Every time I put the Sims 2 DVD/CD into my DVD-Rom it starts up fine until I go to get into a neighbor hood, then it just freezes up... I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it doesn't work... when I first installed the game it worked fine, created my own neighborhood and sims, then less then 24 hours later it keeps freezing up on me when I try to get into a neighborhood.
 
I have installed the patch, but nothing works.
 
The game is borrowed from a friend of mine so it is not registered could this be the problem?
 
Here is my system info:
 
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DJ1GVP31
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 2400
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2193 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A03, 9/19/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name DJ1GVP31\rac
Time Zone Central Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 114.32 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 625.10 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
 
0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0xFEC00000-0xFEC0FFFF System board OK
0xFEE00000-0xFEE0FFFF System board OK
0xFECF0000-0xFECF0FFF System board OK
0xFFB00000-0xFFBFFFFF System board OK
0xFFC00000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0x80860000-0xFEBFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller OK
0xFEB80000-0xFEBFFFFF Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller OK
0xFEB7F400-0xFEB7F7FF Intel 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD OK
0xFE9FD000-0xFE9FDFFF BCM V.92 56K Modem OK
0xFE9FE000-0xFE9FFFFF Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller OK
0xFEB7FC00-0xFEB7FFFF Intel 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB OK
0xFEB7FA00-0xFEB7FBFF SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio OK
0xFEB7F900-0xFEB7F9FF SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller OK
0xC0000-0xFFFFF System board OK
0x100000-0xFFFFFF System board OK
0x1000000-0xFE73FFF System board OK
 
Drive D:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type CD-ROM
Name HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate 3191.49 kbytes/sec
SCSI Target ID 0
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_DVD-ROM_GDR8162B_______________0015____\5&2641F507&0&0.0.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 8/29/2002 6:00 AM)
 
Drive E:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded No
Media Type CD-ROM
Name HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate Not Available
SCSI Target ID 1
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_CD-RW_GCE-8483B________________B105____\5&2641F507&0&0.1.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 8/29/2002 6:00 AM)
 
Sad thing is it works on my Lap Top and that doesn't have the right Processor let alone graphics card in it.
 
WHATS GOING ON... Please help, responses to tastefuldestiny@cox.net would be prefect!!!
 
TD
[Edited by tastefuldestiny on 2006-03-16 14:06:41]