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When I play The Sims 3, it runs very slow and an error message comes up everytime I play saying "The ialmrnt5 display driver has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality. The next time you reboot the machine a dialog will be displayed giving you a chance to upload data about this failure to Microsoft."

I honestly have no idea what this means. When I first installed the game, it worked fine. There were no errors or anything, but now it is doing this.

Can anyone help with this?

I am using a Dell Inspirion E1505 notebook and using Windows XP. It is fairly new.

I don't know if I have to adjust the settings in The Sims 3, or on my PC.

Also, I already changed the settings in The Sims 3 to reduce the sharpness in the game, allowing for faster play, but this has not done anything.

Thanks for any help! I appreciate it, and will be at peace of mind knowing I did not waste $50 on this game or have to buy a new computer!

It could be your video card. Most notebooks don't come with a very good card. It could be that.

Hi,The Elusive Douglas

There are 3 step to repair sims 3 error

If you got sims 3 error then there is a 94% chance that your computer has registry problems. To repair sims 3 error you need to follow the steps below:

* Step 1 - Download a Perfect Optimizer,install this error repair tool.
* Step 2 - Click the Repair All Button.It will scan you pc for Free.
* Step 3 - Then click the Repair All Button again and your done! It is very easy to repair sims 3 error.

Here are the url of Perfect Optimizer:http://www.fixerror2009.com/tidpp-sims_3_error-zz0001

I agree with d.san83 - it's probably your video card. It's a great game - hope you get it to work! :)

Absolutely. i had this problem and wrote this post, check it out because now its fixed...lol thank god because i was about to return the game http://shutt16.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/sims-3-driver-display-error/