Advanced Setup, Continued
External Cache Set this option to Enabled to enable L2 secondary (external) cache memory. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal default setting is Enabled. The
Caching Controller Set this option to Yes if a cache controller is installed in the computer.
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Absent | To comply with the PCI specifications, PCI adapter cards |
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(the | must be reset every time the CPU is reset. When the end |
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default | user forces a soft reset by pressing <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del>, only |
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setting) | the CPU is reset. When this option is set to No, all soft |
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Present | Soft resets still behave like soft resets when Yes is selected. |
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| caching controller is used. If a hard reset is generated, a PCI |
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| caching controller card cannot flush data from cache memory |
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Video Shadow C000,32K This option controls the location of the contents of video ROM. The settings are:
Setting | Description |
Shadow | The contents of the video ROM area (C0000h - C7FFFh) are written to the |
| corresponding address in RAM. |
Cached | The contents of the video ROM area (C0000h - C7FFFh) are written to the |
| corresponding RAM address and may be read from or written to cache |
| memory. |
Disabled | The video ROM is not copied to RAM. The contents of the video ROM |
| cannot be read from or written to cache memory. |
The Optimal default setting is Cached. The
Disabled.
Shadow C800,16K
Shadow CC00,16K
Shadow D000,16K
Shadow D400,16K
Shadow D800,16K
Shadow DC00,16K These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area in the option title.
Setting | Description |
Shadow | The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding address in |
| RAM for faster execution. |
Cached | The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding RAM |
| address and can be read from or written to cache memory. |
Disabled | The ROM is not copied to RAM. The contents of the video ROM cannot be |
| read from or written to cache memory. |
The Optimal and
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