2-10 Using NECCSD UtilitiesAdvanced MenuSelecting “Advanced” from the Main menu displays a menuwith the following options.PnP O/SThe PnP field indicates if the computer’s operating systemis configured to use Plug and Play devices. Choose “Yes” ifyou are using a system that has Plug and Play. The defaultis “Yes” for Windows 95 systems. For systems withoutPlug and Play (such as Windows NT 4.0), this field is set to“No.”Reset Configuration DataUse this setting to clear CMOS (by selecting “Yes” andrebooting) if the system parameters get corrupted. Thedefault is “No.”Memory CacheMemory cache saves time for the CPU by holding data mostrecently accessed in regular memory (dynamic RAM orDRAM) in a special storage area of static RAM (SRAM),which is faster. Before accessing regular memory, the CPUfirst accesses the cache. If it does not find the data it islooking for, it accesses the regular memory.The default for the Memory Cache is “Enabled.” This fieldcontrols both the primary and secondary caches. Setting theMemory Cache to “Disabled” will hurt performance, butmight be required when running programs that utilizesoftware-timing loops and need to be slowed down toexecute properly.Memory Banks 0 and 1The two Memory Bank fields are read only. They displaythe total amount of memory in each DIMM bank.
