Memory Leaks

[Itshim]

Greetings,

I have an application which causes memory leaks in Windows XP Pro, and have two questions.

1. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to stop this, other than not using the application. I currently have all the updates and patches for the program, but it still happens occasionally.

2. Recently while running the application the computer "froze", I could still move the mouse, but nothing else was available (including Ctrl, Alt, Delete). I ended up shutting down by using the power button on the front of the CPU. When I restarted the computer, it did not recognize any of my drives (hard, cd, floppy) and would not boot, obviously. I turned off the computer waited for a bit and tried again, everything was recognized and the computer booted fine, and has ever since. I checked all the admin logs and could not locate any errors which occured. Could this be caused by a memory leak?

Just so you know, I have an anti-virus program, firewall, and have Windows up to date with all patches.

Thanks for any input,
Itshim

 

[micker377]

What's the application/program?

 

[Itshim]

I am almost ashamed to say it is The Sims, by EA Games...

 

[bcastner]

I hate the whole Sims series.

It is not a memory leak. The issue with these EA games is almost always a driver issue. Sound and video drivers need to be perfect, and your dxdiag results should show no errors.

See:

http://www.ntcompatible.com/thread30365-1.html

 

[Itshim]

Thank you for the link...

I may have been a tad presumptuous and assumed it was a memory leak, because every time prior to the last issue whenever the game "froze", I have been able to Ctrl, Alt, Delete, to shutdown the application. Inside the task manager window the CPU usage is at 100% and the .exe's memory usage is at least double the usage of any other process running. Also, this will only happen occasionally.

Does anyone know of an issue that would cause the computer to not recognize any drives during startup, because I really do not want to loose the system, just for some stupid game?

Thanks,
Itshim

 

[BadBigBen]

@Itshim - yes, bad cables, loose power connections, and/or weak Power Supply...

another hint, in the BIOS setup, check your AGP Aperture size, if it is set below 64mb, then set it to at least 64mb best 128mb, for gaming...

another question, what GFX card are you using, and what Driver Version?


Ben

If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...