Thread: FPS drops in all games, still not resolved.

If you have an XP CD, you can insert the USB drive, then boot to the CD and go as far into setup to where Windows reads the available partitions. Select the USB drive and have Windows Quick Format it with NTFS. Bit chancy though. I can't quite recall for sure, but maybe EASEUS Partition Master will do the formatting for you.

Hey Jililan, The greatest misconception people have about netbooks is that they are like notebooks but smaller. First, They are not expandable. You can't add any devices unless they plug in via USB. Also, you can't add any RAM, but there are a few exceptions. They do have an ethernet port so you can have a physical connection and do have integrated wireless cards. As far as adding software, you're really limited. Since you...

HDCP is a copy protection scheme designed to prevent interception of digital content between the player blue ray/Hd dvd for example, and the display device. If the tv isn't HDCP compliant you wont be able to play video from blue ray players, satallite boxes etc. (at least the newer models) What is HDCP

Did you monitor the earlier chkdsk, and see if it was correcting file issues and bad clusters? May want to run it anew and check again. Two big problems with getting bad clusters on the drive is when the damage includes non-salvageable Windows files, and so corrupts the operating system, and when there are so many damaged areas there is no place to move large file data groups to. You can borrow an XP disk, and use the COA sticker key from the...

Please tell me the brand and model of your motherboard, also, which model celeron cpu do you have? And lastly, what is the make and speed of your new RAM? If you are unsure, try using: SIW -System Information for Windows http://www.gtopala.com/ It will give you a detailed spec of your machine.

Ok, happy CD spinnin' then.

Check the manual: http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=do...00&type=manual Chapter 2-20....

I dont think the ACHI message is related to the lockup's. If you don't have a RAID enabled in the bios, or a RAID array configured, that message is normal on several Dell models.

Yes,you got it, many thanks

Hello I recently acquired a laptop power supply that looks like it would be fine for my Toshiba Satellite P10-304 (ie it's huge). It looks like it was sold as a 'universal' product, as it has a male connector like this (approx 10mm wide): which I assume to have originally been used in conjunction with an array of adaptors (concentric plug on one end, 'female' of the above on the other end)for a variety of laptops. Does...