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dorimedorimedor's avatar
4 years ago
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Sims 4 Game Freezes to Black Screen

When I run my game, 100% of the time it freezes, but I still have the ability to move my mouse. If I wait for the freeze to continue, the screen just goes black. However, If I close my laptop screen ...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    4 years ago

    @dorimedorimedori  Download Display Driver Uninstaller from here:

    https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3513

    Download the VGA driver dated March 9 from Acer:

    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/8239?b=1

    Next, take your computer completely offline—disable wifi and/or pull the ethernet cord—and double-click the DDU.exe.  Take note of where the file will land, and click Extract.  If it's easier, you can copy the path and then paste it into the address bar in a File Explorer window.  Open the folder and then launch Display Driver Uninstaller.exe, and you'll get a message that you're not in Safe Mode.  Click OK, then go to Options and enable Safe Mode dialog.  Here's a screenshot of what your options should look like; make sure the box in red is checked:


    Close options, and the DDU, and then open the DDU.exe again.  For launch options, choose "Safe Mode (Recommended)," and then click Reboot to Safe Mode (you'll need your password, so find it before rebooting).  Once you login, you'll see this:



    In the blue box, choose GPU, then Intel if it's not already showing.  Then click Clean and Restart (red box).

    Once your computer has rebooted, now back in normal mode, run the driver install .exe as an admin.  Restart when you're done and before testing the game.

    If you get another freeze or a crash, please check the Reliability Monitor for new errors.  For any you find from after you clean uninstall and reinstall the driver, click "View technical details," then copy the information and paste it into a reply here.  Sometimes the Reliability Monitor doesn't update right away, so if you don't see any related errors, be sure to check back an hour or two.  The timestamp on the initial chart can also be off by up to an hour, so that's not an entirely reliable metric, but the one within the technical details should be accurate.