i need help now with my motherboard

ok so i just bought the sims 2 i installed it and some stuipid pop up thing says failed to find any directx 9. 0c compatable graphics adapters in this system! please make sure you have a directx 9. 0c compatable graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer.

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ok so i just bought the sims 2 i installed it and some stuipid pop up thing says "failed to find any directx 9.0c compatable graphics adapters in this system! please make sure you have a directx 9.0c compatable graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer.the application will now terminate."ok so now you no that. i went, downloaded direct x 9.0c and i went to find out what type of graphics adapter i have and it doesnot say what kind it is in the computer so i looked in the mother board users guide,and looked up what kind i have , it said i have a embedded 256-bit 3d agp graphics accelorator with 64mb frame buffer .supports agp4x g66 mhz true color ramdac i have no clue how i can update it so i went to the elite group website and looked for updates . by the way i have a elite group k7som+ mother board that supports amd athlon/athlonxp/ durom processors . i found no updates there .so can any people help me ?

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So, do you want a fix for Sims 2, or a peice of hardware to put on your motherboard?
 
If you want help with the Sims 2, please post in THIS thread.
 
(for senior members only 8) )
Sims 2 threads are disguising themselves now--they are becoming smarter!!!
 
They are coming....


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Originally posted by Alec§taar:
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LOL!
 
Well, I have a theory myself based on the Slashdot news that the game has virus' internal to itself that Wicked101 mentioned:
 
It's the game itself doing this on messageboard forums now, a variant of said aforementioned virus in the game itself!
 

 
* Hey, you never know...
 
APK

 
So now you're going to start seeing spam coming from Sims 2 users when they are online and I suppose they have a built-in SMTP Relay Server too, open of course


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Originally posted by Alec§taar:
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Nope, it's using Telnet to do it, to already open mailservers... ala:
 
HELO bellcore.com
MAIL FROM:SIMS2Mail@bellcore.com
RCPT TO:KingBilly@microsoft.com
DATA
Please FIX IE...!!!
.
QUIT
 

 
APK
 
I bet this is a SLIP connection too
 
HELO spamhaus.org
MAIL FROM:SIMs2-ZIG@allyourbase.net
RCPT TO:somebodysetupusthebomb@hahahaha.org
DATA
 
Abort, Retry, Fail, Cancel, Quit ?!?
 
Belong To Us!
 
What you say ?!?
 
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QUIT
 



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ok i fixed it i have to buy a nother video card and install it thanks for trying to help 8)


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Originally posted by Alec§taar:

Quote:Originally posted by Waffler:Quote:(for senior members only 8) )Sims 2 threads are disguising themselves now--they are becoming smarter!!! 
They are coming....
 
LOL!
 
Well, I have a theory myself based on the Slashdot news that the game has virus' internal to itself that Wicked101 mentioned:
 
It's the game itself doing this on messageboard forums now, a variant of said aforementioned virus in the game itself!
 

 
* Hey, you never know...
 
APK

 
I am sure that is it. evertime my sim uses the computer in game I some here after and there is a bunch of new sims2 problem threads....

 
I will have to spank my sim when I get home... maybe even play the game a bit
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