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mspinkberry08
12 years ago
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Sims 3 crashing back to desktop within a hour of play

To anyone that can help me! Haha...here goes: I have Windows 8 and I have TS3 + Pets, University, and Showtime: Katy Perry. I used to have those plus World Adventures, Late Night and Ambitions insta...
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    crinrict
    12 years ago

    Seems you have a dual-graphics system. You have a Nvidia 660M and a Intel graphics chip. The graphics chips drivers are very old and could do with an update. Not sure about the Nvidia one cause that doesn't show in your DxDiag.

    Check if your graphic card is properly recognized by the game:

    http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2013/06/getting-the-game-to-recognize-your-card.html

    Make sure it's not running on the Intel while you play the game.

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mspinkberry08
12 years ago


Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E20&SUBSYS_102D1043&REV_04\3&11583659&2&D8
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\hdaudbus.sys, 6.02.9200.16420 (English), 9/20/2012 02:08:44, 71168 bytes

Name: Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E2D
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E2D&SUBSYS_201F1043&REV_04\3&11583659&2&D0
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbehci.sys, 6.02.9200.16654 (English), 6/30/2013 21:42:09, 79192 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbport.sys, 6.02.9200.16654 (English), 6/30/2013 21:42:09, 498008 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys, 6.02.9200.16654 (English), 6/30/2013 21:42:09, 623448 bytes

Name: Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 1E16
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E16&SUBSYS_102D1043&REV_C4\3&11583659&2&E3
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.02.9200.16384 (English), 7/26/2012 01:00:55, 234224 bytes

Name: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0887&SUBSYS_40628086&REV_C4\4&22D85C79&0&00E1
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Setup.exe, 16.01.0005.0000 (English), 10/8/2013 23:12:50, 1808168 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\setup.xml, 10/8/2013 23:12:52, 1293 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Data\WiFi.msi, 10/8/2013 23:12:52, 8777728 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Data\WiFi1.cab, 10/8/2013 23:13:00, 61641520 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Data\Driver.msi, 10/8/2013 23:12:38, 2977792 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Data\Drv1.cab, 10/8/2013 23:12:44, 13166958 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Data_BTHS\BTHS.msi, 10/8/2013 23:12:36, 8253440 bytes
Driver: C:\Intel\Wireless\Data_BTHS\IntelHS.cab, 10/8/2013 23:12:46, 9262627 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\NETwew00.sys, 15.10.0003.0002 (English), 10/8/2013 23:12:46, 3345376 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\Netwfw00.dat, 10/8/2013 23:12:46, 6199000 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys, 6.02.9200.16384 (English), 7/25/2012 22:27:54, 24064 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Netwuw01.dll, 15.06.0000.0000 (English), 10/8/2013 23:12:50, 2193136 bytes

Name: Intel(R) HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller - 1E57
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E57&SUBSYS_102D1043&REV_04\3&11583659&2&F8
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\msisadrv.sys, 6.02.9200.16384 (English), 7/26/2012 01:00:55, 17136 bytes

Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0FD4&SUBSYS_102D1043&REV_A1\4&19280BA3&0&0008
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\dbInstaller.exe, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:52, 233320 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrsdb.bin, 10/8/2012 14:42:38, 1092288 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvamwu.inf_amd64_f5e8efc52c9a9b39\NvCplSetupInt.exe, 1.00.0001.0000 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:32, 72738440 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\Nvd3d9wrap.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:40, 286056 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\detoured.dll, 8/27/2012 16:04:00, 4096 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\nvdxgiwrap.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:54, 221032 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\Nvd3d9wrapx.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:16, 317952 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\detoured.dll, 8/27/2012 16:04:00, 4096 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\nvdxgiwrapx.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:16, 249344 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\license.txt, 8/27/2012 16:04:00, 21892 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\MCU.exe, 1.00.4647.21994 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:34, 1561960 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvdebugdump.exe, 10/8/2012 14:42:14, 222056 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi.1.pdf, 10/8/2012 14:42:42, 40454 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi.exe, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:22, 239464 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvml.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:16, 409960 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\OpenCL\OpenCL.dll, 1.00.0000.0000 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 52584 bytes
Driver: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\OpenCL\OpenCL64.dll, 1.00.0000.0000 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 60776 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nvkflt.sys, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:14, 284008 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:18, 13443944 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nvpciflt.sys, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 30056 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvEncodeAPI64.dll, 2.00.9181.30697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:34, 364904 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvapi64.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:16, 2731880 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvcompiler.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 25256296 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvcuda.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:34, 9146728 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvcuvenc.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:14, 2218344 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvcuvid.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 2747240 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvd3dumx.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:20, 18252136 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvinfo.pb, 10/8/2012 14:42:54, 16127 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvinitx.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 247144 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvoglv64.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:48, 26331496 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvopencl.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:22, 7414632 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvumdshimx.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:42, 973672 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvwgf2umx.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:54, 14922600 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvEncodeAPI.dll, 2.00.9181.30697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:42, 313704 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvapi.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:48, 2428776 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvcompiler.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:38, 17559912 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvcuda.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:38, 7697768 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvcuvenc.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:36, 1867112 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvcuvid.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:42, 2574696 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvd3dum.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:42, 15309160 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvinit.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:18, 202600 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvoglv32.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:16, 19906920 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvopencl.dll, 8.17.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:32, 6127464 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvumdshim.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:54, 831848 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\SysWow64\nvwgf2um.dll, 9.18.0013.0697 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:14, 12501352 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvdispco64.dll, 2.00.0026.0004 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:14, 1760104 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\nvdispgenco64.dll, 2.00.0015.0002 (English), 10/8/2012 14:42:52, 1482600 bytes

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