MegaPro Dual Pentium Pro PCI ISA Motherboard User’s Guide
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Advanced Setup,
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Caching Controller
Set this option to Present if a cache controller is installed in the
computer. The Optimal and Fail–Safe default settings are Absent.
Setting
Description
Absent
the Optimal and Fail–
Safe 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 Present 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 may not be able
to flush data from its cache memory to a hard disk drive
before the reset.
Video Shadow C000, 32K
This option specifies the way that the 32 KB of video ROM beginning
at C0000h is treated. The settings are:
Setting
Description
Disabled
The contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM.
Cached
The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h – C7FFFh
are not only copied from ROM to RAM, the contents of the
C0000h – C7FFFh RAM area can be written to or read from
cache memory.
Shadow
The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h – C7FFFh
are copied from ROM to RAM for faster execution.
The Optimal default setting is Cached. The Fail–Safe default setting is
Disabled.
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