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Just built a new computer a week or so ago.
Asus A8V Deluxe mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Logisys 500W Power Supply
1 Gig DDR400 Memory (Infineon made by Samsung...I think)
ATI Radeon 9550 256MB RAM AGP
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Maxtor 160Gig Ultra ATA/133 HD, 7200RPM, 8MB cache
Windows XP SP2 (currently updated)
Installing Sims 2 went fine. Playing, (I've only been building this go round
so far) goes fine with the exception of the odd crash/error. I *always* get
that error when exiting game though, and once in a while during startup (of
the game). The error only says "The application has crashed. The application
will now terminate." I click ok and go back to my desktop.
When playing I turn off most of my processes. I don't run any spyware/avg
while in game. I don't have any chat programs going. Other than the normal
13-14 for XPp, I have my ati processes running (2), teatimer (comes with
spybot, alerts you to changes to your system startup), RcMan (still not sure
what that is) and sometimes gnotifier (gmail).
Ran the DirectX Diagnostic....all tests were fine.
On the system tab-
O/S: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
Sys Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Sys Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Bios: BIOS Date: 10/27/04 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page file: 186MB used, 2274MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
On the display tab-
(device)
Name: Radeon 9550
Chip Type: Radeon 9550 AGP (0x4153)
App. Total Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1152x864 (32 bit) (85Hz)
(drivers)
Main Driver: ati2dvag.dll
Version: 6.14.0010.6430 (Eng)
Date: 03/02/2004
I don't know why the System Manufacturer and Model are "To be filled by OEM"
on the system tab. Although I did get quite a bit of bundled software/suites
with some of my hardware, I don't think any of them would show here.
On the System Information/Components/Display screen, My Radeon is listed
twice. The second listing has it's name as Radeon 9550 Secondary. The info
for color planes, table entries, resolution and bits/pixels are all "Not
Available". The Memory Addresses are different for each listing, but other
than that, they are identical. I'm not sure why this one card is listed
twice or if that's even a problem for my game. It has filled up quite a bit
of space under System Information/Hardware Resources/Conflicts&Sharing
though.
This was happening on every exit and the occasional game start up BEFORE I
added any 3rd party downloads. (I had downloaded the maxis made objects and
the patch) It also happens, now, when I enter my backed up neighborhood (and
houses when the neighborhood doesn't crash) that has 3rd party downloads in
it.
Any clues as to what is causing this error would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
noname
Just built a new computer a week or so ago.
Asus A8V Deluxe mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Logisys 500W Power Supply
1 Gig DDR400 Memory (Infineon made by Samsung...I think)
ATI Radeon 9550 256MB RAM AGP
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Maxtor 160Gig Ultra ATA/133 HD, 7200RPM, 8MB cache
Windows XP SP2 (currently updated)
Installing Sims 2 went fine. Playing, (I've only been building this go round
so far) goes fine with the exception of the odd crash/error. I *always* get
that error when exiting game though, and once in a while during startup (of
the game). The error only says "The application has crashed. The application
will now terminate." I click ok and go back to my desktop.
When playing I turn off most of my processes. I don't run any spyware/avg
while in game. I don't have any chat programs going. Other than the normal
13-14 for XPp, I have my ati processes running (2), teatimer (comes with
spybot, alerts you to changes to your system startup), RcMan (still not sure
what that is) and sometimes gnotifier (gmail).
Ran the DirectX Diagnostic....all tests were fine.
On the system tab-
O/S: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
Sys Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Sys Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Bios: BIOS Date: 10/27/04 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page file: 186MB used, 2274MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
On the display tab-
(device)
Name: Radeon 9550
Chip Type: Radeon 9550 AGP (0x4153)
App. Total Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1152x864 (32 bit) (85Hz)
(drivers)
Main Driver: ati2dvag.dll
Version: 6.14.0010.6430 (Eng)
Date: 03/02/2004
I don't know why the System Manufacturer and Model are "To be filled by OEM"
on the system tab. Although I did get quite a bit of bundled software/suites
with some of my hardware, I don't think any of them would show here.
On the System Information/Components/Display screen, My Radeon is listed
twice. The second listing has it's name as Radeon 9550 Secondary. The info
for color planes, table entries, resolution and bits/pixels are all "Not
Available". The Memory Addresses are different for each listing, but other
than that, they are identical. I'm not sure why this one card is listed
twice or if that's even a problem for my game. It has filled up quite a bit
of space under System Information/Hardware Resources/Conflicts&Sharing
though.
This was happening on every exit and the occasional game start up BEFORE I
added any 3rd party downloads. (I had downloaded the maxis made objects and
the patch) It also happens, now, when I enter my backed up neighborhood (and
houses when the neighborhood doesn't crash) that has 3rd party downloads in
it.
Any clues as to what is causing this error would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
noname