External Cache; Enhanced Ide Features - Acer AcerNote Nuovo notebook computer User Manual

6.4.7

External Cache

External cache greatly increases system performance by lessening the load
of main memory. It is also called L2 (level 2) cache. The default setting is
[Enabled]
6.4.8

Enhanced IDE Features

The Enhanced IDE Features section includes four parameters for optimizing
hard disk performance.
support. Newer drives support most or all of these features.
Hard Disk Size > 504MB
If your hard disk size is greater than 504MB and you are operating in a DOS-
based
[DOS/Win3.x/Win95]
NT environments, set this parameter to
[DOS/Win3.x/Win95]
Multiple Sectors Read/Write
This parameter enhances hard disk performance by reading/writing more
data at once. The available values include:
Auto
16 sectors
8 sectors
Disabled
Setup
.
These performance features depend on drive
As much as possible, set these parameters to [Auto] (when the
option to do so is available). This allows the notebook to use
the hard drive with the highest possible performance level.
environment, this
. If you operate in NetWare, UNIX and Windows
.
parameter should
. The default setting is
[Others]
be set to
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