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Aw dang, looks like my folding rig was down for the weekend. Whoops. Great stuff as always though from everyone else!

This is honestly the first I've seen of this thread since I browse forums so sporadically, but this is really interesting to follow along with. I've thought about doing something similar for years but I've never been in a good position to. Maybe once I have the space to actually move around hardware like this, it could be an interesting way to make a buck on the side, and I've always enjoyed doing builds for friends and family as well. Keep up the great work, and I hope things keep trending positively for you!

A little unexpected to be honest, but very, very welcome for me.

Sounds good, thanks guys! I hadn't found a comprehensive graphic or list of what comes with the base game, very good to know. Also good to know on the controller. I'll keep thinking on it more.

So I've been following along with this thread for quite a while now, and you guys have passively made me pretty interested in flight sims lol. Couple questions: If I did pick it up during the summer sale on Steam, should I just get the base game and see how I like it, or is additional content really worth it? Additionally, do you guys use HOTAS controllers for this? I have a cheap one, but the convenience of a good 'ol Xbox controller is always tempting, and I'm used to it since that's all I had when I picked up Elite Dangerous. Never got used to HOTAS for that game.

In as CptAsian. Great prizes! Count me out of the running for the GPU though.

Lol right? imo kind of embarrassing on the drivers' parts. Like I get why they do it, but you'd think they would have the ability to not break the rules.

Ope, just missed this one again (but thanks for registering me automatically as usual lmao). Good stuff once again guys, lots of heavy hitting totals towards the top.

Ah, I hadn't seen either of those last time I looked. May order one in the coming days and we'll see what happens.

Where did you get the headrest from? I said I'd buy one for my Series 1 earlier in this thread, but my order was cancelled and I was refunded because they didn't actually have one in stock. That seems to be the theme for Series 1 headrests: they simply don't exist anymore lmao. Very very hard to find last time I searched for one.

Finally added, sorry for the delay. Looks fantastic, I love the plate paint!

Oh wow, I remember the big news when he joined up with Intel. I'm curious about more details with the startup he'll be working with. Didn't know about his health issues either, that's rough.

This badge also appears to no longer be working for myself and a few others. Perhaps something to look into.

Whoops, I just realized I never got this badge. Too late to add it to my account?

Congrats to all of the winners, and thanks to the sponsors and everyone that helped organize such a huge event for a relatively new community! Amazing stuff.

Woohoo looks like the issue is back! No updates since, so maybe it's not Windows Updates after all. Starting tomorrow I'll be out of town, and I'll be bringing this desktop with me. Hopefully it won't be too frustrating and I'll get plenty of opportunities to diagnose.

It indeed seems to have been fixed with the second Windows update. Only thing that's unusual now is it wakes itself up from being asleep about every other day, which it's never done before. Much easier thing to look into though, I haven't toyed with anything yet.

I didn't have any time Monday night, but last night I played around with it for a little bit right before going to bed. I tried running everything as it was and got the same issue. I saw that I had some new Windows updates available, and installed those and restarted. That appears to have resolved it. I'll do a few more rally stages today to confirm. If that's the case, to me that clearly points to Windows updates as the original cause here, but it's odd that it wasn't resolved when the problematic updates were uninstalled. Perhaps that's just an idealization of the situation and uninstalling Windows updates doesn't always work cleanly? Never had to uninstall updates before so I'm not sure.

Just swapped out my 3070 Ti for one of the tried and true 1070 Tis so I can use it for testing in another rig. Just submitted a request for a hardware change. @u3b3rg33k how's your hardware holding up? Looks like @Hacksword has been mia from the forums for nearly a year now. I'll look into recruiting someone else. I should definitely check on our stats/points outputs more often.

I'll try a studio driver tonight and may play with clocks. I'll also try a hardware swap, though I doubt that's the issue if it's running flawlessly when under load.

Alright, update (but not Windows update) time. I uninstalled two Windows updates from 2/22, roughly the time this started. Not sure if it's the exact day. Uninstalled GPU drivers again with DDU in safe mode, reinstalled, disabled fast startup. Same issues. I triggered it consistently, three times this evening. All three times, the screen froze for a few seconds, then went black with a cursor. All three times, I tried to manually restart video drivers with Ctrl + Win + Shift + B. The first time, it did nothing, and then restarted on its own. The second time, it half-recovered before I could even hit the shortcut. Game window was black, but I could return to Windows and keep using my PC. Game would have to have been restarted, and the "night light" was reset, but otherwise functional. Just a typical video driver crash. Third time was same as the first; shortcut did nothing, then it restarted on its own. Attached is a screenshot of the relevant event viewer error. Do you guys have a suggested video driver version to roll back to?

In as CptAsian. Thank you guys for organizing!

Black screen but I still have audio, sometimes the audio will loop after 20 seconds of continuing to play normally and then it'll restart automatically. I'll try Ctrl + Win + Shift + B though. Never heard of that before, interesting to see that function bound to a keyboard shortcut. I'll try that if the issue persists when I'm next on my sim. I don't think I had any Windows or driver updates around that time. Are Windows update logs or some sort of update history in Event Viewer to double check that? I remember it's a thing but it's been years since I've looked. I don't think I get auto updating drivers, but I'm not 100% sure. My Windows settings aren't super consistent across my PCs. I'll try disabling fast startup right off the bat though, can't hurt. I did see that mentioned once when Googling, but I didn't think it was relevant. Perhaps it is, haha.

Phoenix V3, so 2080 Ti. I should have mentioned that I did check event viewer and it mentioned the 'ol nvlddmkm, which I interpret to be video drivers. I uninstalled with DDU and installed newest drivers; behavior didn't change at all.

Starting mid last week, I'd exit to the main menu of a game or close a game and after a few seconds, video drivers would appear to crash, wouldn't recover, and I'd have to restart my PC. This is my racing sim PC that's acting up, so I've only tried this with iRacing and Dirt Rally 2, but both exhibit this behavior. Oddly, once restarted, I can use my PC normally and while playing a game, everything runs perfectly. Has anyone experienced anything like this? Any suggestions? I don't recall anything changing around the time of this issue starting.