Hey I have a new question. I also am getting the Blue Screen of Death with the ialmdev5.dll listed when I try to create a family in Sims 3. I am running it on a Dell Inspiron 6000 with a Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family.


I googled this issue and have seen several suggestions that this is a driver problem. So i naturally reinstalled the driver from the Dell website, but even with the newest one as soon as I try to create a family it blue screens. I went to the intel site and tried to reinstall the driver from that site since the Dell is 6.14.10.4609 and the intel site says there is a 6.14.10.4764. Then because Dell is awesome I got this message:
"The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computer's manufacturer. Setup will exit"

So now I am out of ideas. I have hard drive room, I have defragged, tried selective startup with no extra programs running, normal start up and reinstalled the Sims 3. I have turned all the graphics settings on Sims 3 to the lowest settings. I would love to try the Intel driver but unless someone can let me know how to get pass the manufacture problem. Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks.