The Blue Screen of Death! Broken Again (3.09.07)

[Frog_Man]

Okay. ("flaming pile of poo"?)

[Micco]

It's a nice way of saying fubared. Something in the game is crashing directx and/or your video card is on its last legs. You should be able to reset things in the display properties but you may have to reboot.

[Frog_Man]

I downloaded a newer version and looked at some things.

Is this it?



I sure hope it isn't my video card.

[Micco]

A newer version? I thought you were up to date. That may solve your problem - hopefully.

[Frog_Man]

Oh, I thought it WAS a newer version....

It won't even open now, it just shows that white screen with the Sims 2 Pets logo, and it closes. Then nothing happens.

What version SHOULD I download from here?

[Micco]

If you have the version they offer there, you have the latest version. You may need to uninstall and reinstall your video drivers.

[Frog_Man]

How? I am SUCH a computer whiz. XP

I need to start learning this stuff. *I am thinking of taking notes on notepad*

I officially suck at computers.

[Frog_Man]

I have been looking around researching and do I follow this?

And how do I REinstall it after?

[veash]

Frog Man,  you should list off your computer specs.  From what I've read in some of your other posts, it's sounding like your entire system is getting bogged down.  I think the Pets EP is pushing your computer to it's limits.   In the pictures above of your desktop, I see a few things going on.  The desktop background hogs your system resources.  It looks like you've got alot of icons in your quick start tray on the bottom too.  The less you have there the better.  To get the best possible performance while playing TS2, you need to shut down everything else that you don't absolutely need, especially if your system is just meeting the req's.
     The article you linked to seems to be a pretty decent guide.  The newest version of Direct X is  version DX, released on 2/27/2007.  Newest doesn't always mean best though.  If you're having problems with version DX, then roll back to version 9.0c.  Don't get DirectX confused with a vidcard driver.  They're two separate animals.  Go to Nvidia's site to make sure you have your vidcard drivers updated.  Same deal here, sometimes the newest one doesn't work as well as an older one.

[Frog_Man]

I'm just quitting with this game. This game i stressing me out too much. I'll try on my other computer tomorrow. This game is way too bad for me.