L2-cache not detected by Win XP Pro Sp1.

[GCameron]

if you still need a fix for this problem its fairly
simple as long as you dont mind going into the registry.
by default xp does not use the l2 cache but you can
enable this. i wont be held responible if YOU mess up
YOUR registry so make a backup first. goto run and
regedit then follow hkey_local_machine, system,
currentcontrolset, control, session manager, memory
management -now look for DWORD value secondleveldatacache
and right click it to modify and be sure to change the
base to decimal then enter 512 then change the base back
to hexadecimal click ok and exit regedit and restart yor
computer. i found this at
http://bbs.pcstats.com/pcstats/ under collins tips
hope this helps.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hello folks,
>
>I've been running Win XP pro with a super socket 7
mainboard, AMD K6-2
>500Mhz processor w/512Kb pipeline burst cache and 256 MB
SDRAM for the past
>8 months. It runs well enough but XP fails to recognize
the L2 cache at all.
>Every PC utility that I've run flags the lack of L2
cache as a problem. I've
>used Sisoft Sandra, AIDA 32, and even the PC Pitstop
site so it's fairly
>certain that the problem is real. What can I do to get
XP to utilize the L2
>cache? Is this a known problem or just a quirk of my
machine/XP Pro
>combination? FYI...The machine is a 4 year old IBM
Aptiva that originally
>came with Win 98SE. XP seems to run as fast as Win 98SE
did, but I can't
>help but feel that it would run better if the L2 cache
was recognized and
>used. Any ideas anyone? TIA.
>--
>Jack
>
>
>.
>

[ddd]

Thanks for the reply, but I've already tried that weeks ago. No
difference either way. The validity of that particular setting is in
question according to most Win XP tweak sites that I've visited trying
to solve this. See http://www.xptuneup.com/tip0050.htm#marker34 for
details.
again, thanks.
--
Jack


"GCameron" > wrote in message

> if you still need a fix for this problem its fairly
> simple as long as you dont mind going into the registry.
> by default xp does not use the l2 cache but you can
> enable this. i wont be held responible if YOU mess up
> YOUR registry so make a backup first. goto run and
> regedit then follow hkey_local_machine, system,
> currentcontrolset, control, session manager, memory
> management -now look for DWORD value secondleveldatacache
> and right click it to modify and be sure to change the
> base to decimal then enter 512 then change the base back
> to hexadecimal click ok and exit regedit and restart yor
> computer. i found this at
> http://bbs.pcstats.com/pcstats/ under collins tips
> hope this helps.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I've been running Win XP pro with a super socket 7 mainboard, AMD
K6-2
> > 500Mhz processor w/512Kb pipeline burst cache and 256 MB SDRAM for
the
> > past 8 months. It runs well enough but XP fails to recognize the L2
> > cache at all. Every PC utility that I've run flags the lack of L2
cache
> > as a problem. I've used Sisoft Sandra, AIDA 32, and even the PC
Pitstop
> > site so it's fairly certain that the problem is real. What can I do
to
> > get XP to utilize the L2 cache? Is this a known problem or just a
quirk
> > of my machine/XP Pro combination? FYI...The machine is a 4 year old
IBM
> > Aptiva that originally came with Win 98SE. XP seems to run as fast
as
> > Win 98SE did, but I can't help but feel that it would run better if
the
> > L2 cache was recognized and used. Any ideas anyone? TIA.
> > --
> > Jack
> >
> >
> > .