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Old 12-24-2002, 12:51 AM   #1
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computer freezes and posts an error concerning some "minidump".

my computer freezes when running the computer game "the sims" (yeah i know, "what a dweeb game") and posts an error citing some sort of file called a minidump. any ideas?
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Old 12-24-2002, 04:37 AM   #2
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can you tell us the file name and some info on your hardwair and softwair ie cpu mem and agp card and windows nt 2000 or xp home or pro
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Old 12-24-2002, 05:48 AM   #3
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The error in itself has nothing to do with the file 'minidump'. When your system crashes, Windows generates a log of what could have gone wrong in a file. To attempt to correctly diagnose the error you need to have the exact error code.
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