Sims 3 download from origins keeps crashing and turning off.

[natasha26163]

The sims 3 i downloaded from origins keeps lagging and crashing and after 5 minutes the screen goes black it flashes to my desktop and goes black again and i have to restart my computer, its terrible.
My computer requirments match the game so that is not the problem and my friends cd sims game works fine on my  computer, i have unistalled it and reinstalled it and nothing works, i am so angry, i payed  my money to play it for 5 minutes before it turns off.

[gay4steveperry]

I have this same problem, and now it's elevated to flat out cuting my laptop out. I had the same problem on a previous computer and I thought that when I got a new laptop the problem would go away but no luck. Any help anyone would offer would be fantastic.