POST Code

Function

Phase

Component

 

 

 

 

0x4C

Shadow video BIOS ROM if specified by Setup, and

LBT

Core

 

CMOS is valid and the previous boot was OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x59

Register POST Display Services, fonts, and

LBT

Core

 

languages with the POST Dispatch Manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x57

Initialize 1394 Firewire

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0xD6

Initialize PC card

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x58

Test for unexpected interrupts. First do an STI for hot

LBT

Core

 

interrupts. Secondly, test the NMI for an unexpected

 

 

 

interrupt. Thirdly, enable the parity checkers and

 

 

 

read from memory, checking for an unexpected

 

 

 

interrupt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x3F

ROMPolit memory init

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0xC4

Install the IRQ vectors (Sever Hotkey)

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x7C

Initialize the hardware interrupt vectors from 08 to 0F

LBT

Core

 

and from 70h to 77H. Also set the interrupt vectors

 

 

 

from 60h to 66H to zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x41

ROM Pilot Init

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x4B

Initialize QuietBoot if it is installed. Enable both

LBT

Core

 

keyboard and timer interrupts (IRQ0 and IRQ1). If

 

 

 

your POST tasks require interrupts off, preserve

 

 

 

them with a PUSHF and CLI at the beginning and a

 

 

 

POPF at the end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0xDE

Initialize and UNDI ROM (fro remote flash)

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0xC6

Initial and install console for UCR

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x4E

Display copyright notice.

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0xD4

Get CPU branding string

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x50

Display CPU type and speed

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0xC9

pretask before EISA init

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x51

EISA Init

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x5A

Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP"

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x5B

Disable CPU cache.

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x5C

Test RAM between 512K and 640K.

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x60

Determine and test the amount of extended memory

LBT

Core

 

available. Determine if memory exists by writing to a

 

 

 

few strategic locations and see if the data can be

 

 

 

read back. If so, perform an address-line test and a

 

 

 

RAM test on the memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x62

The amount of memory available. This test is

LBT

Core

 

dependent on the processor, since the test will vary

 

 

 

depending on the width of memory (16 or 32 bits).

 

 

 

This test will also use A20 as the skew address to

 

 

 

prevent corruption of the system memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x64

Jump to UserPatch1.

LBT

Core

 

 

 

 

0x66

Set cache registers to their CMOS values if CMOS is

LBT

Core

 

valid, unless auto configuration is enabled, in which

 

 

 

case load cache registers from the Setup default

 

 

 

table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

0x68

Enable external cache and CPU cache if present.

LBT

Core

 

Configure non-cacheable regions if necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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