[StatAtForum]

Originally Posted by Jackiefrost9

we should spam him...

StatAtForum:
Does this always happen when a certain event in the game occurs, or is it just random?

Man I can't find the Gateway 7215 anywhere... so what's the rest of your system specs?

It may be overheating, make sure you're laptop is nice and cool.

It doesn't seem to be happening at a specific point, it appears to be random for the most part. I've thought about the overheating problem, but I have an external cooling pad from targus that plugs into the USB port. That seems to do a prett y good job of keeping the heat down.

To be fair I have yet to move to XP SP2. I can't imainge that would help, but do you think that might cause some glitch?

Specs from Gateway config:

Processor:
AMD Athlon XP M, 2167 MHz
133MHz external bus

BIOS
Phoenix 57.06.05 09/24/2004

Memory
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512MB physical
90% free resources
2 memory slots, 0 free (256+256)

Video
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Graphics Adapter: RADEON IGP 320M
Screen Area/Colors: 1280x800 pixels, 65,536 colors
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor: MS_ 0

Drives
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C:\ (NTFS) 57231MB total, 14135MB free
D:\ CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD Drive

Network and Modem
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(modem) CXT Conexant SoftK56 Data Fax Modem
(net) Broadcom Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
(net) Broadcom Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
(net) Microsoft Direct Parallel
(net) Microsoft 1394 Net Adapter

Operating System
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Windows XP SP1 (Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1)
Original setup date: 11/29/2004
DirectX Version: 5.3.0000001.0904 built by: private/Lab06_dev(DXBLD00)
SWAP FILE DISABLED
File cache managed by Windows

Browser
MSIE 6.0; 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322
Proxy: No proxy set
HTTP level: direct 1.1, proxy 1.0
Scripting version: 5.6.0.6626


At this time Gateway has no updated drivers for my machine.

[CoasterFreak]

Originally Posted by StatAtForum

It doesn't seem to be happening at a specific point, it appears to be random for the most part. I've thought about the overheating problem, but I have an external cooling pad from targus that plugs into the USB port. That seems to do a prett y good job of keeping the heat down.

To be fair I have yet to move to XP SP2. I can't imainge that would help, but do you think that might cause some glitch?

Specs from Gateway config:

Processor:
AMD Athlon XP M, 2167 MHz
133MHz external bus

BIOS
Phoenix 57.06.05 09/24/2004

Memory
Upgrade
512MB physical
90% free resources
2 memory slots, 0 free (256+256)

Video
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Graphics Adapter: RADEON IGP 320M
Screen Area/Colors: 1280x800 pixels, 65,536 colors
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor: MS_ 0

Drives
Upgrade
C:\ (NTFS) 57231MB total, 14135MB free
D:\ CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD Drive

Network and Modem
Upgrade
(modem) CXT Conexant SoftK56 Data Fax Modem
(net) Broadcom Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
(net) Broadcom Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
(net) Microsoft Direct Parallel
(net) Microsoft 1394 Net Adapter

Operating System
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Windows XP SP1 (Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1)
Original setup date: 11/29/2004
DirectX Version: 5.3.0000001.0904 built by: private/Lab06_dev(DXBLD00)
SWAP FILE DISABLED
File cache managed by Windows

Browser
MSIE 6.0; 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322
Proxy: No proxy set
HTTP level: direct 1.1, proxy 1.0
Scripting version: 5.6.0.6626


At this time Gateway has no updated drivers for my machine.

Try it. I can't see how it would hurt the problem, so go for installing XP SP2. Your spec's match the one's on my laptop, and your processor is even faster. It all leads to a conflict with software on your computer. So try SP2, like I said, I don't think it would hurt the problem. Just be sure to backup as much as you can. Any questions, reply.

[StatAtForum]

Originally Posted by thugedout

Try it. I can't see how it would hurt the problem, so go for installing XP SP2. Your spec's match the one's on my laptop, and your processor is even faster. It all leads to a conflict with software on your computer. So try SP2, like I said, I don't think it would hurt the problem. Just be sure to backup as much as you can. Any questions, reply.

Well, that didn't seem to work.

I guess I just lose.

Unless anyone else has any bright ideas.

[Jackiefrost9]

make sure your drivers are up to date and everything

[TheCableGuy]

try enabling the swap file, set it to managed by windows, there is the posibility of running out of memory since you don't have a swap file, although 512 mb coulb be enough, I don't recommend to disable the swap file if you have less than 1 Gb, so, youi can try enabling it

[StatAtForum]

Originally Posted by TheCableGuy

try enabling the swap file, set it to managed by windows, there is the posibility of running out of memory since you don't have a swap file, although 512 mb coulb be enough, I don't recommend to disable the swap file if you have less than 1 Gb, so, youi can try enabling it

Awesome... uh...

I'm an idiot.

How do I do that?

[Jackiefrost9]

lol i don't even know how to do that...

[Lateralus]

Hey there guys, thanks so much for helping everyone with their Sims2 problems, you rock!

