The Sims 3 Freeze

Okay guys.. I have this problem, when i’m playing The Sims 3 it freezes, it can be after 5 min or after a couple of hours. My specs: E6600 2.4GHz
8800GTS 320MB
4GB ram.
Win XP SP3
Any way to solve this?
Answer #1
Specs are fine, make sure you have no anti-virus running when playing or any other programs, make sure you update all drivers, make sure your computer has good air circulation.
Answer #2
your firewall may be blocking the programs access
Answer #3
your firewall may be blocking the programs access
That’s a good thing ;>
Answer #4
your firewall may be blocking the programs access
That's a good thing ;>
lol sometimes but i have encountered times when windows defender was blocking access to a game i wanted to play which in tern made it freeze when i first played halo ce on my laptop defender blocked it and i had to grant it access so it wouldn’t lag really bad
Answer #5
A firewall is software used to monitor connections via your computer and the internet ;> Nothing else, windows defender is an anti-spyware program…
Answer #6
sims 3 checks for updates doesnt it?
it has to connect to teh intranet to do so and sorry i didnt mean defender i meant w/e the firewalls called which knowing windows is probably windows firewall XD
Answer #7
^ Yes but if you downloaded a version from here it should be blocked access ;>
Answer #8
^ Yes but if you downloaded a version from here it should be blocked access ;>
good point^_^
but if it was just a rip of the game off of the CD and they provided a key it wouldn’t be blocked….
also maybe he bought it ( something i would never do but any way)
if it was precracked then it should have been disabled so that it would not update
sorry if this convo gets out of hand im actually enjoying this convo
its the first time in a while that ive had to actually think about solving a problem on the pc =3
Answer #9
I’ve blocked TS3.exe from all internet access. Is it good enough? Will try to update all drivers, unplug internet, disable firewall and run speedfan and look at the tempeture regular when i play next time.
Answer #10
I've blocked TS3.exe from all internet access. Is it good enough? Will try to update all drivers, unplug internet, disable firewall and run speedfan and look at the tempeture regular when i play next time.
tryed all of that but nothing works pc spec amdx2 6000, 4 gb,xfx 4850
my kid have amd64 3000+, 1 gb ram , 8800gt , nf4 ultra chipset and realy old drivers and he has got no problems
Answer #11
try it with the new patch
http://www.google.com?t=2658848&highlight=
should work then
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Answer #12
try it with the new patch
http://www.google.com?t=2658848&highlight=
should work then

i have this problem too
and it’s no work
please help
Answer #13
i shut down one of cores on my amd x2 6000 and it worked for me for about 2 hours then crashed again
Answer #14
Same here even though I applied the razor patch crashes and glitches after a few hours … how sad.. xx