Just tried running a couple of scenarios on the Newcastle - York Route, and they cause the PC to freeze completly, making it necessary to reboot with the on/off button before I can do anything else
Anyone any suggestions?
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stephenholmes
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Re: Rail sim freezing
Hi Nick
Have you checked whether your computer meets the minimum specification to run Rail Simulator?
If you visit http://www.railsimulator.com there is a tool there that will check your computer to establish if it is suitable.
Kind regards Stephen
Have you checked whether your computer meets the minimum specification to run Rail Simulator?
If you visit http://www.railsimulator.com there is a tool there that will check your computer to establish if it is suitable.
Kind regards Stephen
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jkxx74
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Re: Rail sim freezing
Don't take my word as gospel here, but this doesn't sound like a RailSim crash to me but rather an OS/driver crash. Would you happen to be using an Nvidia graphics card with one of their recent drivers? (18X.22 would entirely crash/turn off my PC in three different OSes including and especially when trying to play RailSim.) If not then it could be a number of other things.Just tried running a couple of scenarios on the Newcastle - York Route, and they cause the PC to freeze completly, making it necessary to reboot with the on/off button before I can do anything else
Anyone any suggestions?
Either way, if you could post specifics about your system we might be able to narrow the problem somewhat more.
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jkxx
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Re: Rail sim freezing
I got crashes and freezes when I upgraded to the latest nVidia graphics drivers. Updating to the latest nForce motherboard drivers solved the problems.
You could consider using a program such as driver detective to identify which drivers you have that are out of date.
You could consider using a program such as driver detective to identify which drivers you have that are out of date.
The value of your investments may go up as well as down.
Re: Rail sim freezing
Thanks for the advice guys, yes I do have an NVidia card, am searching for updated drivers now, alredy done the card and motherboard, will let you know how things go, thanks again
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Appears to have worked guys.
Many thanks for the help and advice
Many thanks for the help and advice
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Re: Rail sim freezing
Hi there,
would you be so kind as to list the exact steps you took to fix the issue? (This way anyone else who has the issue can repeat them and maybe get it resolved.)
Regards,
jkxx
would you be so kind as to list the exact steps you took to fix the issue? (This way anyone else who has the issue can repeat them and maybe get it resolved.)
Regards,
jkxx
Re: Rail sim freezing
went to the Nvidia site, used the utilty ther to check for updated drivers, and updated the grapics card and mother board drivers
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