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Appendix D: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

 

 

 

Checkpoint

Beep Code

Description

Code

 

 

 

 

 

09h

 

Set in-POST flag in CMOS that indicates we

 

 

are in POST. If this bit is not cleared by post-

 

 

ClearBootFlagJ (AEh), the BIOS on next boot

 

 

determines that the current configuration

 

 

caused POST to fail and uses default values

 

 

for configuration.

 

 

Clear the CMOS diagnostic byte (register E).

 

 

Check the real-time clock and verify the bat-

 

 

tery has not lost power. Checksum the

 

 

CMOS and verify it has not been corrupted.

 

 

 

0Ah

 

Initialize CPU registers.

 

 

 

0Bh

 

Enable CPU cache. Set bits in CMOS related

 

 

to cache.

 

 

 

0Ch

 

Set the initial POST values of the cache reg-

 

 

isters if not integrated into the chipset.

 

 

 

0Eh

 

Set the initial POST values of registers in the

 

 

integrated I/O chip.

 

 

 

0Fh

 

Enable the local bus IDE as primary or sec-

 

 

ondary depending on other drives detected.

 

 

 

10h

 

Initialize power management.

 

 

 

11h

 

General dispatcher for alternate register ini-

 

 

tialization.

 

 

Set initial POST values for other hardware

 

 

devices defined in the register tables.

 

 

 

12h

 

Restore the contents of the CPU control

 

 

word whenever the CPU is reset.

 

 

 

13h

 

Early reset of PCI devices required to disable

 

 

bus master. Assumes the presence of a stack

 

 

and running from decompressed shadow

 

 

memory.

 

 

 

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