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Dharam Bhardwaj <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 May 2003 19:25:02 -0600
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I can't seem to locate the cache to turn it on. The "custom" DELL bios does not 'display' the settings as I am normally used to seeing on 'regular' boards. In fact the bios shows very few settings. Is there another way?
Dharam Bhardwaj

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 0:32 am
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] slow machine

> Turn on the L1 + L2 caches in the BIOS.  Having them off will make
> it very slow.
>
>                                                Rick Glazier
>
> From: "Dharam Bhardwaj" <[log in to unmask]>
> This Dell Dimension (Celeron 700) is slower than a P166. I can't
> figure out why. Configuration is:
> I have tried disabling/ enabling various "cache" types via bios,
> but I am not savy on cache.
>
> Basically machine crawls. What can I check for? alter?

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