Thanks to you guys, my previous problem with being unable to access my BIOS was solved. After talking to tech support a bit, I found out that I do have a jumper (althought it was already in the right place,) and told to remove the lithium battery for a minute. I did so, and voila, I can enter BIOS setup!

The entire point of that was so that I could enable fastwrite, to hopefully solve my video stuttering problems. UNFORTUNATELY, after scouring the BIOS with a fine-tooth COMB, I found no such option. From my admitedly uninformed position, I can make a few guessess as to why.

1. My motherboard does not have fastwrite capabilities.

If this is the case, I guess I am out of luck. However, I am told most modern motherboards ALLOW for it, (I'm running a NF-CK804 model with a nvidia nForce 4 chipset.

2. My BIOS is to blame.

From what I read, fastwrite is often found in the hardware section of the BIOS. I couldn't find said section. (I am running Phoenix-Award Workstation BIOS, 7/25/06) I don't know if this is possible, but perhaps removing the lithium battery had some effect on this.)

3. Something to do with AGP.

Most of the sites I read about fastwring mentioned AGP and EDITING fastwrites in the AGP section of the BIOS. I could find no AGP options anywhere in my BIOS.

4. Video card settings.

I read that sometimes fastwrite must first be enabled in your video or graphic card settings. I am running the LATEST version of the nVidia drivers, but could find nothing referecing fastwriting or how to enable it in the settings options.

Any advice you guys have is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time guys!

-Jaeganare you sure fastwrite would solve your problem? what kind of video stuttering problems are you having? your hardware may not suppot fastwrite, mobo or graphics card. i admit i'm not very familiar with fastwrite or what exactly it does, but i do recall seeing that option for my old ati agp card in the driver settings.