Desperate for some advice for Reinstall of the Sim

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Good evening,

After the last update my sim continued to crash after minutes of play, so I decided to reinstall.
Now the sim won’t complete an install, it crashes after a few minutes of downloading.
I have so far…
Updated the BIOS
Updated all widows 10 drivers
Cleared the cache both Xbox app and store
Uninstalled and removed all fs2020 files.

Connected via ethernet with a 50-60mb connection.
I have a RTX 3070, 32gb ram and 1tb storage…
I have no idea what to do now…:sob:

Thanks all…

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Did you try the installation checklist from zendesk?

At the end of this checklist, there is a list to part 2. At the end of part 2, there is a link for the advanced checklist.
Hopefully those will help

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Is your videocard overheating? Try to limits FPS in Nvidia control panel.

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crashes after a few minutes of downloading. That is strange, i do know that the GPU spins like crazy even when downloading - don’t know why.
but saying that, do you have another ssd or hard drive to try the loading?

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Do you have enough free space as MSFS needs it, delete the contents on TEMP folder after a lot of install it leaves remnants and fills up quick.

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp “username your computer name”

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Thanks for the message but it freezes just downloading the game. At this point my GPU is barely working :unamused: and it’s an RTX 3070

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Thanks for the message. Yea, I’m installing it to a 1TB SSD on directly C drive…I’ve actually allowed the sim to install to default location and still nothing.

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I have another 512GB installed which is empty, would you suggest giving that a try?

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Video card drivers? Did you also update that? In the past some Nvida drivers caused lots of CTD.

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Thanks for the reply but wouldn’t that happen in game? I’m not even passing the installation at the moment :sob:

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Even during installation it uses graphics card, and without any frame limits.

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Just enable v-sync in NVCP, no limits set and it runs at your monitors refresh rate

Back to the OP … check all of your new BIOS’ settings (especially GPU/VGA/chipset related) and also turn off virtualisation. Not saying you have but make sure you are plugged into the card and not the MB graphics (yes it can be overlooked).

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Maybe have it as a second drive and give it a go. I have all my MSFS stuff on a second drive 500GB and so far no issues.
what you will need from this discussion thread is a step by step guide to troubleshooting - I am afraid that we are all throwing possibilities without guidance.

Just take a step back and re-try one advice at a time. hopefully it works.

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Without being funny, having just updated his/her bios it is the first place PK should be looking. Next step updating chipset drivers from the MB’s site and not those that Windows offers.

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If all else fails, I can say it’s been running pretty mint on my Xbox.

If you sell the 3070 you could get the series x and have enough left over for something cool, like a pair of alpacas.

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Hahaha that’s not a bad idea :wink:

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Hey, I ended up doing a full windows reset and the sim has just finished downloading!
I’m back after a full factory reset…geez

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Title edited to be more clear of Topic Author’s ask.

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I did a ‘Reset’ as well and it worked without a hitch.

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