Vista - CPU L2 Cache Memory setting in Vista

Hello Taheed, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You can use the value that you find listed using STEP ONE in the tutorial as the decimal number in step 6 of STEP TWO.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks bud, so I recently discovered that my L2cachesize was 1024. So in decimal I will use 1024 and in Hex I would put 400?

You're welcome Taheed. Yes, that would be correct.

I can no longer create a report I get the attached error
service is on
also, no key in the registry

.... every day another issue

Hello Pacinitaly,

Are you logged in as an administrator?

If you are, then as a test, create a new administrator account to see if it runs properly in it. If it does, then you can copy the contents of your old account's C:\Users\(User-Name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(User-Name) folders.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

thanks Shawn,
I'll try in a little while, I'm doing a clone at the moment on the vista laptop

I tried, no go
I also tried to access via the hidden admin acct
net user administrator /active:yes
not work... oh well can't wait for 10/22/09


thanks Shawn again


Carmine


OK I read Error When Generating System Health Report - Windows Vista Performance & Maintenance
from a post from you

and did as stated. I was able to view my l2 cache ( which is 4096 )

I had to create a dword in the registry.


we'll see what happens

I have read all over the web and YOU only found the solution... maybe it should be a tutorial


Thanks again

Carmine


PS I still can't generate a system health report the correct way as stated above but...

Carmine, I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

Hi all,
After going throw what you said it seems easy at first but then I see I have a ---> Amd 64 Phenom 8550 Triple-core processor 2200 family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3 <--- and after running the test it is set at 512, now at first I thought to set it to 600 Hex but then remmbered seeing the warning about setting it wrong, So here I am for your great knowledge. I would also like to know about L3cacheSize and L3cachespeed as that also shows up but is set to 0 on both, but did read in a post about it not being suppoted ( I beleave ) is that right? .

Cheers.

Hello John,

Looking at AMD's website, I only see the 8650 and 8450 CPU listed. However, they both hava 512MB L2 cache. Your's would to, so this is correct for how it is reporting to you and I would not change it. It is this low since your CPU as a 2048MB L3 cache. Currently there is no method to manually changing the L3 cache settings.

It looks like you do not need to change anything.

Hope this helps,
Shawn