[CS-FSLUG] L2 cache disable

[Fred A. Miller]

On Thu January 27 2005 5:02 pm, Ed Hurst wrote:
> I've been puzzling over this since I got my "new" mobo. The processor
> is a P3/1Ghz "Coppermine" -- it has an L1 and L2 cache on the chip.
> Tyan says this is supported for the mobo -- a Tomcat i815e. I've
> searched the website, Google Groups, and my user manual for the mobo,
> but can't figure out how to enable that L2 cache. The scree during boot
> clearly says it's disabled. In the BIOS setup, there's not even an
> option to enable L2. It shows L1 as "Write-back" but the L2 option is
> missing.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this? Obviously, the system is
> going to run a bit faster with it enabled.

Tyan is THE BEST, IMHO, and their tech. support has always been very good. I'd 
call them.

Fred

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