sims city 4 freezes....

[Singleman593]

hey guys , how ya all doing? I would appreciate a little help here...on my daughter'S comp, I NOTICED it freezes 5,10 minutes into playing sims city 4. I am really puzzled.




specs:OS XP PRO,AMD CHIP,512MB DDR RAM,MAXTOR HDD NVIDIA G FORCE 3 VDCARD.

 

[toxicity]

First off, what the specs on the computer?

 

[toxicity]

ignore that last post, lol

 

[lieb39]

Simple stuff:

- Make sure you have the latest patch for Simcity 4
- Make sure you have Windows Updated
- Make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card
- Defrag, and scandisk

If that doesn't help, than come back.

 

[razor_ro]

maybe....

hmmm, well after doing all the updates (dont forget motherboard drivers, latest VIA drivers will help if it is a VIA chipset)and the probs do persist maybe it can be one of these things:

1. CPU is overheating, check your temperatures (if you cant find software, check in BIOS), simcity requires alot of CPU work plus its an AMD chip

2. Could be a memory problem, check your memory timings in BIOS, try setting the speeds slower, ....

3. Power Supply maybe failing/or is not enough for your CPU at full load, ...., its a possibility :blink:

hope this helps, ....

RaZoR

 

[Singleman593]

Re: maybe....

Originally posted by razor_ro
hmmm, well after doing all the updates (dont forget motherboard drivers, latest VIA drivers will help if it is a VIA chipset)and the probs do persist maybe it can be one of these things:

1. CPU is overheating, check your temperatures (if you cant find software, check in BIOS), simcity requires alot of CPU work plus its an AMD chip

2. Could be a memory problem, check your memory timings in BIOS, try setting the speeds slower, ....

3. Power Supply maybe failing/or is not enough for your CPU at full load, ...., its a possibility :blink:

hope this helps, ....

RaZoR

thanx guys... the only things i hav to do now is to check memr timings and lower the cpu speed...lets hope this works.i notied that cpu is 150 degrs but asus update says its ok.my pentium is running at 87degrs.thanx again.