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POST Diagnostic Code Descriptions

01 Reserved
02 Reserved
03 Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only)
04 Reserved
05 Keyboard controller self-tested
06 Reserved
07 Verify CMOS Read/Write
09 ASUS-specific initialization; Configure Cyrix CPU register
0A Issue CPU ID instruction; Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors, initialize Int. 33 to 120,
-- power management initialization
0B PnP initialization: verify the RTC time, detect bad battery, read the CMOS data into the
-- BIOS stack area, assign 1/0 and memory for any PCI devices
0C Initialization of BIOS data area
0D Program some of chipset's value; Measure the CPU for display, initialize the video
0E Initialize APIC (multiprocessor BIOS only); Show startup screen message
0F DMA channel 0 tested
10 DMA channel 1 tested
11 DMA page registers tested
12 Reserved
13 Reserved
14 Test 8254 0 counter 2
15 Test 8259 interrupt mask bit for channel 1
16 Test 8259 interrupt mask bit for channel 2
17 Reserved
19 Test 8259 functionality
1A Reserved
1B Reserved
1C Reserved
1D Reserved
1E If an EISA NVM
1F-29 Reserved
30 Get size of base and extended memory
31 Test base and extended memory, Test base memory from 256K to 640K, test extended memory above I MB
32 Test all onboard super 1/0 ports
33 Reserved
3A Reserved
3B Reserved
3C Set flag to allow CMOS setup utility
3D Install PS/2 mouse
3E Try to turn on level 2
3F Reserved
40 Reserved
41 Initialize floppy drive controller
42 Initialize hard drive controller
43 Initialize serial & parallel ports (PnP BIOS only)
45 Initialize math coprocessor
46-4D Reserved
4E Show all error messages on screen
4F Ask for password, if needed
50 Write all CMOS values located in the BIOS stack back to CMOS
51 Reserved
52 Initialize all ISA ROM's; PCI initializations (PCI BIOS only),PnP initialisation (PnP BIOS Only),
-- setup shadow RAM, initialize power management
53 If not PnP BIOS, initialize ports; Initialize time in BIOS data area
54-5F Reserved
60 Setup virus protection for the boot sector
61 Try to turn on level 2 cache
62 program numlock & typematic speed
63 Boot system via Int 19h
BO Unexpected interrupt in protected mode
B1 Unclaimed NMI occurred
BE Program defaults into chipset
BF Program remaining chipset values
C0 Init. all standard devices with defaults
C1 Auto detect on-board DRAM & cache
C3 Test first 26K DRAM
C5 Copy ROM BIOS to E000-FFFF
FF System booting

 

 

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