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My sims 3 disk wont work

Last answer on Nov 7, 2009 6:17:57 pm GMT liv, on Jun 22, 2009 9:00:00 pm BST 
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Hello,
i just bought the sims 3 disk that works for both macs and pc and when i put the game in my mac keeps spitting it out. I know that disk is not dirty cause i havent touched it and everyother cd i put in works just not the sims three and i restarted turned it off and left it off for a while but nothing is working i need help.

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clowncrown, on Jun 22, 2009 9:07:49 pm BST

Im Thinking The Game is not going to work on other opertaing systems other then Windows... Since many games only works with Windows.. try looking at the back case of your Game.. it should say over there

   
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Larsifer, on Jul 1, 2009 2:32:47 am BST
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No, idiot. The game DOES work on a Mac. Better than on your PC.
PC users think they are so smart... but guess what? Most of the games you play on your PC were written on a mac? Why? It's a more powerful computer.
Macs can run OSX, Vista and XP all at once.
What can your PC run?

   
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Vixen-x, on Jul 16, 2009 10:21:25 am BST
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God chill out, the guy simply didn't realise it could be run on a mac. No need for the onslaught. You accuse PC users of thinking they're so smart but I've never met any PC user quite as rude and arrogant as you, seriously there's no need for it.

   
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forcy257, on Jul 24, 2009 5:25:22 pm BST
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Ok, ok, no need to be so vicious.
calm down.

   
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PrettyGeek-y, on Oct 14, 2009 1:59:55 pm BST

I am a techie MAC user, and they are awesome, but PC's can run even more than a mac, well, sort of. They can run OSX with a little bit of hacking, XP, VISTA and now 7 as well as having generally more support for Linux distro's like Ubuntu and Fedora. Mac can run all of these too, but Linux is a pain in the arse to get working, all the Apple drivers are very closely guarded secrets you see.
In my experience Mac users seem to think they're smarter than PC users (And we are right? We did choose the better OS :p) but still, don't start the argument, I've been in it far too many times..
Lastly, pft, Mac's aren't more powerful, there's a lot less machinery for your money in a mac, but they're sure as heck more efficient, which is worth every penny.
Just for disc utility it's worth the money..

Happy simming!

   
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_, on Jul 1, 2009 12:56:24 pm BST
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Hey, mine is just now doing the same thing. I pre ordered the sims 3 when it came out and now for some reason it either spits it out or just doesn't show the cd icon. I looked online and some people have said it might be a faulty disk drive so I am going to bring it to Best Buy to have it checked out. If your mac is still under warranty I suggest the same thing!

   
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Sims 3 Problem Solver, on Jul 8, 2009 11:56:39 pm BST
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The reason your sims 3 game won't work is because your computer does not meet all the requirments. Check on the back of the case for the requirments!

~S3PS

   
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swww, on Jul 20, 2009 1:26:34 pm BST
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I recently bought sims 3 .. and the guy at the shop told me to run the requierment thing , im failing on only 1 requirement .. speed it needs 2.0 ghz .. i have 3.04 ghz .. could i still play sims 3 but .. maybe it would be a little slow or will it jus not work all together ?

   
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problemchild, on Jul 16, 2009 4:59:01 pm BST
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Yeaah. i am having problems with my sims 3 pc game as well. it keeps telling me that i need to pdate my "video card." what is the world is a video card ???

   
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Josh, on Jul 23, 2009 2:28:27 pm BST
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The video card is what advance the graphics on the game you would need to go to a retail store like best buy and ask them what graphics card would work on your computer and with the sims 3

   
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gamergirl, on Jul 16, 2009 7:23:05 pm BST
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Mine works on the MAC, and i agree it probably doesn't meet all of the requirements, so cheack on the back, and maybe you can install the required items, then try playing the game

   
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Chipochep, on Jul 17, 2009 8:50:00 am BST

A reply to problem child a video card is a graphics card that runs pixels on yourcomputer and if you have a shitty one then it can't run games well trust me I went threw the same thing a couple years ago but the only thing u can do is get a new computer and hope it is legit enough to play it or buys new graphics card like I did and have best buy put it in but the card will cost from 100$ to 500$ I got a 300 nvidia card and had to pay 50 for bestbuy to put it in...

   
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aceprettyme, on Jul 23, 2009 12:34:13 pm BST

Yeah well another Q for you guys- does it matter if your disc is green? I mean i watched some videos of unboxing and that to check but theirs is propper colour and mine has the faces on but is GREEN. This might be perfectly normal, but i dont want to take a chance so is it alright if it is? Details below.

Bought in England.
Bought from a trustworthy shop.
Runs a bit slow (annoying but might have nothing to do with).
Bought at £32.87
PC meets all requirements.

Please tell me A.S.A.P or i will have to take it back and ask.

From ace x

   
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hellowmellowfellow, on Jul 24, 2009 12:14:43 pm BST

Hey, my CD is green too. I thought there was something wrong because it seemed funny that the whole thing was green. and I meet all the requirements on my Mac as well but it seems to be very slow and laggy. it hangs all the time. I live in Malaysia but bought the CD from Australia. a Mac store. I bought it for such an expensive price (after conversion) to find out that when I came back to Malaysia, it was 2 times cheaper. even the collector's edition was much cheaper. (everything after conversion) my friends bought the CD and it's in colour and it seems to be fine on their computers.

