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Wendall Full Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 11^th, 2011	APU isnt starting! Oct 20^th, 2011 at 9:32pm	Print Post
	Hi, my APU hasn't started since the first day I got the 757 . I follow all the procedures, and still not running. No switching to 4.4 because it didn't work in that version either. Anyone had this problem?

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CoolP Senior Member Offline Posts: 2568 Joined: Jan 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #1 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:01am	Print Post
	In 4.5 there's a rather loud startup and, later, run sound attached to it. Do you get any of them?


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Wendall Full Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 11^th, 2011	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #2 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:16am	Print Post
	Hi, Nope, absolutely nothing, not even sound.

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CoolP Senior Member Offline Posts: 2568 Joined: Jan 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #3 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:23am	Print Post
	Can you connect her to external power and air first or is this also inop?


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Wendall Full Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 11^th, 2011	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #4 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:38am	Print Post
	Well, I didn't even know there was a GPU for the 757 But once I figured that out, yes the light shows avail and on, and packs are on.

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CoolP Senior Member Offline Posts: 2568 Joined: Jan 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #5 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:39am	Print Post
	And can you then start the APU, with the external power first?


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Wendall Full Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 11^th, 2011	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #6 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:41am	Print Post
	no, nothing changed. the OFF light is on, but doesn't change if I select start. Added my overhead picture

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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #7 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:57am	Print Post
	If when you first start the 757 v4.5 in FSX, your IAS/MACH Indicator and Altitude Indicator are reading ALL zeros (000 and 00000), then reload it. When that happens to me, nothing works properly until I reload the 757 (I then see 200 and 10000 in the respective indicators). This happens to me about 80% of the time when I first load the 757 into FSX (or start a flight with it). It is a nuisance to have to reload, but it gets things working properly. I have assigned CTRL+R to reload the aircraft so it only takes a second or two to reload it. Mark

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CoolP Senior Member Offline Posts: 2568 Joined: Jan 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #8 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 2:10am	Print Post
	So far, I had her working on the first start, but I always start my flights in the default trike and then switch planes. Do you load her directly from the 'free flight' screen, Mark?


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Wendall Full Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Sep 11^th, 2011	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #9 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 2:22am	Print Post
	Mark, Even though that will be a helpful piece of information, it didn't work . Should I consider pulling a Support Ticket?

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CoolP Senior Member Offline Posts: 2568 Joined: Jan 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #10 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 2:38am	Print Post
	I wonder if this is a protection thingy. Maybe try another reinstall first. Antivirus off, UAC off, run as admin (right click) and all those things. Maybe it helps.


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Marcusmmc Full Member Offline Posts: 19 Location: Colorado Joined: May 25^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #11 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 4:04am	Print Post
	Markoz wrote on Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:57am: I have assigned CTRL+R to reload the aircraft so it only takes a second or two to reload it. I am so sorry to hijak this thread but I have been searching how to do this very thing for a couple of months. Would you mind sharing how you set up "CTRL+R" to do this? I can't find anywhere in the FSX controls menu to assign this.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #12 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 5:59am	Print Post
	Marcusmmc wrote on Oct 21^st, 2011 at 4:04am: Markoz wrote on Oct 21^st, 2011 at 1:57am: I have assigned CTRL+R to reload the aircraft so it only takes a second or two to reload it. I am so sorry to hijak this thread but I have been searching how to do this very thing for a couple of months. Would you mind sharing how you set up "CTRL+R" to do this? I can't find anywhere in the FSX controls menu to assign this. No worries. Options > Settings > Controls > BUTTONS/KEYS Find Aircraft (reload), then click on New Assignment, and assign whatever key combination (or joystick/controller button) you prefer. Press OK and its done. CoolP wrote on Oct 21^st, 2011 at 2:10am: So far, I had her working on the first start, but I always start my flights in the default trike and then switch planes. Do you load her directly from the 'free flight' screen, Mark? My default flight is the FS C172 Cold-n-Dark (Avionics Master Switch ON). It can happen no matter what method I use to start the 757. I can start a flight with the C172, then switch to the 757 and have the problem. I can select the 757 in Free Flight and press Fly Now and have it happen. It has even happened when I started FSX directly from the Captain Sim 757-200 Cold-n-Dark (KSEA).FSSAVE (or .FLT) I'll give starting FSX with the Trike first a try. @CoolP. It's an old image I uploaded to Captain Sim for someone else, before I got the MS Sidewinder Force Feedback 2joystick. In case you wonder about the controller in use. Mark

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CoolP Senior Member Offline Posts: 2568 Joined: Jan 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #13 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 6:04am	Print Post
	Be aware, if you forget to switch planes, the trike gets rather cold after FL300.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #14 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 6:06am	Print Post
	CoolP wrote on Oct 21^st, 2011 at 6:04am: Be aware, if you forget to switch planes, the trike gets rather cold after FL300. � Me? Do that? Neva!!!

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AirCanadaGuy Ex Member	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #15 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 2:58pm	Print Post
	I had the same problem with the Autopilot reading 0 for KIAS and altitude Mark. Once I had the electrical system set and running, including the APU, I could change the A/P settings.


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cj95 Full Member Offline Posts: 24 Joined: Oct 8^th, 2011	APU wont start Reply #16 - Oct 12^th, 2011 at 2:45am	Print Post
	Ive got battery on, and Stby power to Auto. All my Generator switches are on, but when I try to start my APu, the RPM will spool up to 100% for a few seconds, before spooling right back down to zero. I have noticed that I cannot extinguish the light on the APU Gen Control Switch. It always reads off, no matter what. Ideas? Ive searched for help with no success.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: APU wont start Reply #17 - Oct 12^th, 2011 at 3:10am	Print Post
	Try reloading the aircraft.

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gandy Senior Member Offline Posts: 266 Location: Near EGHH Joined: Mar 25^th, 2011	Re: APU wont start Reply #18 - Oct 12^th, 2011 at 5:58am	Print Post
	Also try loading the Cold and Dark 757 save file and see if you have the same issue.

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PC Aviator Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Jul 27^th, 2018	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #19 - Jun 7^th, 2019 at 10:35am	Print Post
	I recently upgraded to the latest version and guess what? Once again something doesn't work. This time it's the APU. Nothing can get this started. I read this thread and none of the suggestions worked. And this is after I had to run through the whole load this version before this version when updating. What is that about!? I would have thought the most recent version would have fixed that as well. Captain Sim tauts this aircraft as a study level but it seems to be constantly plagued with issues. It worked fine (for the most part) prior to the latest update. Why the APU is not working is beyond me. This is a nice plane when it works but given this latest issue it may very well end up collecting dust as I will go back to the QualityWings 757. If there is a fix for this I would appreciate knowing what it is. And if there isn't then let us know that too.

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PC Aviator Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Jul 27^th, 2018	Re: APU isnt starting! Reply #20 - Jun 7^th, 2019 at 10:37am	Print Post
	By the way, I did try starting with the external power on, external air on and all combinations of the two with no success. Honestly, the APU should start from a cold cockpit with battery: EP and EA shouldn't be needed for an APU start.

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