Getting the Sims 3 has stopped working error

[shejuana1984]

The game loads and after about 30 seconds to 2 mins of gameplay I receive the error message that the Sims 3 has stopped working. Can someone please help me solve this issue as I would like to enjoy playing my game again. Thanks in advance.

[Mordant17]

There's a wiki page all about what to do when this happens: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Sims_3_Crashing_Checklist .

Work your way through that, and if it still crashes after all the steps, give us the info that's listed in the checklist.