully get a little closer to solving this puzzle.

I am current running Memtest86 as we speak and I will run D3D Bandwidth Test as soon as its done. Just to clarify though, they are not USB monitors. They 2 are regular 24" monitors with touch screen overlays, the overlays plug into the USB hub, and 1 is a 22" regular touch screen monitor. So all 6 of my monitors plug into my GPU, with 3 USB's plugged in for the touch screens.

I think I will order a new PSU just to be on the safe side and while that is shipping, hopefully PeterP (who seems to be the Yoda of this stuff) has a chance to look at my problem.

Yeah it might be overkill, but on top of all that hardware and software running, I am also running 13 fans and a Corsair water cooler for my cpu. Maybe one of my fans is kicking up when my temps rise and drawing just enough juice to hick up my GPU causing the game to minimize to the task bar, but then recovers almost instantly but leaving DCS in an unrecoverable state. The game keeps running but it wont maximize back up. Maybe overkill is what I need for this thing. In my mind that makes sense or am I retarded? At this point I am willing to try anything.

@cichlidan.....I don't have another PSU to swap out with to test, but if there is even a chance that my 1000watt PSU can't keep up with what I'm asking of it, then I will go ahead and order a new one. Will 1300watts be enough? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182063

@FreeFall....I google searched "Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered" and my head nearly exploded with all the results found. @Skymad......Im sure my GPU is good because I do run other games such as BF 3, Cliffs of Dover and MechWarriors Online Beta. I have never had this crash or GPU issue with any of those games. They all seem pretty stable. If I had to guess, my problem has to have something to do with Helios and my 7970 not getting along with either the drivers or GPU itself. This ONLY happens with Heilos running while flying DCS A-10C. Which is why this has me so lost.

@Freefall.....checked under system just now....every crash comes with this But why would my Display drivers crash only when Helios is running?

@Kuky....I ran all 3 of my touch screens to my USB hub and still got a "minimize crash". @FreeFall....I did get a different event log this time, but I think these logs are actually only being created do to how I have to shut down DCS. While it was minimized crashed, but not yet closed out, i check the log and nothing was in there. It wasn't until I brought up my task manager and closed DCS from there, that it actually posted an even. Same with the crash logs for DCS....hmmm.....this is what this last said

@cichlidfan....SoftTH really didnt come into the picture until I was trying to find a fix for the issue. Problem happens with or without SoftTH installed. @CAT_101st...My GPU temp never gets above 65 degrees C according to CPUID HW monitors. From what I have read that is well within its operating limits. @FreeFall...I went and checked the Windows 7 event viewer logs as you suggested, every "minimize crash" was logged in there stating this @Kuky.....Right now I am running 12.6 drivers, I have tried 12.3 drivers with no joy. I can run DCS all day long with 12.6 drivers without Helios running with no problems. I am currently running a 1000watt power supply and a separate powered USB hub. But 2 of my 3 touch screens are plugged into the computer. I will plug those 2 touch screens into my powered USB hub and see what happens. Do you think its possible that 1000watt PSU just isnt enough for everything Im running?

Nice....but really.....I'm desperate.

Now that I have your attention I need some help and I am actually willing to pay someone for it. I have started threads here in the DCS forums and gadrocsworkshop forums trying to find a solution to a problem I am having regarding Helios. The links are posted below detailing the issue and system specs. I am offering a reward of $150 to anyone that can help me solve this problem sense I can't seem to get help any other way. I seem to be the only one having this issue with Helios and my entire system I have build was for flying DCS A-10C in a virtual cockpit using Helios and now after a month of trying to figure the problem out on my own with no resolve I AM BEGGING for help. Here are the links to the threads I have started..... http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=91511 http://gadrocsworkshop.com/node/116#comment-358 Thanks in advance to anyone that can help....

Well now that I feel like a complete douche, I'll simple say thanks for the help and let you know I got it all work. Thanks again PeterP

Hey PeterP, Hows that phantommonitorfix work. It looks like it was created for Blackshark and I just can't seem to rap my head around it. I am going to be looking to boost my FPS, guess ill be going down the rabbit hole, let me have the red pill....err wait...is it the green pill....i forget...

