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how specific do you need...I bought the case from newegg its that popular piano black antec one that costs 100 bucks. it came with a 450W psu that is probably plenty for my midrange/lowend rig. I have a pci-e 16 vidcard, 2 hard drives, 2 cd rw drives...everythings pretty standard. 100 dollar...

My computer had an issue that started about 3 months ago where it would turn off immediately after being turned on. I found out if i left it off for a good half hour or so it would come up fine and stay on so this was never a big issue. More recently the problem has expanded and now the computer...

I dont think it can be done so i moved on and finished...just an firmware position at a local company

wow i feel dumb for missing that... I have another issue if anyone can figure out I am supposed to write a function where you can pass a variable length integer like A290 for example and that will be converted into chars like 'A' '2' '9' '0' and put into a buffer without using string...

ok guys i was really dumb - i was just missing the description saying part of the data is a checksum but even though i can follow checksum examples online these make absolutely no sense. Heres the data format according to the program: /* DATA PACKET FORMAT: START: SINGLE ASCII CHAR '!'...

good point. thank god i can stop looking at how to do hamming code.

in real life you dont just get to look at the real data packet...i think they are looking for some hamming code or something to detect and fix errors.

So I'm trying to complete this program for a job test that I have - here's part 1 that confuses me. Parse a simulated incoming data stream, using the provided GetChar() function. The format for the received data packets are given in the header file. Validate the data packets and display...

I am supposed to do this using c++ but without string functions...actually after reading the specs even more i'm not even sure I need to do this anymore...

Is there an efficient way to go from an ASCII char to its integer value other than listing out "A" = 65 "B" = 66....etc?

but the thing is I should be able to make good money fixing computers...the geek squad charges $150 minimum if you look on their website and they will only do 1 thing if you want another thing done you gotta make another appointment and thats just annoying. compusa also charges a lot just to put...

how about this: LINUX COMPUTERS! Are you tired of spyware and viruses ruining your computer? With a Linux computer you are guaranteed to have no spyware, adware, malware, or viruses or any kind EVER! Get a Linux computer and NEVER HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER COMPUTER AGAIN.

So I recently lost my job since IBM did some downsizing and I was thinking about starting a computer tech company where I could fix PC's and make computers for people. I'd really like to be able to sell computers since that would probably be the most straightforward way to get some cashflow...

Is there a windows I can buy to install on as many computers I want? If so where the hell can I buy it? I can't find it anywhere.