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    Have I just killed my Asus P5B-Deluxe/Wifi?

    Thanks for the link Larry :) I don't have a floppy drive. My motherboard seems to have "Asus Crash Free BIOS 3" which I shall investigate. To be honest I am too scared to reboot the PC (its been on for two days now).......lol Anybody successfully used ASUS CrashFree BIOS then?
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    Have I just killed my Asus P5B-Deluxe/Wifi?

    anybody? :(
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    Have I just killed my Asus P5B-Deluxe/Wifi?

    Hi guys, With the Intel Core 2 Duo Q6600 processor getting quite affordable, I decided to upgrade the E6600 in my Asus P5B-Deluxe/Wifi motherboard to this new chip. I installed it and everything seemed to go fine apart from an error on system POST saying something about unable to identify CPU...
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    Java Programming help--> How do I change this program to do this task. Thanks!

    hi, I need help with the third version of the program. See last post. Thanks
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    Java Programming help--> How do I change this program to do this task. Thanks!

    I have done it now. Thanks for the help. But I will need to make a different version of the Editor. This is what should happen. User loads a text file.---> user the click on the search button --> A window appears with 3 Text Boxes --> User enters a word into each of the 3 textboxes -->...
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    Java Programming help--> How do I change this program to do this task. Thanks!

    I have been trying to make a JOptionPane message dialog box that will show the results of the search. This is how I would like it to be laid out; Search Results: Number of Instances: The: <the number of times found>...
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    Java Programming help--> How do I change this program to do this task. Thanks!

    To: HigherGround What does this code mean in the example you have given me? if((position = string.indexOf(search[j], ++position)) >= 0) thanks
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    Java Programming help--> How do I change this program to do this task. Thanks!

    Thanks, but I am new to all this GUI stuff. How do I convert the imported text file into a String that I can then manipulate?
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    What has happened to my PC?? I can't hibenate or Standby in Windows XP anymore!!! HELP!!

    I am lazy! Is their no easier way? I have also messed with services in the past, and I stopped my Internet Access. are their no major services that are likely to be the candidates?
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    What has happened to my PC?? I can't hibenate or Standby in Windows XP anymore!!! HELP!!

    Hi, The title says it all really. My PC seems to have lost the ability to hibanate, standby and do the quick shutdown thing (where you just lightly touch the power button on the PC). These are all ACPI functions. The PC did all these tasks perfectly the first time I installed Windows XP pro...
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    Java Programming help--> How do I change this program to do this task. Thanks!

    Hi, I have a java task to complete and I was hoping if some kind person can give me some help in completing it. I have been given a simple text editor program. I need to add a search button to it, that will automatically run a method that searches a loaded textfile and finds the number of...
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    Why won't my simple Java Program Compile? Grr!

    I have tried it, and now the illegal expression error has gone. I now get these errors "Mark2Grade.java": Error #: 300 : method showInputDialog(java.lang.String, int) not found in class javax.swing.JOptionPane at line 15, column 26 "Mark2Grade.java": Error #: 300 : variable Interger not found...
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    Why won't my simple Java Program Compile? Grr!

    Thanks, I will try it!
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    Why won't my simple Java Program Compile? Grr!

    Hi, This program is simply supposed to take a number input from the user which is supposed to be a mark and print out the resulting grade and mark. I have used an If statement and a Switch statement because I have to. It is an excercise I am working on. I just get one compilation error in...
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    Just upgraded my RAM to 1Gb!!!! How do I make Windows XP Pro take full advantage of it?

    Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I have downloaded Tweak-XP and set WinXP to run residual in memory--> makes a nice performance improvement. Not dramatic but noticable ( I had 512Mb before, so I wasn't expecting vast differences) How do I make RAM drives?
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    Just upgraded my RAM to 1Gb!!!! How do I make Windows XP Pro take full advantage of it?

    LOL!!!!!! :) :) Aren't their any tweaks? Such as Virutal memory?
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    Just upgraded my RAM to 1Gb!!!! How do I make Windows XP Pro take full advantage of it?

