hi i'm back!

eh...i should be happy to get my hubby (computer) back (yes i'm married to my computer, his name is Leo :p) but what a heck of money i used for his surgery! it turned out that my chipset was burnt. oh joy. the stupid technician that i bought Leo from was on crack while building my computer. this new technician said the old one mixed everything up. even the side of the casing was assemblied wrong. go figure. something bout liquid oozing out of my chipsets, so...i bought a new motherboard. and a new processor. and a new ram. oh and a new graphic card. oh a new sata drive too. joy. the old ones cannot support this new motherboard. and i'm not planning to buy an obselete motherboard just to cater to the all those parts.

so my lesson is: don't buy whatever crap the shop assistants try to sell you.

talking bout hospital, hehe, it's my favorite game after Sims 2! haha, i can win through easily too. i love simulation games!

hey witch! how come i never heard that announcement too?

ZiggyDoodle: it crashed everytime i play Sims2, install microsoft dotnet frameworks, crash sometimes while surfing the net, copying large amounts of files, and watching a movie in windows media player. It has NEVER restarted itself while playing Theme Hospital and while idle.
Edit: OK I take it back. Now after hours of gameplay, I have my first restart while playing Hospital and while idle. Damn.
Formated the computer, not sure if it's a system problem but it's unlikely.

I checked with Memtest86, it scanned bout 18 hours without any errors. But then i had to cancel the program cause my friend came over to help with my problem. No clue at all. So it's official, I'm sending my computer to the shop tomorrow...worst case scenario is, I may not see it for 3 whole weeks...

anyhow, thank you all! hope it won't get to that worst case scenario. i can't imagine spending 3 weeks away from my dear computer...

Thanks guys!!

I'm gonna try taking out my ram. I'm guessing I can check the "latency timing" or "latency frequency" to determine the speed of the 512MB ram, then test run it. If nothing goes wrong, I will insert the 1GB ram in and set both the same latency timing/frequency. And pray hard.

And I'm gonna try switching the rams too, blubug.

katennigma, i've downloaded the memtest86. i'll use a floppy disk. gonna check it tonight and hopefully can find a solution to it. For now I have the basic driver that came with the motherboard in the cd. not planning to update it as it's such a hassle...i think i can rule out heat problems. i tried pointing a fan at the open cased cpu but it restarted again.

and once again thank you all!

Bruce Banner: yes that file sounds like the one. I don't know why but the more i look at the name the more i think it's another spelling...could be that my mind is failing i tend to remember words by the way they look, so it somehow seemed unfamiliar to me the way you write it.

it says version 6.14 on the driver details found in the preferance (right click on desktop > settings > advanced) thought i'm not sure which version it would be in terms of 6-x or 5-x .

speaking of which, i tried installing catalyst 5-8 and failed. it needed microsoft dotnet frameworks 1.1 at least. downloaded it, tried to install but an error came out. no idea what it meant (i almost always have no idea what those error messages are trying to tell me). installing 2.0 results in a reboot. haha. i'm screwed. as JM says, i'm gonna have to sell my ass if no one can come up with some solutions..

i can't help you but you gotta admit, it is quite funny...*ROFL*

Theo: eh...I do hear a sound, but I can't know for sure if it's a normal starting the computer sound or the ones you've listed.

JM: my computer does freezes itself sometimes. Sometimes the mouse won't move (completely freezed), sometimes the mouse could move, but nothing else is.

tried installing a catalyst 5.8, an old version which worked in the past. But it says I need dotnet frameworks to install it. currently downloading version 1.1 and praying that it'll install...

*played sims just now cause missed it too much. still couldn't break the 5 minute record...*

i've searched, but still can't find where to disable "autostart" ...hehe...

the 2nd time I formatted my computer, it was because I keep getting win32k.sys or atiqua3.dll (something, forgot the correct spelling) error. i can't update my driver back then. and now too. haha.

Really?! How screwed am I...

My dad's trying to get hold of a computer technician for me while in the meantime I've been searching on the net for information. I read up bout power supply. Maybe it's ailing...seriously hope a computer technician can sort these out...During the time I first posted this message my computer has restarted or freeze itself 8 times

Joy!

Hmm..it's only 2 years old...I guess I'll have to I'll miss my ass...

but before i do sell it, are there any other reason? I will try anything! (I think)

Oh and I have to mention that my monitor flickers when the computer's doing stuff (eh...lack of words to describe...) doing stuff like opening programs, copying stuff etc.

This is a formated and newly installed computer. Was thinking of trying out every suggestions I can get before sending it to the shop...I'm seriously lacking Simoleans since I bought Nightlife and Open For Business...

Is this supposed to be in the "Oops I broke it" board? I'm not quite sure, but if it is then feel free to move it and sorry for the inconvinience! I saw some posts refering to computer crashes, but figured every computer is different, so I'm writing a new post.