Thanks Airdog and PeterP, I tried what you said Airdog and it worked perfectly. But then I read your post PeterP and now you got me thinking about FPS and what not. My far left and right monitors are set to the same height as my primary (eyefinity) monitor. I think I'll see how it performs as is, not sure if I can handle falling farther down the rabbit hole with phantom fixes and software I havent mess with yet. Thanks Again

HELP!!! Hey Guys, looking for some help figuring out this issue. I am running 6 monitors and my specs are below. I have 3 27" monitors in eyefinity, I have 2 24" monitors on the sides with touch screen overlays on them and a 19" center lower monitors with my MFDs. As you can see in the pictures I have successfully extracted all the screens except for the left 24" monitor. It should be displaying my UHF channel and preset screens. Im not sure what im doing wrong, I got everything else working great, but I can't get anything to display on that far left monitor, just stays in extended desktop. I have my in game screen resolution set to 7920x2130 with the auto ratio set and attached below is pictures of what im talking about and my monitorsetup .lua file. Any suggestions....? You can see on the helios profile picture where im trying to put it... Thanks in advance for any help I can get. My .lua file

Thanks for the threads, finally got it figured out.

So im beating my head into the wall trying to figure out how to export MFCD and what not into my rig. Usually Im pretty good and figuring out stuff on my own by using other peoples examples but I think I have reached my limit of knowledge thus far. My specs are below and attached is a picture of my rig. I just can't seem to place any of the indicators, they seem to be all jumbled up in the top left corner and no matter what I do to the monitor setup file, I can't get them to move. Obviously in the picture you can see where I would like them, such as MFCD's, RWR, CDU, etc. Any help would be great. Viva La Revolution

As far as I know, you have to use atleast one of the display-port to utilize eyefinity. I just upgraded from two 6970's running 3 monitors to two 7970's running 6 monitors. 3 27" in eyefinity and 3 in extended desktop, waiting for my touch screen overlays. Anyway....the dual 7970's has been awesome with 6 monitors....except for DCS A-10. this is the only game I am having issues with. Cant play it for more then a few minutes with out a BSOD or just black screen with no recovery. From what I have read this seems to be a common problem with the 7970's and DCS. I would hold out on the 7970's to make sure either ATI or DCS addresses this issue...until then I'll be pulling my hair out trying to find a work around.

I just went from 6 to midnight....

I run eyefinity and your right, flying threw canyons and on the deck gives you a very good sense of speed.

Same here.

I love my flight sims, but im with you. Lucas Arts needs to pull there heads out of there ass and put out another X-Wing game. With graphics today I drool at the thought of making a Death Star trench run. Sorry...off topic....but still:joystick:

I am scared for Crysis 2. I have played the multiplayer demo and couldnt help but notice that is feels like another POS console port. I am hoping that its just the demo they did that for, but if not, then I honestly feel betrayed as a PC gamer. The first Crysis IMO set the benchmark for all other FPS, with the physics, freedom of play, and graphics well beyond anything to hit the market and still trumps most FPS released today. I understand that its cheaper to write the code for xbox 360 and port it over, but the first and second Crysis were PC only, and it was PC gamers that made Crysis what it is today. I am staying hopeful that Crysis 2 will not let me down, but it is a sad reality that PC gamers are a dying breed due to hackers. :cry:

So i went ahead and installed the Blurr mod galagamo made above (thank you galagamo, you rock for making this very easy for me) but only after I found this thread to search for HDR issues. Funny story actually, been playing instant action and mission editor missions since the beta of A-10C, never once tried the Campaign missions. So since the release of A-10C Ive haven't played a single campaign until tonight and to my surprise HDR has not been working this entire time since release, me thinking you guys just turned it down for the release. It wasnt until I started up Devils Cross that I noticed a huge difference. So i went back to my missions and then back to devils cross then back to my missions scratching my head wondering why HDR only turns on during the this campaign. Attached some screen shots to show the difference and Im just wondering if this might not be a bug. I swear on my life HDR was turned on the entire time.... P.S. Pictures were taken pre-mod install....while I was scratching my head.

I am trying to run 3 monitors in eyefinity and have tried every suggestion I have found to get my FOV off of my HUD to no avail. I changed my CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iKA_50] file to 240 as suggested in another forum, I am in windows mode, resolution set to 5760x1080, aspect at 5.3333, with 1 monitor selected,(selecting 3 monitors works, but i get the fisheye effect) So as I zoom out it seems to work but the more I zoom out the slower the game operates until its a complete slide show. Not sure what im missing, my computer has more then enough juice to run it. I do not have this problem in A-10C so I'm really lost why my FPS calapes while I zoom out....HELP...my specs are blow and I dont think just because my center montior is 26" and my 2 sides are 24" would it make a difference? Like I side A-10C runs fine in this config.