My computer decides to shut down...
eevilcat:
You could try defragging the disk to tidy it up and check if there are any problems with it. You'll find it under Accessories->System Tools from the main menu. That will at least flag up any bad sectors but will take some time to run depending on how full the disk is and how long since the previous defrag.
nekochanpurr:
B; Yes, i have two hard drives, so i switched my older one to secondary after i started getting problems, just in case it went on me..
I'll try the defragging.. I had to do the reformate anyway, but thats a long story.. lol
ok.. sorry to be bothersome, but could this be the problem...? i've been getting 'wlancfg5.exe' errors when i shut down my computer, even after the reformat... I looked it up, and it told me that it was probably because of my netgear wireless card.. Heres some links
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3RP6WUSTEX3JW
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/startup_applications/11226-wlancfg5exe.html
Could this be causing freezing, or am i just picking at straws now...?
kuronue:
I've got a narcoleptic computer, too. Installed a new video card, re-installed the illigitimate OS (windows XP pro), replaced the CPU fan (thinking it was overheating) and the power supply (it had fancy case lights and a tiny power supply, thought it might be browning out). Each hardware replacement has made it less narcoleptic, to where now we can play a game if we save every 10 minutes or so to be safe, wheras before loading anything CPU-intensive would cause a reboot, but it's still utterly random. I think we have a bad copy of XP (when we reinstalled, we used the same disk), so maybe the OP got their copy from the same source we did? (well not exactly the same, since we got it from my boyfriend's dad, but the source the dad got it from).
ETA: oh, and Frankie-san (the aforementioned computer) doesn't have a wireless card, he connects directly through ethernet to my router
nekochanpurr:
Stupid Frankenstein computers.. :(
I THOUGHT i'd fixed it.. It played for a little bit over 2 hours, no shut down. Put in downloads, it shuts down the WHOLE FRIGGIN COMPUTER still.. >.< I'm trying to compress my downloads now and see if that helps, but i think its because i put everything on my C drive.. Do you think it could because i only have 5.07 GB left on my computer? Should i try installing sims on another drive?? Ugh.. So frustrating..
Oh, and when i reinstalled windows.. it was a different disk. It installed fine, no problems..
Could it also be the RAM? i know 1 gig is more than enough.. but maybe its reading wrong or something? Haha, i think i'm getting desperate.. >.<
Also.. My fiancee can play diablo 2 fine without it doing anything...
eevilcat:
If it plays fine without downloads but breaks with them, then that would suggest the problem lies somewhere in your downloads folder. It's probably worth trying the halving technique to help pinpoint what is causing the break. Remove half the downloads, load the game. If it runs fine, the problem is in the half you removed, if it crashes then its in the half you loaded. Split the broken half in two, load as before... continue until you have isolated the problem. I would perhaps begin with removing hacks/mods as my guess it is more likely one of those could take your game out in such spectacular fashion as to crash your PC. Are you running with debug enabled? If not add boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true to the userStartup.cheat file. If you don't have one, create it and put it in your My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Config folder. That may also provide some additional information. Any error logs are saved in the My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Logs folder as text files.
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