Help! I can't play The Sims 2 for more than 5 minutes! It's driving me crazy! Any Sims-addicted person would understand my frustration...

And just when I bought NL and OFB and am planning to have fun with cars, downtown, businesses, compatibility etc...sob...

It's like this: my computer will restart in the middle of gameplay, even sometimes while i'm online. I know a bit of computer (a bit only haha) but I still need some advice. Please throw in as much guesses you have that might help with my problem. I can't even defragment my drive as I'm afraid that it'll restart again and will screw my pc completely...

I have ATI Radeon 9100, 3.0 GHz, 2 Apacer ram sticks (a 500MB and a 1GB), Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 I guess, how do i really check?) anymore info I need to give out?

I currently have catalyst 6.14, the original driver I got from the cd. I tried to update my graphics card, but catalyst 6.5 doesn't support my windows (so it says) and the latest 6.9 needs to have microsoft dotnet frameworks 2.0 installed. When I try to install the frameworks it ALWAYS restarts during the process. I've tried it 4 times then gave up.

Thanks so much! I miss my families...

Oh thx! Just what I've been complaining about! I hate it when they'll trek all the way across a jungle and a river just to put the hats down, just because the tables are occupied by books they've just finished reading. Stupid sims.

haha, that may just be the answer. I forgot what aspiration Tucker was. But case close! thanks very much! Now i can point and laugh at him :p

 

i'll consider the metal polish then...though I don't trust my hands that much haha...

at least it's playable, just the silent treatment is getting on my nerves 

thanks guys!

haha, weird ghosts. Then the red family aspiration icon means the child wasn't a part of the family?

I killed Tucker using the cow plant, and after many nights he finally came out to haunt!

1st time i've ever seen a green ghost. He looks like The Grinch 

He's constantly, and actually only, complaining about a member in the family. She was a child and Tucker died before she was ever born. But it seems like he harbors some grudge towards her, which is strange. He has her face in his thought bubbles and a big red cross over her face. Then he thinks about this family aspiration icon, only it's in red.

Before his death he was the lover of the child's mother. Could this be it?

Just had to know  I've never seen a ghost holding a grudge

i think jsalemi has the answer! oh pretty pretty thank you! I'll wait eagerly for your answer!

I played the game a few more hrs, and i found that all sound files from the Uni EP is missing. That means silent school cheering, silent pranks, and silent performances. I can't wait to get the sounds back! And some people hated sim music I'm a fan haha!

Jordi, my game cd cannot be read. luckily I use daemon tools to play which required no cd. which means i'm stuck with the old installation. I know the best and simplest way is to reinstall Uni, but without a readable cd, i was hoping there are other ways

I found out that I don't have a Jazz folder or a Collegerock folder, so I copied the old files into my music folder. The problem is the game didn't notice it, the files are in their correct folders but when I check the audio in the configure menu, you know, the one where you can play the music and choose which ones you want to play in the game, the genre wasn't there.

so I was hoping for a way to make the game SEE the files there and return joy to my life. Mime orchestra isn't all that cool

i only have university, so i'm not sure if other EPs allow walkbys to storm into the house. i normally have them make out in his bed room

i guess i misunderstood you with the max 7 skills thing, sorry Avalikia!

when i was playing the 20 lovers thing, i made it that my sim stayed alone without any of his girlfriends. The rest is just a race with time, calling girls on the phone and making best friends with them, and everyday I can invite 1 or 2 girls over separately.

max 7 skills is easy, even without the thinking caps (sorry there Avalikia )

30 best friends is easy too, just have them hog the phone all day

I've only achieved 20 lovers and 20 woohoos once with the same sim and tanks of elixir of life

Hi guys, I screwed up.

I originally have The Sims2 and University, but due to some circumstances, I decided to reinstall both games. Leaving the old games intact (in case I blew something up, which I did now... ) I first install The Sims 2 base game. Next I reinstalled my Sims University, but then found out my DVD cannot be read, something bout redundacy cyclic something...I still have my old game though, so I thought, let's see if I can still play the game.

I could, I found no problems in game play. But blimey, my University music files were missing! But of course, this is what you get for screwing around with computers...now when I have my sims perform on the instruments or play jazz or college rock music on the radio, no sound came out. I miss the music haha...and the lively music in the neighbourhood has gone, returned to the boring birds chirping from the base game...

Apart from finding a way to re-installing University, is there any other way to return the music?

really? i chose the alien skin, but i can't find the eyes..am i missing something? haha..

there is no way to get those huge black alien eyes! do i have to download them? help and thanks so much!

i want to get rid of the squiggly lines for good. however my SimPE is lagging like hell..i'm using version 0.50.2120.35905

can anyone direct me to an older version? i've searched by apparently i'm at a lose. all i can find is this current new version i'm using. thanks so much!