I have 2 ASUS M2N-sli motherboards with AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ cpus and 4gb of memory. Wake on lan works on one and won't work on the other. There are some other minor differences I can't remember right now. This just goes to show 2 similar computers are NOT created equal. I've been told by ASUStek this is because of a change in production.
I said packs LIKE Seasons and PETS is more demanding also.
Werfault.exe is the Windows error reporting system that reports problems back to Microsoft.
This is a Windows issue (more then likely a device driver issue and the graphics driver more then likely) and there should be an entry in the Windows logs that can be seen by the Windows program event viewer.
The HD 6290 has the same core as the ATI 4330. The 6290 is unknown by the game so you need to edit the .sgr files to get the game to confure itself for the now unknown graphics chip. There are several how tos available.
How do I get to the windows program event viewer?
How do I edit the .sgr files?
As I said, I was able to play all the games on this exact laptop before, even Pets, and now I can't. Then I had to have it sent in to repair the mouse and they said they had to replace the motherboard to do so. I get it back, I can play Skyrim and even stress test ESO with no issue, but can't play a game I was able to play perfectly fine on it before having the mouse repaired. This is not an issue of this laptop being slightly different than the other one as the games ran perfectly fine on both laptops before having one sent in to repair the mouse.
Edit: Found the event viewer, here are the latest event logs I have that are TS3 and EA/Origin related:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2/28/2014 4:44:29 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: showplace-PC
Description:
Faulting application name: OriginLegacyCLI.exe, version: 8.1.0.1556, time stamp: 0x4de4e4d1
Faulting module name: EACore.dll, version: 3.0.0.255, time stamp: 0x4e446ab8
Exception code: 0xc0000094
Fault offset: 0x0018ccab
Faulting process id: 0x16e4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf34ce3fb2e201
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\LegacyPM\OriginLegacyCLI.exe
Faulting module path: C:\PROGRA~2\Origin\LegacyPM\EACore.dll
Report Id: 7f8ec0ca-a0c1-11e3-a22b-14dae9e71462
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-02-28T21:44:29.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>23859</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>showplace-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>OriginLegacyCLI.exe</Data>
<Data>8.1.0.1556</Data>
<Data>4de4e4d1</Data>
<Data>EACore.dll</Data>
<Data>3.0.0.255</Data>
<Data>4e446ab8</Data>
<Data>c0000094</Data>
<Data>0018ccab</Data>
<Data>16e4</Data>
<Data>01cf34ce3fb2e201</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\LegacyPM\OriginLegacyCLI.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\PROGRA~2\Origin\LegacyPM\EACore.dll</Data>
<Data>7f8ec0ca-a0c1-11e3-a22b-14dae9e71462</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2/28/2014 4:38:28 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: showplace-PC
Description:
Faulting application name: TS3EP07.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Faulting module name: PAUL.DLL, version: 4.1.1.19, time stamp: 0x4c4dcdca
Exception code: 0xc0000094
Fault offset: 0x0001bd7b
Faulting process id: 0x18d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf34cd67b3d1ca
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Packs\TS3EP07\TS3EP07.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Packs\TS3EP07\PAUL.DLL
Report Id: a88a8f00-a0c0-11e3-a22b-14dae9e71462
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-02-28T21:38:28.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>23854</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>showplace-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>TS3EP07.exe</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>PAUL.DLL</Data>
<Data>4.1.1.19</Data>
<Data>4c4dcdca</Data>
<Data>c0000094</Data>
<Data>0001bd7b</Data>
<Data>18d0</Data>
<Data>01cf34cd67b3d1ca</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Packs\TS3EP07\TS3EP07.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Packs\TS3EP07\PAUL.DLL</Data>
<Data>a88a8f00-a0c0-11e3-a22b-14dae9e71462</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Editing the sgr file to accept my graphics card did not work.
