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Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Name: xzsexibabezx
Date: January 2, 2005 at 09:40:53 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally
OS: not sure
CPU/Ram: not sre

Comment:

I have a Toshiba laptop and recently I downloaded Sims2. It downloaded fine but when I went to go hit play I got a message from Windows.
Windows Display Driver
The ialmrnt5 display driver has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functinality. The next time you reboot the machine a box will be displayed giving you a chance to upload data about this failure to Mirosoft.
That is exactly what the message said. Now I reboot and the box comes up and I send the problems to Microsoft, however I still cannot play the game. I put the CD for the game in and the window pops up saying that same message again.
Can someone please tell me how to fix my display driver?
Thanks!

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Response Number 1

Name: Dave02
Date: January 2, 2005 at 11:20:08 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

Reply: (edit)

Go into "Device Manager" and identify your graphics card and POST back with that info.

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Response Number 2

Name: Dave02
Date: January 2, 2005 at 11:21:28 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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To find out what video card you have, do this.
Right click "My Computer"
Then choose "Properties"
Then the "Hardware" tab
Then the "Device manager" button
Then click the "+" sign by the listing "Display Adapters"

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Response Number 3

Name: Dave02
Date: January 2, 2005 at 11:46:27 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Then read the BOX the came in a see if your video card meets the minimum requirements for the game to run.
Hope this helps

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Response Number 4

Name: Dave02
Date: January 2, 2005 at 11:55:37 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Minimum System Requirements for The Sims 2

If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least:
800 MHz processor or better
256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000
At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space
If you have a non-T&L capable video card (an Intel Extreme Graphics or a Radeon 7000/VE Series) then you need at least:
2.0 GHz processor or better
256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000
At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space
Get the most current driver for your video card. The manufacturers usually have the video drivers on their sites for you to download. Visit the nVidia site, the ATI site or the support site for your computer's manufacturer for the latest drivers for those video cards.
Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better):
ATI RadeonTM series (7000 or better)
Radeon 7000/VE series (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)
7200, 7500
8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
X300, X600, X800

Nvidia® QuadroTM series
Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)
GeForce2
GeForce3, 3 Ti
GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440
GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
GeForce 6600, 6800

Intel® Extreme Graphics (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)
82845, 82865, 82915

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Response Number 5

Name: xzsexibabezx
Date: January 2, 2005 at 14:03:26 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Under Display Adapters it says..
Intel(R) 8852/82852 GM/GME Grapics Controller

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Response Number 6

Name: Dave02
Date: January 2, 2005 at 14:13:44 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Do you have at least a 2.0ghz processor?

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Response Number 7

Name: xzsexibabezx
Date: January 2, 2005 at 15:27:04 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Yes I do

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Response Number 8

Name: Dave02
Date: January 2, 2005 at 15:52:46 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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Then maybe you need to update your video card drivers.
Windows update may have a driver update for you.

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Response Number 9

Name: Karen_Arora
Date: January 4, 2005 at 23:22:57 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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if you have an onboard. video card. it wont support the 3D game, for that upgrade your video card for a PCI based AGP card
Karen Morais

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Response Number 10

Name: birdie birdie
Date: February 13, 2005 at 02:26:04 Pacific
Subject: Display driver not working normally

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I have the same problem. I can play Sims 2 for a while and then it crashes and comes up with the message:
Windows Display Driver
The ialmrnt5 display driver has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functinality. The next time you reboot the machine a box will be displayed giving you a chance to upload data about this failure to Mirosoft.
I restart the computer ans send the error report to microsoft but no updates occur.
I read the responses and have tried them. Under display adapters it says:
Intel(R) 82915G Express Chipset Family.
I tries to update this but the wizard could not find a better match for the software that is already installed. I don't know what to do, please can you help me. Thanks.

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