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ASUS PCI-DA2200 User’s Manual
8.1.6
Viewing the Current Setting of Each Function
Most of the current settings of each function can be viewed in the
menu.
In the example shown above:
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The current setting of “Write-Back Cache” is “Enabled”.
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The current setting of Optimization is “Optimization for Random
I/O”.
IMPORTANT: Write-Back Cache is normally Enabled to increase
performance. Write-Back Cache must be “Disabled” (to use write-
through) when installing operating systems that automatically
restarts the system during installation such as Microsoft Windows
95/98. Data in the cache may be cleared before writing to disk, thus
resulting in data loss. Once the operating system is fully installed, the
cache will be instructed to be written to disk before restarting or
shutting down through the operating system.
WARNING: Using hardware restart or shut down (using buttons or
switches on the chassis) will result in data loss if write-back cache is
“Enabled.”