Troubleshooting Banging head on keyboard NOT helping!!!

Discussion in 'The Sims 2' started by wishIcouldPlay, Oct 3, 2004.

  1. wishIcouldPlay

    wishIcouldPlay New Member

    Banging head on keyboard NOT helping!!!

    Hi! I am new, and forgive me if I seem PC handicapped:p This is my situation.

    1) CPU (MHz/GHz) 2.3 Ghz Intel Celeron
    2) RAM/Memory - How Much (MB/GB) 256MB with 64MB DDR SDRAM (Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics shared video memory)
    3) Free Hard Disk Space 60G
    4) Total Hard Disk Space 80G
    5) Graphic/Video Card Intel 82845G/GL
    6) Graphic/Video Card Driver Version 6.14.10.3889
    7) DirectX Version 9.0c
    8) Operating System (Windows? Mac? Etc) WindowsXP Home
    9) Sims 2 CD or DVD Version DVD
    10) Nature of problem (more details the better)
    Okay, so I can play a regular DVD in the drive, but it doesn't "see" the Sims2 DVD?!? I have tried manually starting it in "Run" and also through the Control Panel Add New Software, NO GO!

    Help:confused:

    My son bought this for me as a surprise, and he lost the receipt. I took it back to Best Buy where he got it and all they did was give me another copy (and opened it, so I can't even return that one). They wouldn't exchange it for the CD Rom version, either:mad: I heard a rumor that EA would send CD in exchange, is that true and how do I do that?

    Thanks all!
     
  2. wishIcouldPlay

    wishIcouldPlay New Member

    Never mind! I left the DVD in for a while, bout ten minutes, and it started up. Installed and playing just great!:D
     
  3. wishIcouldPlay

    wishIcouldPlay New Member

    Wee update

    :eek: Well, the game was lagging so badly that I went out and got a new vid card, a GeForce FX 5200, and 512 MB RAM memory. WOOHOO, I'm simmin' now, baby!
     
  4. ArsenicPants

    ArsenicPants New Member

    hehe, you got a new card just so you could play a game
    i find that funny ;)
    great way to get upgrades though, just buy the most hardware-intensive software first ;)
     

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