Question:
Sims 3 Help - Screen Flashes to Black a Few Times, then Blue-Screens Laptop!?
Niall Carr
2012-01-28 07:11:58 UTC
I've had the game installed and everything works fine. Everything's up to date. The game worked fine the first few times, but all of a sudden I've started playing it and it will start to freeze up. Then it flickers to a black screen, then it blue-screens the laptop.

Anyone know how to fix this?
Three answers:
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2012-01-28 07:22:03 UTC
If it was working fine and now bluescreens then something has probably changed on your system.

Have you updated any drivers or changes your configuration at all? Does the laptop ever blue screen with running any other program or just that particular game? There are loads of BSOD but you give no info on the error number or dialogue would would allow more focused advide.

The error number shown when you get a blue screen gives valuable info on what is causing the trouble.

Best generic advice [as you post no details of error number]



Check your graphics drivers are up to date and download and update if available.

Try using system restore to roll back your system to before the blue screens started to appear

Check whether your graphics chip [you give no info on your hardware at all, which would have helped] is powerful to run the game at the settings you are using.

Check if your graphics chip supports hardware acceleration and if it does and it is enabled, try running the game with it disabled.

Check that your hard disk is not running out of space. At least 15% should be free to avoid problems



itt may even be an issue with that particular game. Have you tried searching the Sims forums on the web to see if others have posted similar issues [they may have fixes or workarounds]



If you post further details on the error message and number on the BSOD and hardware configuration then this will allow more focused advice.
2012-01-28 07:19:40 UTC
i get that when im creating a sim and no help sign comes up to tell me what's wrong, mabye your computer space is low and you need to turn down the graphics? im sorry im not sure but one thing for sure is that sims 3 has alot of problems with it and ea doesn't do a thing to fix it :(
MURZYN
2014-12-13 12:41:17 UTC
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