I was hoping for someone to respond to your comment but seems like no one did so.
I'm really hoping to get a few answers.

   
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aceprettyme, on Jul 24, 2009 5:07:00 pm BST

Yeah, cuz mine is a bit laggy to but i though it was because my pc wasnt that good cuz i bought it last year. At first i thought pirate but thats impossible cuz its like a really good store and everything is EA signed ect.

Plzzzzzzz someone answer.

   
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chloe, on Jul 26, 2009 8:18:58 pm BST

Well ma laptop kept loging of in the middle of the game i only got about 20 minutes max.then i got ma lapltop rebooted ,and it still keeps shutting down? but i only get 1 hour now on it . am so gutted i have waited for this game for ages :( !!!

   
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Grimest, on Jul 26, 2009 9:29:15 pm BST

First of all what a nice name chloe :), i aint read other comments but have you tride downloading a cd/rom i think the name of it is, getting one will allow you to play your game without even putting the disk(s) in its like if you download a game (full version) get a cd-key and then get a cd/rom its just like buyin one without actually payin lol.. CyphoO

   
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mags, on Jul 28, 2009 12:36:04 pm BST
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SAME HERE!! my computer doesnt read the disk and i have no idea why!? I spent 50 bucks on the thing!! Im pissed!!HELP!!!!!WHAT SHOULD I DO

   
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DogBlitz, on Aug 7, 2009 12:07:14 am BST
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Ys i have all the system requirements and im using a pc but my comp wont read it. the little cd icon comes up but nothing happens

   
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aceprettyme, on Aug 12, 2009 11:13:56 pm BST

HAS ANYONE GOT A GREEN DISK APART FROM FOLLOWME? Does it matter that its green?

Ace x

   
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PrettyGeek-y, on Oct 14, 2009 1:23:40 pm BST

Nope, I have a green disc, and works perfectly fine on my mac OSx, but I've lost my disc xD

   
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popz, on Aug 13, 2009 4:42:16 pm BST

I no what your problem is, my mums friend is friends with the people who make the disks, i asked her what was wrong (because it happend with mine) and i didnt have windows vista i had windows xp, and it only works on windows vista..
Hopppee i helped :)

   
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 roo700, on Nov 7, 2009 6:17:57 pm GMT

It works on xp the i have an xp and it works just fine

   
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simsruleok, on Aug 15, 2009 2:28:28 pm BST

Hi all mine wouldnt even read the sims 2 or3 its the anti copy software ,some dvd rewriters cant read it.i dont know how to sort it .

   
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Aoikiretsu7188, on Aug 18, 2009 12:51:09 pm BST

My game won't let me create the sim the right way...when I move something it stays the same....I can't really change much about the sim...and there's this black flicker that goes across my screen when i play it.And sometimes their body parts are gone.Like their neck,or their eyes are seperated from the lid.I don't know what's wrong with it...I just bought it too.

   
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aceprettyme, on Sep 14, 2009 9:21:51 am BST
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I did this test http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest for sims 3 and it said my pc exeeds the requirements, so I'm going to return my disk. Its got sooooooo many glitches so im just gonna get a new one.

   
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PrettyGeek-y, on Oct 14, 2009 1:43:46 pm BST
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Lads, I know a bit about computers, and here are the few things I can think of that could be wrong:


Your computer can't see the disc:

There's a problem with your disc or your disc drive. Try another disc in your disc drive, see if it can see that. If that's OK, it's the disc, get a new one, or a disc doctor. If not, your drive's dead, no one on this forum seems to be too technically minded, so I'd suggest bringing your computer to a repair shop. If you are confident enough that you could repair it, google your problem, but don't do anything too drastic without the advice or supervision of a fully fledged computer geek :p


You've got a glitchy game:

There's a problem with your computer. Sims 3 needs a dual core processor, I've a 3.0 processor on my PC(XP) that is not dual core, and I get tonnes of glitchyness. I have a 2.6 dual core on my mac book(OSX), and it runs perfectly. Most XP computers never needed a dual core processor, (Vista is such an overloaded piece of c**p that you can't run it without one) so..

[I no what your problem is, my mums friend is friends with the people who make the disks, i asked her what was wrong (because it happend with mine) and i didnt have windows vista i had windows xp, and it only works on windows vista..] - popz

Is incorrect, it would work fine on an XP computer, if you had a dual core processor.


And just make sure you have at least 2 gigs of RAM and a decent vid card, mine's an nvidia, can't remeber the name but it's 256mb and seems to be working fine - But that's just for an enjoyable gaming experience with limited lag :)

Oh, and green discs are fine, I have one. I think they could just be the European edition.


Hope that helped,
Good luck everyone!

   
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PrettyGeek-y, on Oct 14, 2009 1:47:19 pm BST

Oh yea, and watch out for the DRM it'll stop your disc working if you've tried to install more than 3 times. You'll see this problem at the launcher stage.

   
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PrettyGeek-y, on Oct 14, 2009 2:03:19 pm BST

http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2005/07/11/a-fix-for-my-s­uperdrive-problems/
That might fix the original problem.. I'll stop posting now, I swear :p

   
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