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Hardware Setup 2-17

(14). POST Code Display [U32]

This is an LED device to display the “POST” Code, the acronym of Power On Self Test. The computer will execute the POST action whenever you power on the computer. The POST process is controlled by the BIOS. It is used to detect the status of the computer’s main components and peripherals. Each POST Code corresponds to different checkpoints that are also defined by the BIOS in advance. For example, “memory presence test” is an important checkpoint and its POST Code is “C1”. When the BIOS execute any POST item, it will write the corresponding POST Code into the address 80h. If the POST passes, the BIOS will process the next POST item and write the next POST Code into the address 80h. If the POST fails, we can check the POST Code in address 80h to find out where the problem lies.

The following table shows the POST Code in detail:

POST		Description
Code
CF		Test CMOS R/W functionality
		Early chipset initialization:
C0			-Disable shadow RAM
			-Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below)
			-Program basic chipset registers
		Detect memory
C1			-Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC
			-Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below)
C3		Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM
C5		Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM
01		Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0
03		Initial Superio_Early_Init switch
05	1.		Blank out screen
	2.		Clear CMOS error flag
07	1.		Clear 8042 interface
	2.		Initialize 8042 self-test
08	1.		Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips
	2.		Enable keyboard interface

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