Dracion1

I ate lamb's testicle once. Tasted quite nice actually.

Have they actually released the SDK then or are these just other maps which have been designed to work on L4D? 7zip is what you want. It's free and can (de)compress most archive types.

That's odd D: Never had it happen to me though.

What are the specs? No good reccomending something like Crysis if your PC won't run it. Also, there's a sticky for this now: viewtopic.php?f=151&t=778842

A couple of my favs: Hell March (C&C:Red Alert) [yt]Tb-gI_pFog0[/yt] Still Alive (Portal) [yt]Y6ljFaKRTrI[/yt]

You're welcome. Could I ask next time you leave your original post as it is? It's useful if other people have the same problem.

Okay, I'd try clearing 'private data' then and seeing if that works. It's possible the cookie(s) you have are corrupt or something. If that doesn't work, what addons do you have? It could be one of them is a causing a problem. You'll have to disable them all and then re-enable them one by one.

Have you set it to allow cookies? Tools > Options > Privacy and make sure both boxes in the Cookies section are ticked.

His computer shouldn't overheat when playing HD, it's hardly the most graphically demanding game around. He's got a high end card, so it's very very unlikely. What are the rest of your computer's specs though? It would be useful to know. Also, if you haven't already, make sure your internet browser and java are up to date.

Did it work?

As said, Half Life 2: Episode 3.

They won't OC it for me, but I upgraded the cooler from the stock one incase I ever wanted to. Since it's a quad I doubt I'll need more than 2.66Ghz at the moment tbh.

Faulty driver maybe? Try uninstalling and then reinstalling it to see if it helps (Before you ask, windows has a default driver which means your screen will work even if you don't have one installed). Also make sure your Java is updated too.

I know it's more expensive than if I were to build it myself, but I'm not going to be able to. My parents want something covered by a warranty (rather than just the induvidual components), and they seem to think I'll break something if I make it myself -.- It's either something from here or another Dell, which I really really really do not want. Anyway, to answer your question about £7 more for a 640GB HDD with 16MB cache, and £15 more for a 750GB HDD with 32MB cache. Would I notice much of a difference in performance between the two? Currently I'm only using about 190GB of my 250GB drive, so I'm not hugely concerned about space. I put 2 DVD drives in because I find it saves time, though if push comes to shove I will stay with one. Kick me for asking a stupid question but will the DVD write be able to read CDs? It's listed as a "22x DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM". 700W PSU I reckoned would be good for future proofing, especially if I was to chop and change parts around. EDIT: I can also get a smaller 1440*900 screen if need be.

Cheers for the advice guys. I had a stab at making something today on Pc Specliast (With screen, speakers etc) and came up with the following for £1200 exactly: Intel® Core2 Quad Q9400 (4 X 2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/6MB Cache ASUS® P5Q DELUXE: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II,2 x VGA, 2 x PCI, 2 PCI-E x1 4GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (2x2GB) 512MB RADEON HD 4870 PCI Express + DVI 500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm) ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) 700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£78) SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£15) 22 Inch Wide TFT Silver/Black 1680 x1050 5MS D-Sub, DVI (£122) LOGITECH X-540 5.1 Surround sound effect with full range and deep bass (£57) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Edition + SP1, CD & Licence (£85) Also stuck on 2 DVD drives, (1 writer) and a cheap mouse + keyboard. (Also comes with Far Cry 2 for free :P). Case is their standard one, I don't really care how it looks. So, opinions?

There's a high chance I could be replacing my againg Dell soon. Before I go ahead and order anything, I'd like to ask a couple of questions. As a note, my total build cost will probably be around £1000-1200, I'd be custom making something with pcspecialist.co.uk as my parents aren't keen on me building it myself for some reason :/ Should I get DDR2 or DDR3 RAM? DDR3 seems better as far as future proofing goes, but is the extra price worth it? Would I notice much difference between the two when gaming? What graphics card should I get? I was thinking along the lines of a 9800GT or a 4850HD, the most graphically demanding game I probably have is STALKER: Clear Sky, though I'd like something that will run future games on highest and still give a nice framerate. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks :D

I'm using the latest stable release of pidgin, and I'm having no issues what so ever. Have you got any kind of firewall/security software that could be blocking it?

I have tons of stuff from there, it's completely safe :)

Had a lol game; was on the 4th part of No Mercy when 1 guy fell down the stairwell. 2 rescues were attempted, both failed :P [hide=][/hide]

Some kind of twisted horror game? I have no idea D:

I keep meaning to have a go at something but I've never gotten round to it. All I've done is a bit of VB at school (which was horrible) and the print command in python.

Zoey was also Princess Peach, Dixie Kong, Tiny Kong, Princess Daisy, Toad, Toadette, and Birdo. Yay for Wikipedia! I'd swear that the tank is the heavy from tf2 :P.

AS level student (doing maths, further maths, physics & chemistry). I'm old enough for a job, but I really cba to get one at the moment. I don't have a great deal of spare time and I often do voluntary work during the holidays instead.

Because, it's a nice community and the discussions are often more mature than elsewhere : (And the people in T&C give better help than any company customer support section)

Medal of Honour?