Something is Still Borked...
Emma:
There are 5 threads here started by amileegirl:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,4555.msg127629.html#msg127629
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,6303.msg178485.html#msg178485
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,7532.msg209737.html#msg209737
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11718.msg329986.html#msg329986
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13521.msg384636.html#msg384636
I did exactly what Reggikko said. Silly Snowbawl :P
amileegirl:
Those are all old threads. Not new.
Snowball: I appreciate your help. The memory that is in it now wasn't shipped, it was upgraded by me. Though with three laptops in this house (none of them spring chickens or the same type) apparantly I'd forgotten I had added another gig to this one sometime a year after I bought it. One of the cards was kind of snug and so wasn't seated in there properly. I was so irritated yesterday I opened the door to inspect the cards to see if my husband could tell me if they could be upgraded without putting me in debt, and when I put them back in the computer informed me I had added more RAM. Huh?? So I've been playing with 1 gig since then (2007?) even though I was supposed to have two (smacks forehead). Oh well, the game played fine with 1 Gig with the old video card anyway :)
I will definitley defrag tonight. My other system ran so well, it just got overlooked (I am usually pretty good at cleaning house)! I ran an analysis and it really needs it. Hopefully it will fix the ridiculous load times.
I've never had a motherboard replaced before. You are right its a whole new system.
Zazazu:
She had one in Oops!. I remember it, because I was going to tell her to load the lot with testingcheats enabled to see if something was erroring and making it stall. Ages upon ages ago I had that issue with some flowers in a house I'd binned and placed months later. MATY has been tempermental for me lately, and after trying to post twice, I gave up.
Perhaps she hit the Delete button by accident?
Amileegirl, you should just defrag once a month to be safe. It won't take that long, and it'll keep your system running well. I do a virus scan (I'm always clean, but you never know), CleanUp! (wimps can use Windows' Clean Up), then defrag, always on the 1st of the month.
snowbawl:
Let's get real here. There are several things wrong with the scenario here. First, you are running TS2 on a laptop. Even a laptop designed for gaming is going to have trouble with TS2 eventually, all the expansions, stuff packs and custom content. Not to mention the suckyrom factor. In all my years of gaming, I have never seen a game eat up resources like TS2. Just minimize and open your task manager sometime. Watch it blow everything up right before your very eyes. Craptops do not take into account that you will most likely have this game running for HOURS. Hours=heat=eventual meltdown of your computer. But I know several members here run TS2 on laptops and will probably argue the point.
Second, you bought it from Dell. Fine. But then you have Dell service the thing (if I remember correctly). Not fine. Dell does not care about your computer or your needs (obviously, since they installed the wrong drivers). Who knows if the BIOS settings are right with your new motherboard. If you can not fix your computer yourself, I suggest finding a LOCAL tech that can. I like mine pasty white with a spare-tire around their middle, who work out of their homes. They need your business and will be competent. I realize this voids all warranties, but it is entirely worth it if you want something that actually works the way you want it to.
Third, any time you add new memory (or reinstall a stick that was not seated properly), you need to make sure that your computer is using all the memory. Just because it recognizes that you have it does not mean it is actually using it. This can be done in the BIOS.
So now you have a new video card and a new motherboard. You are expecting things to run exactly as they did? Given the track record of the repair job, I would say you need to take it to a real nerd who can tweak your settings. Other than that, I would recommend that you save for a desktop and leave your laptop for documents and interwebz.
These are just my opinions of course.
Rhayden:
Running TS2 on a Radeon 1400 seems like such a bad idea. Not only is the card years old, it's a mobility version that is less powerful than it's desktop version (if there is such). Not only is it a mobility version, it's a budget card, meaning it doesn't have all the performance of similar cards made by ATI at the time.
Perhaps you have incompatible RAM and it's forcing your laptop to run at lower RAM speeds as a result.
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