What exactly does it take to run ofb without crashes?!?
Simlover:
Here Simsane
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=4266.0
Tgdrysix:
Quote from: Simsane on 2006 May 18, 07:25:17
Quote from: laylei on 2006 May 17, 19:00:04
Sigh. Well, I tired everything the link above said, and I tried every graphics driver on the nvidia page. The only driver my computer will install is the 84.21, everything else produced an error. I guess I better get used to my game crashing constantly. I'll have to save every minute or so.
Laylei and Tgdrysix, as I posted earlier, I was having similar problems. Anyway, after I read this topic I read another topic on this site titled, Need some advice or Help...Please. Way down the page someone named Hegelian posted a link to a site that will completely remove your video drivers. Apparently, especially with Nvidia drivers, they are not completely removed using Add/Remove function on your computer. Here is the link he/she posted:
http://www.3dchipset.com/utilities/nvidia/driver_removal/index.php
Anyway, if you get the utility, make sure you read the readme file and do it just like it says. I was able to then load a 77.77 which after a few hours of testing has worked beautifully for me. Course, you may need a different, older or newer driver as you have different video cards than I do (I have the Nvidia GeForce 6600.)
I just thought that maybe the reason Laylei's computer refuses to accept an older version is due to the fact that there were still traces of the current version left on your computer after you just used the Add/Remove function.
I also wanted to ask anyone here who may know, how do I find out what kind of power supply unit is in my computer? I am not very knowledgable regarding computers and if it wasn't for others on this site, I wouldn't have been able to change my video drivers. Anyway, just in case I get the "Blue Screen of Death" or crashes again, I would like to be able to find out about the power supply unit but don't have a clue where to look.
Which version of this utility did you use? The Driver Cleaner Professional Edition 1.5? I hate choices.....why can't anything be simple? Thanks, Tgdrysix
Simsane:
Yep, the top one listed - 1.5. And when you read the readme file it tells you to do everything in a numerical step-by-step order, on Step No. 7 it says to run Cab Cleaner, the Cab Cleaner is part of the Driver Cleaner Professional Edition 1.5. (I read the readme first and started looking all over for a Cab Cleaner utility, not realizing that it comes with 1.5 - so I thought I'd add this to save you the time. ;))
Oh, one other thing, Step No. 3 tells you to reboot in safe mode and it even says that means to hit the F8 key during bootup, but I didn't know when to hit the key and my computer didn't say it was in safe mode (like 98 always used to say safe mode) but I did everything else just like the readme and it still worked. (Don't laugh at me people, I have already admitted I'm an idiot when it comes to computers! Lol!)
Simlover, thanks for the link. I read the whole topic and I'll have to ask my son or hubby sometime when I get the chance. I have a feeling my problem was just the video drivers as my computer never actually shut down, just gave be the blue screen (with a slowly turning timer) for a few minutes before the game would show again and play normally again for a while. Plus, both my husband and son have built several computers (my husband has been an electronic technician all his life -- even before computers, lol) and my son seems to have inherited his fathers talents and they were the ones who got together and decided to put in this video card for me. Also, I played the first three (Sims2, Uni and Nightlife) for 6 to 9 weeks with no problems except things like flourescent pillows, weird tracers thingies, etc. but no blue screen until I installed OFB so that leads me to believe it probably is not the PSU wattage. But, you never know for sure, it could be that either they (hubby & son) don't know about it or that they didn't think to check. :)
Tgdrysix:
Simsane...thanks for the info....off to see if I can get the drivers rolled back! Tgdrysix
bimbelina:
I had similar problems, but it turned out to be one or the other of two non-awesome hacks I got from the other place, something to stop kicky bag and pillow fights. No more crashes since I removed them.
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