    Hi, Yes, I am excited at upgrading my ram. But what can I go to make Windows XP take full advantage of it? Are their any tweaks I could do? What about turing off Virtual Memory? Any suggestions what to do? Also how to carry the suggestions out! Thanks :)
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    SoundBlaster 5.1! Which Win XP Drivers to use? Microsoft's or Creative?

    Hi, As above. Are the Creative ones from (www.soundblaster.com) or the Microsoft ones from Windows Update better for games in Win XP? Thanks. :) Also, is it worth installing the latest Via 4-in-1 drivers for Win XP? Version 4.35 System, Win XP Pro, Athlon 1.2Ghz, ASUS A7V133, ATI Radeon...
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    Old UMAX ASTRA 600P scanner keeps producing 'black scans' in Windows 2000. HELP!!

    ok then thanks Jesta. I have been meaning to get a new one, just can't afford it yet. :(
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    Old UMAX ASTRA 600P scanner keeps producing 'black scans' in Windows 2000. HELP!!

    But the Umax Astra 600P Drivers were on the Windows 2000 Installation CD.
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    Old UMAX ASTRA 600P scanner keeps producing 'black scans' in Windows 2000. HELP!!

    Hello, I have had this scanner laying about for a while but I needed to use it urgently yesterday (haddn't got round to getting a new scanner yet) so I pugged it into the Parallel Port and installed the drivers off the Windows 2000 CD. I had originally thought that a scanner of this age...
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    MY AMD Sytsem is COMPLETE!!!!! Or is it?

    Use Windows 2000 SP2!
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    Quick Question: In C programming, does a variable declared as double hold the largest positve number? Thanks!!

    As Above. Just making sure, float can hold over 32 thousand positives numbers and double can hold approx 63 thousand positive numbers. Hence double can hold the largest positive number. Is this right? Thanks :)
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    What facilities are available in C for grouping more than one data item under a single name?

    So their are only Structures and Unions. Right great! Thankyou :) :) :) :)
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    What facilities are available in C for grouping more than one data item under a single name?

    Are their any other methods, or are their only structures that allow grouping of more than one data item under a single name? Where would these grouping be used best? For example would a structure be best used as a sort of database? PS Thanks to gittyup for the help with previous threads :)
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    Internet Explorer 6.0 BETA- HELP ME OUT!

    which beta version are you running? I use it no problems. Also I like the little toolbar that pops up when a picture is highlighed.
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    Logitech vs Microsoft keyboard

    I have a Microsoft Natural Pro Keyboard and I love it!
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    Learning C and C++

    I used A Book on C&quot; by Kelley and Pohl 3rd Edition (which is old now I think?) to learn C and I think it is a really great book. It has clear examples and is quite easy to understand. You can also try &quot;Programming with C&quot; by Byron Gottfried it is well priced and comprehensive but...
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    photoshop 6 stops working after defragging! help please!

    I used to have the same problem with my old PC when I ran Photoshop 5.0. No change when I upgraded to photoshop 5.5 or 6.0. I just had to reinstall every time. This just happened at random instances, no idea why. Good Luck!:)
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    C Programming Help Please!

    Thanks again br0wn! Your great. PS They are not homework questions. They are past exam paper questions. I am just trying to work them out because the real exam should have similar questions. Their was no marking scheme provided so I thought I would ask the kind Anandtechers for help. Hope I...
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    'C' Programming- Format string help.

    THANKS VERY MUCH! That is a real help!
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    'C' Programming- Format string help.

    What would be printed by the code fragment given below? Please could someone explain the significance of the 4 in the formatting string %4.2f. float x; x = 137.9397; printf (&quot;%4.2f&quot; , x); Thanks. ______________________________________________________________________________ Also...
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    C Programming Help Please!

    I was just hoping if you could tell me if these two C statements are equivalent to one another. Given the following definitions: int ar[] = {1, 2, 4, 816}; int * ptr; Consider the two statements ptr = &amp;ar [ 0 ]; ptr = ar;; Are the two statements equivalent to one another? Please could...