Hi Hhoky,
Thank you for the compliment of the year!
![Smile :-) :-)](/styles/default/custom/smilies/smile.gif)
I'm sorry that your laptop isn't up to par with the requirements,
if it's any consolation, I'm in the exact same boat with my Dell.
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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site:
www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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Hhoky Wrote:
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| Thanks JimmyS your a doll. Yea I finally got a response from Intel "we are
| aware of the problem with the 915gm/gms - 910gml chipset family . However we
| have no patch for this problem yet. Wait time unestimatable, we are sorry for
| the inconvience, We have other display devices avalible if your interested in
| purchasing a new one...." Well fat lot of help that was. Oh well guess I
| either wait or go spend more money on a computer I just bought.
| Anyway thanks for your help. You are the bomb when it comes to this kinda
| stuff. Keep up the good work Superman of the Comp world.
![Smile :) :)](/styles/default/custom/smilies/smile.gif)
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
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|| Hi Hhoky,
||
|| Unfortunately, unless you have a really high end laptop, most
|| laptops do not meet these strict requirements for Sims 2:
||
http://thesims2.simshost.com/systemrqts/
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|| For the list of graphic cards supported by SIMS 2:
||
http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=21
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|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site:
www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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|| Hhoky Wrote:
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||| I have tried everything I have seen here, and Jimmy S. I went to your site
||| and tried almost all your suggestions (the ones that might apply) and still
||| nada! I can play the sims2 with no problems at all but when i go to start the
||| Body shop I get an error from Direct3d (D3DERR_INVALIDCALL) then it
||| terminates. Any ideas? I have even uninstalled and reinstalled the game,
||| drivers, directx, etc. Grrrr. I love the Sims but I am starting to not like
||| my new laptop. Thanks.