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dougal79
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_ 		24. January 2008 @ 07:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK i bought The Orange Box yesterday & couldnt wait to get it home.

I installed Steam & the games & everything was fine for an hour or 2.
I played a couple of games of Team Fortress 2
& then my sound started to stutter.

Then i started getting problems connecting to servers.
Eventually i was left with no net for about 16 hours.

Im with BT & have the home hub & usually its just a case of turning the hub off & then on again.
But that hasnt been working either.
Ive also tried resetting the hub but with no joy.
The broadband light would go on but the internet light wouldnt.

I turned the hub off this morning & went shopping.
When i came back in today i tried it & it still wouldnt work.
Then, i reset the hub & it started no problem.

Anyone any ideas cos im puzzled.
Do i have to open ports for Steam,
even though it worked fine at the start?

Thanks
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ashwin18
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_ 		26. January 2008 @ 13:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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dougal79
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_ 		26. January 2008 @ 14:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK, my internet connection was fine until i installed Steam.
After installing Steam & playing TF2 for a couple of hours,
i ended up with no internet for 16 hours.
It seems to be fine now, but everytime i start a game on The Orange Box, my sound stutters & doesnt do this with any other games i own.
It makes a flickering noise,
& it goes very fast until the game starts.
This is really annoying as i have to keep adjusting the sound.
Is it possible to download Viruses etc through Steam?
Cheers

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ddp
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_ 		26. January 2008 @ 22:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to correct forum as not a windows issue.
dougal, edit your sig to conform to forum specs ASAP. yours is 75,370 bytes, 760x475 pixels
2. An image-only signature should be less than 50kb in size, and be at most 500 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall.
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_ 		27. January 2008 @ 06:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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