My Laptop turns off when im playing the sims 2!

[powelly987]

My sims 2 turns off when im playing it i can play about 5 minutes of it and then it turns off can anybody help me i have not played the sims for 5 months now :(

thanks powelly987

[AngelFrouk]

Maybe it is overheating. Have you checked the temp?

[julianarosalia]

Do you have any background tasks running?

[anelca]

it is likely to be an overheating problem, especially with a laptop. mine used to crash after about half an hour of play
i got a cooler pad for mine to sit on and it has never crashed since. .