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Hahaha - for Liberty of Sound! I will try that out!

No, I used the diagnose tool of Windows Vista. I did it like this: 1. sticks A and B in the red banks - result: okay 2. sticks C and D in the red banks - result: okay 3. sticks A and B in the yellow banks - result: okay 4. sticks C and D in the yellow banks - result: okay Yes, from 2,88 to 3,12 GHz (more or less; don't know the exact numbers) What do you mean? All cables are brandnew, because my first step was to replace the power supply unit last week. I now have installed a Cooler Master 600 W. I also ran disk doctor and made a check on both hard disks.

Damn!!!! The rig crashed down again! Looks like something with the motherboard then, I suppose. Now I'm thinking of investing 350,- Euro for a new motherboard, CPU and memory. Whenever you think you could save some money, something will happen to draw it out of you again.

Wayfarer, we are allowed to dream. And one day, we may see all the missing planes in the skies - the devs must be the first who want that. You would get on very well with Hasse Wind - although he flies German side right now, he is a total two-seater fan. An Aviatik, eyh? Wasn't requested yet, as far as I know. We all have our little dreams - may they all come true one day.

Guys, I have done several tests now, to really make sure, what the situation is. Everything is said to be okay! (What a relief!) It seems the problem was caused by the Arctic Freezer Cooler attached on the alloy rib passive cooler of the CPU. My memory sticks have very high cooling ribs attached, and the Arctic Freezer's fan protector pressed slightly against the first stick's cooling ribs. I have changed that now, and all tests after that went well. Thanks again for all your help!

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Yes, welcome to OFF-Forum, Thomas! Are you flying OFF already? In that case: could you send me a PM with your town & country? I will add you to our OFF Forum Pilots Map then.

Thanks for all info - so I understand, I can test 1 stick at the time. That makes it a safe method. Thanks a lot, von Paulus and Typhoon.

Downloaded your DM, Herr Prop-Wasche, and will test it as soon as possible. Right now, I have broken memory and need to find out first, which of the four sticks it is. Hope I will still find time for flying today. If your method works well, you should concentrate this tailplane correction thing on Nieuports and Pups - I think those are the craft, that react most badly, when their tail end lost lift. They often tend to hang on the prop, until they crash, tail first.

Not sure if it's an early original, but after the name Bertram Sandy, it seems to say "1918" or "1919".

Ooops - sorry, missed that somehow, von Paulus. I have the proof now anyway. Windows advised me to check the memory with it's own test, and now I know, that at least one of the sticks is broken. I have 4 sticks CORSAIR DOMINATOR with 1 GB each. The name sounded invincible - but they weren't. Now I need to find out, which of the 4 is broken???

Widowmaker, did you solve the problems on your rig? Mine is still crashing sometimes. Checked all cable contacts - nothing. I wonder, if a rig would crash often, when some of the memory is broken? The sim only freezes during long flights, and when I tried to move three files with together more than 3 GB to another folder at once, the system totally crashed. Any way to check the memory sticks?

Lou, the story is getting better and better. Paul Blum is a really good comrade. I would have wished to have a flight leader like him.

RAF_Hawkeye, you could be right, my old eyes see the same!

Slartibartfast, do you have "Wind" switched on in "Workshop" - that could make it difficult. Also, when you fly an early, 1-gun German craft, it may take longer to destroy a craft. Best way is to go really close (without colliding). You'll get back there - don't give up.

Man, I feel with you! What card did you get? I am also searching for the "troublemaker" in my system. My system every now and then just drops out. Sometimes it's only OFF freezing, with the sound as an endless loop. Then I can still get out of it via Task Manager. But sometimes, my system has a total crash (In OFF, in Photoshop, in the internet). I have bought a 90,- Euro mains power supply with 600 W - it still happens. Now a friend said, I should download a program for checking the DDR Ram memory. I'll do that tomorrow, when I have the time.

It can be a broken DDR-Ram or a cable loose. I recently got those crashes to desktop too. I got warnings from Photoshop, saying that a cable might be loose, or the DDR-Ram partly broken or the harddrive partly damaged - it wouldn't always save my works correct.

HPW: ...the main frustration is the drops to desktop. I'll be going along fine, with fps in the low 30's, when the game just stops and sends me back to the OFF manager. Seems to happen particularly after a long flight followed by a furball. Short flights or those without furballs seem to go better. I have that too, but rather only recently - I wonder what it is? I will try to remember to go complete offline (unplug from Modem), and then switch off Anti-Virus Prptection. Perhaps that may help.

Your CPU is a bit slow. I had the sim running fine on these system specs: ATI RADEON 1950 Graphic Card Intel Dual Core CPU with 2,88 GHz, clocked up to 3,2 GHz I could run it with settings 5, 3, 2, 4, 3 I think, the CPU is the weak spot.

Just found another detail: the Albatros' radiator filling top part is added. When they come up with all these nice things, while they must still be miles away from even mentioning a release date, I wonder what else they are compiling and developing in their "craft cookers' cuisines".

Not sure, I think so. Any WW1 engine experts around?

Today, I took up my "flying more Creaghorn style" again. Our Albatros D.II from Jasta 10 got "smoked" by the Nieuports every time. So I started the campaign again, and this time, I wiped out my "kill collecting virus". I concentrated fully on my one and only task in the next fights: damage all Nupes so much, that the not so agile Albs can turn with them and give them the rest. (it's a pity the Albatros AI can't fight in the style of energy fighters. And that a Nieuport, diving after an Albatros, can catch up with him, is simply wrong). It worked fine, and in the first two fights, I didn't get a claim form - I had never been the one, who downed a plane. In the third fight, one Nupe was left over for me; so I killed that one. Three sorties - 1 claim. And my reward (and it really feels great): ALL wingmen returned with me in all three sorties. If you are so routined already, that you can easily make 2 - 3 kills per sortie: try it this way. It is so rewarding! And I'm certain - the kills will still come enough.

Heeeeyyyy!!!! A lot of detail added to my favourite bird! There's the radiator handle! I notice detail on the wiring, and look at that fine engine! The leather pad ring around the cockpit is new, too. That Morane Saulnier is a very good choice to build, guys! Air battles against it will be real thrillers, facing that rear gunner! The landscape seems to have all roads connected to each other now. It looks a good touch more realistic? The cockpits of the Sopwith Triplane (?) and the S.E.5a are pieces of art, to feel great in. I see new ambulance trucks, and the church in the distance is new. The field artillery gun looks like a target, that can be destroyed in ground attacks. And now we come to - aaahhhh! - the big ones! That picture of the S.E.5a attacking the large bombers, is like an artistic air combat painting - great, boys!!! ... (Report abruptly ends, as the reviewer crashes into one of the new church towers)

Glowing red exhaust pipes in an artistic contrast to the blue of the night. Found this in "Gallery" over at the Aerodrome: a Staaken R.IV, painted by Robert Karr. There are many great paintings by various artists - if you've never been there, go and check it out.

Yes, indeed - he ran into a Ballonsperre (balloon barrage?)! Didn't notice that before, but you're right.