System Bios Cacheable; System Using Cache Controller; Video Bios Cacheable - American Megatrends Atlas PCI-II User Manual

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Advanced Setup,
System BIOS CacheableWhen this option is set to Enabled, the
Video BIOS Cacheable When this option is set to Enabled, the
System Using Cache Controller Set this option to Yes if a cache
Setting
No
(the default
setting)
Yes
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contents of the F0000h system memory segment can
be read from or written to L2 secondary cache
memory. The contents of the F0000h memory
segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to
system RAM for faster execution. The settings are
Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal default setting is
Enabled. The Fail-Safe default setting is
contents of the C00000h – C8000h RAM area can be
read from or written to L2 secondary cache memory.
The contents of this memory are in RAM if the
setting of the Video Shadow C000,32K
below) is set to Enabled. The settings are Enabled
or Disabled. The Optimal default setting is
The Fail-Safe default setting is
controller is installed in the computer.
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.
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.
Disabled.
Description
Disabled.
option (see
Enabled.
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