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Last answer on Nov 21, 2009 5:09:48 pm GMT tbad5, on Jun 10, 2009 7:06:41 pm BST 
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Hello,
I recently purchased the Sims 3 game for my Dell PC and i have been having problems with the game crashing. I could play the game for about 10 minutes, then the monitor would turn black, yet me CPU would still be running, and the only way i could restart my computer was by unplugging the whole system and turning it back on. I have heard people have had problems with their video card on their computer being disabled... any ideas?
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guesh1, on Jun 10, 2009 7:12:46 pm BST

Hye,

This is quite risky for your system! you don't have the requirements to play this game!
You will need to upgrade your system, power supply and cooling methods!

   
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gelesh, on Jun 13, 2009 8:40:55 pm BST

Are you sure?

   
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Cherries, on Aug 23, 2009 2:11:43 am BST

Yah that dosent sound right!!! My game keeps crasing 2! :( I asked one of my family members what I should do and he said that it may be because of to many downloads on UR comp. , try to delete some useless ones! I hate the fact that the second I turn the game on and I see the people it crashes :( If anyone has HELPFULL advice tell me!

   
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Anonymous Pseudonym, on Aug 24, 2009 10:51:55 am BST

You have an integrated video card, no?

Your system probably doesn't have the correct video card, PSU, or cooling necessary to run this game. That said, most issues with running this game stem from the video card.

Running a game when your system doesn't have the specs for it could result in permanent system damage, so that would be negligible on your part as a computer owner.

Use this site to check what you computer is lacking, and upgrade as necessary. From what you've said, your video card isn't up to spec, but this will confirm whether that suspicion is true or not.

Once again, do not run Sims 3 if you are NOT spec'd for it.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

   
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raed, on Aug 25, 2009 9:07:58 pm BST
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I have a core2 duo 2.66 cpu....and a Geforce 8600 gt which is compatible with the game and still i play for 5 min and then the game crashef in a less then a second....any ideas?:D

   
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eseernosam, on Sep 6, 2009 1:17:04 pm BST
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I'm having the same problem, only on a mac. I've got a 24" iMac with 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of ram, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS. My system will run Crysis on high extremely well; however, The Sims 3 is having problems. It'll unexpectedly freeze and the only way to quit the game is to hard reboot my computer; my computer isn't freezing, it's only the game. I've even boosted the fans to see if overheating was the issue, but no such luck. Just wish someone had an answer..

   
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EaneedstoretireSims, on Sep 13, 2009 3:09:24 pm BST
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I have had the Sims 3 for 1 day, I can play in build mode with no problem as soon as it goes to play mode it crashes. It isnt my computer, it is a bran new gamer computer.
It is EA...they need programmers that have knowledge to program.
Alot of people are having major problems with sims 3.
I will go back to 2, it doesnt crash.

   
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Tash, on Sep 20, 2009 3:00:40 am BST

Yea thats wat keeps happening to mine. It will last only ten minutes and then just crash. The computer which i'm on was made just for sims3 so there is nothing wrong with it. Can anybody help me figure out wat is wrong?

   
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convert, on Sep 21, 2009 8:15:50 am BST

You must use a correct power supply

   
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Tonia, on Oct 1, 2009 2:18:05 am BST

My Sims 3 also crashes and my system meets all the requirements.

   
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b1g3ar5, on Oct 3, 2009 5:52:07 pm BST
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I have tried Sims 3 on 3 computers all of which pass the Sims spec test on the EA website and it crashes the computer - blue screen of death - before anything comes up. Any ideas?

B

   
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 off to another forum, on Nov 21, 2009 5:09:48 pm GMT

Not one bit of useful information here...
"Not up to specs...", "correct power supply...", "integrated video card..." ??? What a load of horse dung !!!
Sims 3 crashes on many different systems, from low to high end. Only thing you can try is to update your graphics card drivers until Electronic Arts releases a patch that fixes the problem. It seems to crash on Vista more often than XP, and with NVidia graphics cards more often than others. I had the problem with XP and an older ATI Radeon graphics card UNTIL the first patch, from then on it was okay. My friend has the problem now, AFTER the patch 1.6, and also after installing the expansion, with Vista and a new NVidia graphics card. So I guess there must be something wrong with the game, not with the systems on which it is running. Hope EA will (and wants to) fix it.

   
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