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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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    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!

    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?

    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!!

    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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    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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    '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 ("%4.2f" , 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 = &ar [ 0 ]; ptr = ar;; Are the two statements equivalent to one another? Please could...
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    How to Update Unreal Tournament to the latest version without the original CD? HELP!!!

    I cannot find my CD anywhere!! Typically losing thing when you need them? Is their a way of updating Unreal without the original CD? It is currently at version 3.00! Thanks :)
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    Why does Stone Cold Steve Austin Keep hugging Vince McMahan?

    Hi, I was watching the wrestling and just wondering why they keep hugging?:confused: Stone Cold is supposed to be "a champion of champions, a man's man" and the tough guy of the WWF, so why is he acting in this way? It seems to contradict his own image as a tough guy? If I am being...
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    When will 'The Rock' return to the WWF? It's not the same without him.

    ^As above Thanks :)