ICS Advent 486MBS Series, Product Manual

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Chapter 2: WinBIOS Setup
Manual Number: 41209-103-1 Page 2-5
Password Check
This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time
WINBIOS Setup is executed. If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the
computer is turned on. If Setup is chosen, the password prompt appears if WINBIOS is executed.
The Optimal and Power-On defaults are Setup.
Parity Check
The setting are Disabled or Enabled. The defaults are Disabled
OS/2 Compatible Mode
Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to run with IBM OS/2. The settings are Enabled or
Disabled. The default settings are Disabled.
Internal Cache
This option specifies the caching algorithm used for L1 internal cache memory. The settings are:
Disabled or Write Thru (default).
External Cache
This option specifies the caching algorithm used for L2 secondary (external) cache memory. The
settings are: Disabled , WriteThru or WriteBack . The optimal default setting is Disabled . The Fail-
Safe default setting is WriteThru .
System BIOS Shadow Cacheable
When this option is set to Enabled, the 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 is Disabled.
C000,32k Shadow
C800,16k Shadow
CC00,16k Shadow
D000,64k Shadow
These options control the location of the contents of the 16KB of ROM beginning at the specified
memory location. If no adaptor ROM is using the named ROM area, this area is made available to
the local bus. The settings are: Enabled or Disabled .
C0000-FFFFF, Shadow Cacheability
The settings are Disabled or Enabled.