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[FreeFall]

StageFright, I can feel your pain. I hope you'll get it fixed.

[cichlidfan]

She already has the fastest facebook surfing computer on earth.

 

:lol::lol: My brother has one of those too (except it's for YouTube)!!

[StageFright]

New PSU didn't fix it. I think im going to cry myself to sleep tonight.

Edited August 16, 2012 by sobek
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[StageFright]

Anyone else have some ideas?....PeterP has been quiet. :unsure:

[FreeFall]

Is HD6950 or HD6970 too slow for you. I mean if you just "downgrade". At least my Asus DCII card has support for 6 displays. 11.6 version drivers work best with DCS A-10C, by the way.

 

There are some 7970-related threads, for example:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=84405

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=83112

 

Maybe some of those guys use Helios as well?

[Kuky]

I have 7970 but I don't use helios

 

Don't stress too much about PSU, it'll get to be used one day, it won't go to waste

[sobek]

New PSU didn't fix it. I think im going to cry myself to sleep tonight.

 

Go easy on the profanity, please. Using abbreviations does not satisfy compliance with the forum rules.

[StageFright]

@sobek....sorry about that, just let my frustrations get the best of me.

[Skymad]

So, will you try with older GPU like HD6xxx ? I'd give it a try.

[StageFright]

If I were to try an older GPU, I would want to go with a 5970 sense it out performs the 6970. Sadly I can't find a 5970 eyefinity 6 for less than $1000, but I can find a 6970 DCII for $240. In retrospect though, I'd rather not try an older GPU, but rather find a solution to my problem with my current setup. If buying an older GPU fixes the issue, then really nothing has been fixed.

 

I finally made contact with someone on gadroc's website that is using the same card and says he has had no issues with it and using Helios, but thats all I know. Havent heard back from him and Gadroc is still AWOL.

[G00dnight]

Gadroc is very busy with his proper job, he said it will take all his time til at least end of aug.

[StageFright]

I think I'm going to give up for now and just run it like this. 6 monitors actually gets better performance then 3 with Helios running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTZKCzRPdzQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Flim]

Dude, you have some sort of hardware issue! I would ebay off the ati and buy a gtx card! You also could have a bad motherboard etc... Many people use Helios no problem with fps. I run a 5870x6 with 4 monitors without any problem.

[JG14_Smil]

Hello,

 

Sorry if this was covered, but you do have Aero desktop enabled?

[StageFright]

@Flim....my system is stable, I can run any game with no issues for as long as I want at full settings. I have run Prime95, Memtest86+, and OCCT all with flying colors with no issues. This issue is only related to Helios. I only get "Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered, Event 4101" when Helios is running. It doesn't matter what I fly, DCS World A-10C, Black Shark 2, or BMS 4.32. They all perform flawlessly without Helios running. But all crash if Helios is running.

 

@JG14_Smil....Yes I have Aero Desktop enabled and I changed SoftTH config file to ensure it stays running.

[PeterP]

Here is a advise for further troubleshooting/debugging:

 

Run DCS+Helios (and SoftTh when you like) but this time run a test-track - where you are sure that it will crash after a certain time period - and run this tack again and again but switch a export-device off each time until you cycled through all of your exports.

 

Maybe there is a bug - and only one Helios export is broken (or a combination of them)...

Well I know how time consuming this can be... - but this is what " debuggin' " is in the first place :

a time-vampire :)

Edited August 17, 2012 by PeterP

[Gadroc]

Helios doesn't do anything fancy with graphics APIs at all. I use native WPF (Microsofts latest graphics toolkit for C#) rendering components completely. I can only guess that the load from DCS and Helios is triggering a bug in the video drivers.

[StageFright]

@PeterP....I'll just go ahead and file for divorce while i'm at it. I wish I had the time to take on such a project. The other thing is, the crash is completely random, running a test track would be useless. I have tried enabling just 2 monitors and just 1 monitor to run Helios. I think I almost got an hour out of 1 monitor running Loz's profile before it crashed. So if there is a bug, it would be in there...i guess.

[Kuky]

ATI have released Catalyst 12.8 few days ago, have you tried them yet?

[StageFright]

I've installed the new drivers but I haven't tested it yet.

[Gadroc]

I picked up a 7970 and did a full reinstall on my pit last night. I need to get the touch screen all hooked up and configured today and I'll try and replicate as well.

[StageFright]

I can't say for sure yet, but it looks like ati drives 12.8 might have fixed my problem. Still testing but after a little over an hour of flight no crash yet. :unsure:

[Gadroc]

Excellent. I have a 7970 now as well... but got it after 12.8 so might not have been able to reproduce ;)

[Spectre-63]

I can't say for sure yet, but it looks like ati drives 12.8 might have fixed my problem. Still testing but after a little over an hour of flight no crash yet. :unsure:

 

First - allow me to apologize for raising this from the dead but I'm a new DCS A-10 flier and I'm having issues with the sim self-minimizing mid-flight.

 

Unlike StageFright, I'm running a single monitor while in flight. I have a second, but it's shut off prior to launching the sim. Like StageFright, I'm on an ATI 7970 card and am using the 13.4 driver set.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[Spectre-63]

Disregard - I located my problem. In my case, I had an application not related to DCS that was silently crashing. Each time it did it caused Windows to steal focus from DCS. I identified the issue by reviewing the Windows Application Event Log.

 

Hope this might help someone else who runs into a similar problem.