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| Appendix D: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes | |
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09h |
| Set | |
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| are in POST. If this bit is not cleared by post- | |
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| ClearBootFlagJ (AEh), the BIOS on next boot | |
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| determines that the current configuration | |
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| caused POST to fail and uses default values | |
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| for configuration. | |
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| Clear the CMOS diagnostic byte (register E). | |
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| Check the | |
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| tery has not lost power. Checksum the | |
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| CMOS and verify it has not been corrupted. | |
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0Ah |
| Initialize CPU registers. | |
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0Bh |
| Enable CPU cache. Set bits in CMOS related | |
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| to cache. | |
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0Ch |
| Set the initial POST values of the cache reg- | |
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| isters if not integrated into the chipset. | |
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0Eh |
| Set the initial POST values of registers in the | |
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| integrated I/O chip. | |
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0Fh |
| Enable the local bus IDE as primary or sec- | |
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| ondary depending on other drives detected. | |
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10h |
| Initialize power management. | |
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11h |
| General dispatcher for alternate register ini- | |
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| tialization. | |
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| Set initial POST values for other hardware | |
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| devices defined in the register tables. | |
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12h |
| Restore the contents of the CPU control | |
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| word whenever the CPU is reset. | |
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13h |
| Early reset of PCI devices required to disable | |
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| bus master. Assumes the presence of a stack | |
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| and running from decompressed shadow | |
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| memory. | |
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