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Chassis Fan This shows the RPM of the fan connected to the ???Chassis Fan??? connector on your
motherboard. This is typically a read-only display, not a setting you can change.
CPU Current
Temperature
This shows the measured temperature of your processor. For dual-processor systems,
you??™ll see two such settings. This is typically a read-only display, not a setting you can
change.
CPU Fan This shows the RPM of the fan connected to the ???CPU Fan??? connector on your motherboard.
For dual-processor systems, you??™ll see two such settings. This is typically a
read-only setting.
CPU Level 1 Cache/
Level 2 Cache
These settings allow you to disable your processor??™s primary (level 1) and secondary
(level 2) cache, respectively. These settings should always be enabled.
CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enables or disables the buffer used for data sent to the PCI bus by the processor. This
should be enabled.
D000/D400/D800/DC00
16k Shadow
See ???Address Range Shadowing.???
Delayed Transaction See ???PCI 2.1 Compliance.???
Diskette See all ???Floppy??? entries.
DRAM CAS Latency In theory, set this to CAS2 if your system memory (RAM) is rated at CAS Latency 2;
otherwise, use CAS3. Interestingly, you should be able to use the faster CAS2 setting
regardless of the type of installed memory; use CAS3 only if instability results.
Table A-1. Common BIOS settings and what they do (continued)
Setting Description
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BIOS Settings
DRAM Data Integrity/
ECC Mode
If your system memory (RAM) has the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) feature, set
this to ECC.
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