The Sims 3 Black Screen on Startup w/ Music
First of all ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Phew, I needed that. Anyway on to the question: I recently dealt with the "Error on Startup" problem by deleting expansion packs from the registry that my c...
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Might be your graphic card has an issue
! At least some if not all of Nvidia's cards with G86 and G84 cores are defective. They they do not handle heat like they should. This includes all GeForce 8400/8500/8600/8700 cards.
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Do other games work ok for you ?
Well The Sims Medieval usually works pretty well. That's about the only other game I have on the PC.
Edit: I used to play World of Warcraft and was constantly getting screen freezes. When pressed the Windows button it would reduce my color scheme to the lowest possible resolution.
