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Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 51
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 Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled.
Caching Controller Set this option to Yes if a cache controller is installed in the computer.
Setting Description
Absent
(the
default
setting)
To comply with the PCI specifications, PCI adapter cards
must be reset every time the CPU is reset. When the end
user forces a soft reset by pressing <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del>, only
the CPU is reset. When this option is set to No, all soft
resets are converted to hard resets, and all PCI adapter cards
are reset when the CPU is reset.
Present
Soft resets still behave like soft resets when Yes is selected.
Select this option if a caching controller is installed in the
computer. Soft resets must not generate a hard reset if a
caching controller is used. If a hard reset is generated, a PCI
caching controller card cannot flush data from cache memory
to a hard disk drive before the reset.
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 Fail-Safe default setting is
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 Fail-Safe settings are Disabled.