windows 7 - stuck at 3976 MB no MATTER WHAT HALP

Hi,

Panicking a tiny bit as I'll need things to do during this stupid quarantine.

for whatever reason, the sims 2 keeps crashing. i am also consistently stuck at 3976 MB of recognizable RAM no matter how many times i go back and re-do the 4GB path. i wanna say it's about maybe 1hr of total gameplay (including moving in sims, removing them, saving them in their new homes). i notice it doesn't crash often when i'm in CAS but as soon as i go back to a neighborhood, it eventually crashes and i see that dreaded windows cursor not the blue one.

here's what i have done so far. btw i'm running windows 7 and these were installed using the discs.

- tried the CFF explorer thing and attempted to change my memory from 25,000 - 30,000mb.
- tried the george.exe patch so i wouldn't have to use CFF explorer
- (i might be doing this wrong) tried to cut the new .exe file from TSbin to CSbin.
- tried to use the intel (not nvidia, unless i need that?) patch for the graphics card

and it's super annoying because i think the textures have clearly been updated and they look AMAZING now. the only problem is that the game is still stuck on 3976 MB!!!! i was even considering getting a better laptop to play the sims since this is literally the only game i play. if someone could let me know if there's something else that i'm missing? i would gladly show you my log as well unless someone can help without it. all help appreciated. happy holidays, simmers!


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