The Advanced System Setup Option

When you select this option from the Main Menu, you see the Advanced System Setup screen. From this screen, you can select options that allow you to configure the computer’s cache memory and shadow memory, and define the advanced chipset options.

Note

Your system can automatically configure the Advanced System Setup options for you. To avoid configuration problems, you should let the system configure these options.

Configuring Cache Memory

The system can configure your Memory Cache options or you can manually set them. If you installed external cache, enabling cache memory improves system performance, especially in large data retrieval and processing environments.

If you choose to configure the cache memory yourself (rather than let the system configure it for you), you can define the write and burst wait states and two non-cacheable areas of memory. However, it’s a good idea to let the system automatically configure these features.

Configuring Memory Shadow

The system can configure the Memory Shadow options or you can manually set them. You can enable or disable shadowing of your system and video memory and control the specific blocks of ROM used for this purpose.

2-6 Running the SETUP Program