Recent content by kapoli

Yea, I'm wondering about that too. There are 3 options: 1. Secure erase 2. Enhanced secure erase 3. Exit I'm curious about what enhanced secure erase does and how it is different from regular secure erase. The Intel X25-M supports this enhanced secure erase feature, but I was afraid...

How do you set a password on the hard drive as you mentioned?

What's the ultimate boot disk?

What is the best way to erase all the contents of a SSD? For example, if I want to erase everything on my SSD (Intel X25-M 80 GB G2) and do a fresh Windows installation, can I just format the SSD in Windows Setup, or should I use an external program? For any purpose in general, what is the...

How do I know if my 6800 Ultra is getting enough power? I'm worried that one of the molex connectors is broken. Is there a way to confirm this?

I just got a 3500+ Winchester with 2GB of RAM and a eVGA 6800 Ultra. After running the demo1 in Doom 3 for the 2nd time, I only get 66.6 FPS at 1280x1024. A comparable system gets nearly 80 FPS. I also notice this in other games and 3D Mark 05, where my score is unsually low. What could be the...

I don't know why but my framerates sometimes drop very quickly and drastically. I can get 100 fps in HL2 but it changes to 30 fps and back to 60 in a matter of 2 seconds. Same thing in far cry, if I look at trees, my frame rates go to 20.

Yea something is definitely wrong if you can run it better than me. Those settings are recommended by the game, so it's not like I'm pushing my computer to its limits.

I'm running at 1024x768 with 4x AA 8x AF.

Any one know why I only get about 40-50 FPS? System: Athlon 64 3500+, 2GB Ram, 6800 Ultra. I think I should be getting much higher than this.

I have an Athlon 64. In CPU-Z, under the memory tab, it says my frequency is 200.3. What is the optimal frequency for memory? I have 2GB of RAM and when set to autodetect in BIOS, CPU-Z reports a frequency of 156. But when I take out two sticks and have only 1GB of RAM, CPU-Z reports frequency...

I just got an Athlon 64. In CPU Info, it says that my HT is 1000. But shouldn't it be 2000 as advertised on the motherboard (Asus A8V) website? Sorry but I don't know much about hardware. Thanks.

I'm buying a new system soon. Since I don't upgrade often, I want to buy a good one. I like to have everything stock and will not overclock. I am having trouble deciding between these two configurations: 1) Athlon 64 FX-55 Geforce 6800 GT 2GB of cheap RAM 2) Athlon 64 3800+ Geforce...