Level 2 cache registry settings

[Mike]

I read somewhere that XP doesn't identify the correct
Level 2 cache value and that you can edit it correctly in
the registry.

Also, I wasn't sure if it applied to the newer P4 cpu's
or not.

Any ideas or help on how or why to do this?

 

[Willit]

HKLM/system/currentcontrolset/control/sessionmanager/memory
mangement/ "Secondleveldatacache" It should be 256 or
512 depending on what you have.

 

[Willit]

If you have a 512 set the value to 200 or 100 for 256

 

[Jim in Canada]

Interesting.

Is that in the DWord Value or Binary Value? Mine reads "0" in DWord and 0000
00 00 00 00 . . . . (spaces could be off as
copy/paste does not work) in the Binary Value

 

[Alex Nichol]

HKLM/system/currentcontrolset/control/sessionmanager/memory
mangement/ "Secondleveldatacache" It should be 256 or
512 depending on what you have.

Those are values to allow you to restrict usage for troubleshooting
purposes. It should *normally* be zero - use whatever is reported by
BIOS