I've got a problem with my Sims2 game. I recently bought a new computer but it only had 128 MB of RAM and a very crappy graphics card. I installed the Sims anyway to see how it would go, there were no problems, only that it was incredibly slow and the quality of the graphics were so bad! So I bought some more RAM (now I have 512MB) and installed The Sims2 again. It was alot faster but the graphics were still awful.
I then bought a ASUS Series V95200 GeForce FX 5200 graphics card and installed all the components and installed DirectX9. I installed the game yet again only to find that after the 'Pleasantville' loading screen, the theme music for Pleasantville would come on, but the screen would stay the same. Then I moved the mouse around and the options panel would come up but repeatedly flash and still the 'Pleasantville' background would not change. The more I clicked things in the options panel, the more it just overlapped and flashed.

My brother has installed NFSU2 and it works perfectly, so I don't really know what to do next. I've installed the latest drivers, tried it in windowed mode, changed the resolution to 800x600 and got rid of any other programs running. I've also contacted Maxis, they have told me to download the lastest drivers and whatnot, but nothing seems to work.

I hope you can help me, I'm dying to play this game!
Here's a list of my operating system details

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
System Manufacturer: Compaq Presario 061
System Model: DN039A-ABG S5010AN AN310
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 640MB RAM
Page File: 195MB used, 1369MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Thanks again

Tahnee

[covareo]

I just received a new computer and I want to move all my Sims 2 neighborhoods and people to the new machine. The trouble is that the old installation was on the C drive (C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2\ and C:\Documents and Settings\Covareo\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2) and the new installation HAS to go on a second hard drive (D:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2\ and C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2). When I copy my old files to the new system all my neighborhoods disappear - even the default ones. How do I migrate all my old work to the new system?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[TheCableGuy]

lol StatAtForum
I thouhgt YOU disabled the swal file since it's not a default configuration so I figured you would know how to undo it. Just right click My PC, go to properties, go to the Advanced tab, click the fiirst Settings button you see (inside the performance square), then go again to the tab advanced, click on the button 'change', and click on 'system managed size', press 'set', accept, ok, ok, and restart

[s10347]

I have a problem.
When i try to install the sims 2 i load the first cd but as soon as i put the 2nd one in it freezes on the same file tsdata/controle/controle1
can u help me

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by covareo

I just received a new computer and I want to move all my Sims 2 neighborhoods and people to the new machine. The trouble is that the old installation was on the C drive (C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2\ and C:\Documents and Settings\Covareo\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2) and the new installation HAS to go on a second hard drive (D:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2\ and C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2). When I copy my old files to the new system all my neighborhoods disappear - even the default ones. How do I migrate all my old work to the new system?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

OK maybe you just typed it wrong or maybe I'm just being retarded tonight... you said that you installed the new files into this directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2, but that's where the old files were also, since I don't have The Sims 2 I don't know where the saved games are, but on C&C Generals they're in the My Documents folder, so if these both installed into the directory C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 and you move them out of that directory, then yes they would dissapear.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by s10347

I have a problem.
When i try to install the sims 2 i load the first cd but as soon as i put the 2nd one in it freezes.
can u help me

What's your system's specs?

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Hey there guys, thanks so much for helping everyone with their Sims2 problems, you rock!

I've got a problem with my Sims2 game. I recently bought a new computer but it only had 128 MB of RAM and a very crappy graphics card. I installed the Sims anyway to see how it would go, there were no problems, only that it was incredibly slow and the quality of the graphics were so bad! So I bought some more RAM (now I have 512MB) and installed The Sims2 again. It was alot faster but the graphics were still awful.
I then bought a ASUS Series V95200 GeForce FX 5200 graphics card and installed all the components and installed DirectX9. I installed the game yet again only to find that after the 'Pleasantville' loading screen, the theme music for Pleasantville would come on, but the screen would stay the same. Then I moved the mouse around and the options panel would come up but repeatedly flash and still the 'Pleasantville' background would not change. The more I clicked things in the options panel, the more it just overlapped and flashed.

My brother has installed NFSU2 and it works perfectly, so I don't really know what to do next. I've installed the latest drivers, tried it in windowed mode, changed the resolution to 800x600 and got rid of any other programs running. I've also contacted Maxis, they have told me to download the lastest drivers and whatnot, but nothing seems to work.

I hope you can help me, I'm dying to play this game!
Here's a list of my operating system details

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
System Manufacturer: Compaq Presario 061
System Model: DN039A-ABG S5010AN AN310
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 640MB RAM
Page File: 195MB used, 1369MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Thanks again

Tahnee

was your first graphics card just the onboard graphics on the motherboard? if so then that might be conflicting with your graphics card and making it not work properly... I think...

[Lateralus]

Originally Posted by Jackiefrost9

was your first graphics card just the onboard graphics on the motherboard? if so then that might be conflicting with your graphics card and making it not work properly... I think...

When we opened up the case for the motherboard to put the new one in, there was one already there, I couldn't fit both in, so the newest one is connected. I think theres a 16MB internal card inside but I don't think I can remove it. I also tried switching the monitor plug out of the video card socket into the main socketboard but then the monitor wouldnt even come on when I switched the computer on.