Date: 11/03/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

OMG-- I hope someone on here can help me!

Okay, I just bought Sims 2. My first game ever and my laptop shuts down after 5 mins of play. I have plenty of RAM-- so that is not an issue. I dled the updated directx drivers, so my graphics are okay-- what is the problem????

I have tried the trouble shooting on the help form, to no avail. Any advice is welcomed-- I wanna play my game! I looked online, can't find help.

There is no error message, it just goes black and shuts down.


I have XP
An HP laptop bought 2 years ago
I run Mozilla
I have spybot and use it reg
Norton 2005
cable internet

Eternally grateful, thanks.
EDIT: Okay, on the game it says that the system req are a video card with 32 MB (I have 64 MB shared) and ATI Radeon 7200 or greater. On mine it says that I have "ATI Mobility Radeon 4x AGP and 3D architecture". Is that right/enough? It was suggested by a friend that my video card isn't cutting it. Can that be fixed?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/809447.html