Troubleshooting Two major problems and a begging for help

When I built the computer, I got a 550 watt power supply - 100 watts over whet the system needs. And no other program or function give me any problems like this - only Sims2.

I have a spare graphics card - Raedon 9200SE - but I'm reluctant to install a graphics card in a motherboard with a card already installed. In the past, I've had difficulties with that setup.

 

Yeah, I am being harsh, but i'm just bitter that I cant get Nightlife to work. I just find it odd that if you look around the forums, there are tons of people with problems that seem to be related to hardware, even when their computer should be well up to snuff. I mean, J here could probably run Battlefield 2 without much trouble on his system. Sims 2 just seems to requiere

 

Update ...

As a desperation measure, I reinstalled my Raedon 9500SE video card. After a couple of days of difficulty (NEVER casually tamper with your BIOS, people!), the game now works perfectly. It was hardware conflict after all.

It occured to me afterwards that I had acquired the 9500SE card in the first place in order to play Sims2.

Thanks for the help, folks. Now to get Nightlife and the new Business expansion ... not to mention re-downloading all my favorite stuff ...

 

Thanks for letting us know, JS. Glad there was a happy ending ... pity we didn't know about the 9500 to begin with tho ...