Acer Altos R710 manual Checkpoint, Beep Code, Description

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Appendix D: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

 

 

 

Checkpoint

Beep Code

Description

Code

 

 

 

 

 

1Ch

 

Initialize interrupt controllers for some shut-

 

 

downs.

 

 

 

20h

1-3-1-1

Verify that DRAM refresh is operating by

 

 

polling the refresh bit in PORTB.

 

 

 

22h

1-3-1-3

Reset the keyboard.

 

 

 

24h

 

Set segment-register addressibility to 4 GB.

 

 

 

28h

1-3-3-1

Using the table of configurations supplied

 

 

by the specific chipset module, test each

 

 

DRAM configuration to see if that particular

 

 

configuration is valid. Then program the

 

 

chipset to its autosized configuration.

 

 

Before autosizing, disable all caches and all

 

 

shadow RAM.

 

 

 

29h

1-3-3-2

Initialize the POST Memory Manager.

 

 

 

2Ah

 

Zero the first 512K of RAM.

 

 

 

2Ch

1-3-4-1

Test 512K base address lines.

 

 

 

2Eh

1-3-4-3

Test first 512K of RAM.

 

 

 

2Fh

 

Initialize external cache before shadowing.

 

 

 

32h

 

Compute CPU speed.

 

 

 

33h

 

Initialize the Phoenix Dispatch Manager.

 

 

 

34h

1-4-2-1

CMOS test.

 

 

 

36h

 

Vector to proper shutdown routine.

 

 

 

38h

 

Shadow the system BIOS.

3Ah

Autosize external cache and program cache

 

size for enabling later in POST.

 

 

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