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Appendix E: Codes and error messages

 

 

 

 

CP

Beeps

Reason

 

 

 

 

 

16

1-2-2-3

BIOS ROM checksum

 

 

 

 

18

 

8254 timer initialization

 

 

 

 

1A

 

8237 DMA controller initialization

 

 

 

 

1C

 

Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller

 

 

 

 

20

1-3-1-1

Test DRAM refresh

 

 

 

 

22

1-3-1-3

Test 8742 keyboard controller

 

 

 

 

24

 

Set ES segment register to 4 GB

281-3-3-1 Autosize DRAM, system BIOS stops execution here if the BIOS does not detect any usable memory DIMMs

2A

 

Clear 8 MB base RAM

 

 

 

2C

1-3-4-1

Base RAM failure, BIOS stops execution here if

 

 

entire memory is bad

 

 

 

32

 

Test processor bus-clock frequency

 

 

 

34

 

Test CMOS

 

 

 

35

 

RAM initialize alternate chipset registers

 

 

 

36

 

Warm start shut down

 

 

 

37

 

Reinitialize the chipset

 

 

 

38

 

Shadow system BIOS ROM

 

 

 

39

 

Reinitialize the cache

 

 

 

3A

 

Autosize cache

 

 

 

3C

 

Configure advanced chipset registers

 

 

 

3D

 

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

 

 

 

40

 

Set initial processor speed new

 

 

 

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Altos G900 specifications

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