C-2 Service Guide
Table C-1 POST Checkpoint List
Checkpoint Description
24h PIC(8259) testing & initialization
30h System Shadow RAM
34h DRAM sizing
3Ch Initialize interrupt vectors
4Bh Identify CPU brand and type
35h PCI pass 0
40h Assign I/O if device request
41h Assign Memory if device requested
44h Assign IRQ if device request
45h Enable command byte if device is OK
50h Initialize Video display
52h Download keyboard matrix
4Ch ChipUp initialization for CPU clock checking
54h Process VGA shadow region
58h Set POST screen mode(Graphic or Text)
Display Acer(or OEM) logo if necessary
Display Acer copyright message if necessary
Display BIOS serial number
59h Hook int vector 1ch for POST quiet boot
5Ch Memory testing
5Ah SMRAM test and SMI handler initialization
4Eh Audio initialization
60h External Cache sizing
External Cache testing(SRAM & Controller)
Enable internal cache if necessary
Enable external cache if necessary
64h Reset KB device
Check KB status

Note: The keyboard LEDs should flash once.

7Ch Reset pointing device
Check pointing device
70h Parallel port testing
74h Serial port testing
78h Math Coprocessor testing
80h Set security status
84h KB device initialization
Enable KB device