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my name

15-01-2006, 05:09 PM

I just got the Sims 2 nightlife. But as soon as I go in and start playing the screen goes black and a message pops up that says "input signal out of range" When I close the game even the whole comptuer is fucked up and I must restart. Any ideas?

CoolMe

15-01-2006, 05:44 PM

I had alot of problems with another sims product but not anything like this, have you tryed contacting EA Games about it? they have a pretty good help service the link is:

Here (http://electronicarts.co.uk/pages.view.asp?id=133)

Mist

15-01-2006, 05:49 PM

yeah take a look at their support and make sure you have the latest patch for the game. If there's a safe mode option for starting the game try that.

The reason you are getting the error is because the resolution / colour depth / refresh rate is being switched (by the game) to one that is higher than your monitor is happy to support, but why it should do this I'm not sure.

http://thesims2.ea.com/update/ <-- patch link

my name

15-01-2006, 07:21 PM

Oh, your right Mist, my video card isn't good enough.

Mist

15-01-2006, 07:31 PM

Oh, your right Mist, my video card isn't good enough.

Oh. How crappy. You could upgrade it.

my name

15-01-2006, 08:00 PM

Oh. How crappy. You could upgrade it.

I could but I'm cheap ;)