I just got off the phone with HP tech support....they tell me both SIMS and Combat Flight Simulator require a 3D graphics card to run properly....there is no fix.

Did use games but some joker corrupted my driver. I had the same problem with the ialmrnt5 error. You will need to reinstall the driver for Intel(r) 82845G/GL/GE/PE. Go to Control Panel, Device Manager, Display Adapters. Intell.... and just reinstall the driver. It should work

what if it doesn't work on your computer, like it says that it can't install?

i always get the ialmrnt5 display drive erroe when i start the sims, i've never played it since i got it. ive been tryna fiix it. i have the intel(r) 82852/82855 GM/GME graphics controller, and whever i try to download the driver, it says the driver ccannot be installed on this computer, contact your system administrator. What do i do?!!!!! HELP

I fixed it! I tryed everything except getting a new video card, and that was the problem. The problem is with the Video Card. You just have to get a new one. I would recommend a better quality one over the cheaper one. Yes a cheaper video card would fix your problem, but in the long run, you will be wishing you had a better video card.

There is no way to fix this problem besides getting a new video card. (Or at least no way that i have tried to fix it). I am very pleased with my ATI Raedon 9250. Now I am just having troubles with my Installshield Wizard - it doesn't work. And it not working won't let me install anything.

I was having the exact same issue and still am. I am in the process of getting a new graphics card and I hope it fixes it. I have the same card as you also.

Ahoy mateys!

I too have the problem of my display driver not responding while I'm playing the Sims 2. I usually get to play for between 20 - 30 minutes before it freezes and crashes. The most irratating this is that I was playing the game fine for the first two weeks, I had this new computer, and then it just stopped working properly.

I have an Inspiron 6000, 512 mb of ram, 30 gig hdd, intel pentium m processor 1.73 ghz, and my graphics card is an integrated mobile intel 915gm/gms, 910gml express chipset. The current version of the driver that I'm running is 6.14.0010.4363

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the sims 2 game, and the video drivers. I've tried downloading the drivers off of Intel's website, and when that didn't work I tried downloading it from Dell's website. I don't know what else to do, other than to call Dell and deal with their bs. All I know is I am NOT buying a new graphics card, and they BETTER replace the motherboard/send me a graphics card, because this inspiron 6000 is a replacement for my inspiron 5150 which actually had a decent graphics card on it. I HATE DELL! And fu Intel and your ****ty integrated processors!

I've read all the replies here and it seems like this problem has been going on for awhile. It's quite exhausting and baffling to find a solution to it. I did try fixing it by downloading an update on the graphics accelerator driver from Intel as it said in the troubleshooting log. But when the time comes for it to install it gives me another message stating:

This driver cannot be installed in this computer. Please contact the computer's manufacturer for further information. Set up will now exit.

Any help would really be appreciated on this. I know this topic is pretty old but it seems like the problem isn't. Thanks in advance! :angel:

Unfortunately my only solution was getting another computer. I called tech support and asked them if they had any other solutions to the problem, but tech support just wanted me to reinstall windows. I told them I wasn't going to reinstall windows every other week because they gave me a piece of hardware that was inherently flawed. So I got them to send me a replacement, that did NOT have the pos intel mobile chip in it. I guess the blame for this problem can be placed squarely on the shoulder's of Intel... but the odds of them listening to an individual complaint aren't very good.

Good luck to all who encounter intel's mobile chipset of DEATH!

I can only tell you what worked for me.... I use shot-online (which is an awesome head to head online player golf game by the way) and was getting this message on a computer. I first figured out WHICH version of the intel driver I have by the following commands:
Start
My Computer
View System Info
Hardware
Device Manager
Display Adapters

Once you have the number you can go to:

http://developer.intel.com/support/graphics

Then pick your driver number...
Then click Software and Drivers (left hand side of the screen)
And download the appropriate driver.

It worked great for me, can't promise if it will work for everyone.

Good Luck!

Dan

p.s. If I save you hundreds and a new graphics card/computer just send money to drbercu@midwest.net :-)

Unfortunately, that never worked for me. I had downloaded those drivers about a million times and it never worked. I just got Dell to send me a new computer.

WOW so im not the only one ... well i have the same problem with my Sims@ game too. I have a HP pavilion a730n computer and i need advice.

