Laptop Problem or.... I recently installed the Sims 2 on my laptop. I had no problems installing it and have no problems playing with the already created families. I successfully created a new neighborhood. However, when I got ready to populate this new neighborhood things went wrong. Sometimes the game will freeze up while loading the create a family page. Sometimes I can start to create the family, but then it freezes up in the middle. Occasionally I have been able to finish creating the family only to have it freeze while going back to the neighborhood. Each time it freezes I am forced to restart the game. The problem isn't limited to the new neighborhood either. It occurs in the previously made neighborhoods as well. I'm not sure if this is because I'm playing it on my laptop because on my desktop the game worked fine. I thought it might be a memory problem but I just really am not sure. Any ideas?
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) System Manufacturer: Gateway System Model: M-6823A BIOS: Rev 1.0 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU T520 @ 1.50 GHz (2CPUs), ~1.5GHz Memory: 1014MB RAM Page File: 1168MB used, 1112MB available DirectX Version: DirectX 10 Chip Type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family DAC Type: Internal Approx. Total Memory: 251 MB Main Driver: igdumd32.dll Version: 7.14.0010.1409 (English) I hope this covers what you need.
Poor computer is overloaded trying to do create a family. While you have a lot of RAM, you have a very slow CPU (especially since you have CPU hog Vista) and a very lowgrade (nonT&L) graphics card (which uses the CPU too.)
So does that mean there's nothing that we can do to fix this? My specs are slightly similar: Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612) System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron 1525 BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A16 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz Memory: 2038MB RAM Page File: 1389MB used, 2922MB available DirectX Version: DirectX 10 Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family DAC type: Internal Approx. Total Memory: 358 MB Main Driver: igdumd32.dll Version: 7.14.0010.1409 (English)
What kind of problems are you having? If you can get into the game go into the game settings and turn all the graphic settings to the lowest they will go if they're not already there. Set the resolution to 800x600 if it's not already there too. I don't care what any of those game mongers say but I still think integrated chipsets are not made for this kind of gaming.
I'll try that, thanks. My problems arise when I try to leave the creat a family screen, having finished creating my family. The game will process everything for a little bit, then it'll stop responding. So I ctrl+alt+delete to open task manager and end the sims 2, and it says something about The Sims 2 SC4 stopped responding. I don't know if that's relevant or not, but I've done everything I've read on numerous threads and nothing has worked.
That damned igxprd32... I have installed Sims 2 on my laptop (specs below), and everything worked nicely until I tried to build something. Then the game freezes, and after a minute or two I find myself on the desktop with an error message stating that 'igxprd32 has stopped working'. I know this is a rather common problem with chipsets like mine, but I have been unable to find a solution. Updating the drivers doeas not help at all (frankly, I think it crashes more often with the new drivers). Could you please help? System specs are the following: Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Szervizcsomag 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.080814-1233) Language: Hungarian (Regional Setting: Hungarian) System Manufacturer: Acer System Model: Aspire 5715Z BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 3062MB RAM Page File: 379MB used, 4568MB 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 Display Devices --------------- Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_01361025&REV_03 Display Memory: 384.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: igxprd32.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5009 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 11/3/2008 09:47:20, 57344 bytes
Is this a legal version? Illegal versions are notorious for the build mode not working is why I'm asking. What expansions are you playing with ? Recheck the minimum specs as when you have a non T&L graphics setup then the minimum cpu specs go up. If you've overloaded the game with expansions and/or stuff packs this could be a reason why it won't play either. Personally I don't care what EA says but I believe these Intel graphics chip are simply not cut out to run the game at all.
