I had not flown my CS X-Perience (FSX) Lockheed C-130 aircrafts for a long time (years). When I now first tried one the whole OS crashed to a blue window just after trying to load the aircraft. I tried another airplane. Same result.

Next I uninstalled the whole C-130 X-Perience package booted the PC and installed the package again. Started FSX and loaded a C-130 aircraft. While registering the gauge: Captain_Sim.c130.sound.GAU same happened again - blue window. (I had removed all C-130 gauges from FSX.cfg). Other planes gave the same result (didn't try more than 2).

Next step. I canceled the Captain_Sim.c130.sound lines from panel.cfg by //. Then I started FSX again and loaded one C-130. All worked ok. (motor sounds included so I don't even know/remember which sounds ware lacking).

Question:  What might be wrong with the Captain_Sim.c130.sound.GAU? It crashes my Windows.

I remember that all C-130s worked ok. in this very same computer some years ago. I don't remember making any major changes with hardware nor software.

Some information:

My PC: CPU i7-3770k, 16GB RAM, Asus P8Z77-M mother board, GPU NVidia Geforce GTX 660 2GB, Windows 7 Pro (English version)

Simulator: FSX, Orbx base pack, vector and Open LC Europe, Active Sky Next, sceneries and aircrafts (without serious problems)

Pekka