I too am having an identical problem with my son's new Dell inspiron 6000 (Nov. 2005) with everything the same except 40 gig hdd and a 1.6 intel pentium m processor. Having loaded a number of games (not sims2, but age of mythology, call of duty2, etc) I have been dealing with Dell for hours doing diagnostic tests and not getting anywhere!!!!! The tech support person asked if there was a service tag# or case # for the inspiron 6000 they replaced. Would you be willing to share that with me via email? Any other advice in dealing with dell. By the way were you able to get a new computer with a different grahpics card?

I'm having the same problem with Fable the Lost Chapters, & only during the Hobbe Cave Quest sofar. It will freeze in the most random places & times; running towards a gate, turning at that Fight Club thing, or skipping the Demon Doors' poor lip-synced speech.

It refuses to autosave after I've complete the damned quest & I've been forced to play it over & over & I'm getting really sick of it. I already had the latest software update for the same intel chipset. (thanx for the heads-up on Guild Wars; that game's on my get-list).

Anyway, if I manage to escape via the windows mascot icon button, I get booted into a horrible display of Safe Mode & that damned ialmrnt5 display driver message & a hassle inquiring to to Microsoft about it. I have a lame Sony computer, it's new but they function poorly when you install new graphics cards, so I hope to hell we don't all have to get new ones to get on with our games. To top it off, I was against getting a Sony becaus they're bad gamming comps. (so are Dells) & Intel chips are always 2ed place & lacking (wich Maximum PC loves to point out).

hiya. on the sims 2 i am experiencing the same problem. I have tried varius downloads but none have yet worked. i also have just downloaded the latest version of directx so i will c wt happens. My friend also has the sims 2 but hers never locks up. i am not sure why mine doees and hers doesn't, it shouldn't be different on whatever computer you use. It is a fault that needs to be fixed. i am under 16, so i am not that experienced ith computers. Please anyone with an easy solution please help me?? i don't know about game/video cards how you get a new one or anything like that. Please help me beecause i payed a lot of money for a game that should work!! o have a media center dell computer.
Thank you,
Laura
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p.s. i also have just downloaded the latest version of directx so i will c wt happens.

It still freezes and mucks up my computer eventhough i have downloaded the latest directx off www.microsoft.com/directx

I was getting a STOP error on ialmrnt5. The Dell Crash Analysis Tool told me to update tfsnifs.sys (part of Sonic DLA) and an AOL system file. I didn't need AOL, so I removed it. I manually downloaded DLA 5.2 from Dell Support (the software update tool didn't do this automatically) and installed it. I'm not sure which of the two fixed the problem, but I have not had trouble since. Hope this helps someone.

If you are having probems installing the drivers then it is because you do not have administrator privelages. Log on using an account which does, then you should have no problem installing.

I have the same damned 910GL chipset & had this problem months ago when I got Dungeon Siege II. What irkes me is that somehow I got it to work, but after installing old Morrowind (wich crashed like a retard at the end of a caffine rush, over & over again) DSII was back to it's old evil tricks & I have no idea how the hell I managed to fix it last time. >.<
I want a new VC, like a GeForce or Radeon. My last compy had a Voodoo3 or something aweful like that.

well, it looks like im joining the party of those experiencing the malfunctioning display driver ialmrnt5. the same error message randomly interrupts my sims2. i have the 945gm chipset. i did all the recommendations from windows, dell, intel, etc: windows updates, (didn't work) dell updates (didn't work) intel driver updates (Which said i couldn't install it on this computer for some reason). i tried getting patches from the Sims website, but it said I already had the latest. someone posted a link for intel suggestions a few posts up, but it applied to a different chipset family than the one i have..

this is quite frustrating, considering this laptop is only 2 months old. and the fact that ive been playing this game for almost those whole 2 months and this only started happening 3 days ago.

next is where i post a desperate plea for help... anyone? :-/

I also have this problem with the sims 2. Had my dell laptop about 6 or 7 months. In that time, I have unistalled and installed the game twice, and it worked fine afterwards. No probs at all.

Then, yesterday, the screen went black, the message about ialmrnt5 came up, and that was it! Had to switch it off and lost all my game.
I am so fed up about it, I have tried everything everyone suggested, dell downloads (which have no effect) intel downloads (which refuse to install)...
My card: Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family. I don't need a new one do I? Maybe I should bully dell into giving me a new laptop (no chance!!!) I am so pissed off about this. I didn't spend all that money on a laptop, and on a sims game for it not to work!

Does anyone have any new ideas about what I can do?