1. squarrelll

    Windows 11 and EA/The Sims Stopped Working?

    I'm sorry I have no idea! I had this originally: 1TB PCIe® 4.0 NVMe™ M.2 SSD Now I have: Western Digital - WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe SSD - PS5, Gen4 PCIe, M.2, 7300 MB/s I have never *ever* bought something on my own for my laptop or looked under its skirt. I didn't have time to wait for...
  2. squarrelll

    Windows 11 and EA/The Sims Stopped Working?

    I tried to reply before but it didn't work. I delete The SIms 4 every time it crashes to start anew. That is not the issue. I have also uninstalled, reinstalled and repaired. At least 3x. I have also tried changing the affinity so it uses less cores because it only requires 4. This did not...
  3. squarrelll

    Windows 11 and EA/The Sims Stopped Working?

    I have already done all of those things. There are no further updates available and the game is still crashing every time it is opened.
  4. squarrelll

    Windows 11 and EA/The Sims Stopped Working?

    ROG Strix G184JVR Windows 11 26H2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (8 GB) Intel(R) UHD Graphics (128 MB) Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900HX (2.20 GHz) Sims 1.128.90.1030 My ssd had a SMART death. I replaced it with a new one and now I cannot launch EA/The Sims. It never happened before on any...
  5. squarrelll

    Introduce Yourself

    hello friends. i am here out of desperation. and maybe a tiny flicker of hope. my old ssd had a SMART failure (which i didn't even know was a thing). i bought a new ssd and installed it myself (a miraculous event - i don't mess with innards) and everything has been great. except my favourite...