[i]the games can't be giving me too much of a problem since i was able to play them all last summer and for most of the school year w/o a problem... it has only started happening recently. and the pirates! game is stored on my cpu, but i need the disc to play it... other games (like City of Heros, which similarly can cause me problems) are stored on my cpu and it, too, causes my cpu exhaust fan to start turning rapidly... my cpu has plently of mem. to play these games, (232 G) and i still have a lot of mem. left (216 G) so i didn't think that was the problem... but i mean some games i play on-line cause similar results with the exhaust fan spinning rapidly, while some don't... i'm totally stumped here :redface:

~The Italian Stallion