The Sims 2 Blue Screen of Death

[layziegtp]

Close... close, but not it.

1. It doesn't happen when I change hardware acceleration. In fact, I've tried using both full and none setting and got the crash when opening the game.

2. I get the stop code 0x0000008e, but no error message with it (eg. KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, I don't see that message)

3. The solution in that article is to install SP2 .


Note - I've completely uninstalled the Nvidia drivers and used driver cleaner to finish em off, tried to run the game, and STILL get a lock up.

Thanks though, glad to see a reply so soon.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi layziegtp,

If you ask me, installing SP2 on your Windows XP will f*ck your gaming experience even more, in general... (No, fortunately, haven't tried it yet, "got stuck" with Windows 98 and Windows XP SP1... )

Joe

[Grumpy]

@Joe

installing SP2 on your Windows XP will f*ck your gaming experience even more

Not entirely true! I have Sp2 installed and I dont notice any difference with the games and I have never had any problems getting games to work.
There are some sites around which do suggest some games dont run with as many frames with Sp2 installed but then the same sites list other games as running better with Sp2. I think the worst I have read is maybe a 3% difference in performance either way. 3% is hardly noticeable. So it evens out. If the system is fast enough you wont notice the differences anyway. I have a P4 3.2ghz therefore any differences are hardly noticeable.

[krondike]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Not entirely true! I have Sp2 installed and I dont notice any difference with the games and I have never had any problems getting games to work.

Says a man that's only playing MS Minesweeper and Solitaire all day long.

@joe
Depands on what proccesor you are using.
Intel P4 had a bug in SP1 with result in slower computer speed, like a 2ghz akt as it was a 400mhz, and wasn't fix until SP2. This is both official and unofficial stories. But point is it acted wierd.

SP2 got some greats things to offer, but with the hole Windows XP thing you need a lot of RAM memory, I got 1.5 GB of ram, and I had a computer with a 256 mb. Gues if I experence any diffrence?!

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi guys,

Hmmm, interesting what you say... But, as I have no Net access at home and NOD32 is taking good care of my PC (poor thing, there are no viruses for it to find ), I don't have much use for SP2... I might install it some time, though...

Joe

P.S.: I've always been an AMD fan, I'm not using Intel CPU's: the only one I've had was a 486DX2/66...

[Grumpy]

@Krondike

Says a man that's only playing MS Minesweeper and Solitaire all day long.

Hehehehe,

[layziegtp]

To be honest, right now I wish all SP2 was doing was making the game run slower. This crash is really getting to me, and I can't find a single other person out there that's having the same problem!