Sims 2 Hangs up every now and then

[Hammer Head]

Sims 2 freezes during gameplay, sometimes even emulator crashes. help

[jesalvein]

In order to help you further with your problem, please make sure the following are all provided.

• Your hardware specs - CPU, Graphics Card, Memory, Operating System.
  
• The version of PCSX2 you are using.
  
• Any non default settings you are using.
  
• What games you are trying to play and if you are playing them from ISO or DVD.
  

Thank You.

[Hammer Head]

Intel Core i5 @2.3 Ghz 2410M
4Gb DDR3 RAM
1Gb Ati Radeon 6770M
Win 7 Ultimate 64bit
P.S : Its a laptop.
PCSX2 v1.0
All settings are default i guess.
Playing games from DVD it even happens in ISO tho.
Playing Tekken 5 and Sims 2 for now.
Tekken 5 runs fine but there are frequent fps dips at certain times.

[refraction]

does it freeze when you do certain things? Does it display any messages in the console? have you tried changing any settings? Are you using any speed hacks?