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Appendix D: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

 

 

 

Checkpoint

Beep Code

Description

Code

 

 

 

 

 

49h

 

Perform these tasks:

 

 

1. Size the PCI bus topology and set bridge

 

 

bus numbers

 

 

2. Set the system max bus number

 

 

3. Write a 0 to the command register of

 

 

every PCI device

 

 

4. Write a 0 to all 6 base registers in every

 

 

PCI device

 

 

5. Write a -1 to the status register of every

 

 

PCI device

 

 

6. Find all IOPs and initialize them.

 

 

 

4Ah

 

Initialize all video adapters in system.

 

 

 

4Bh

 

Initialize QuietBoot if it is installed. Enable

 

 

both keyboard and timer interrupts (IRQ0

 

 

and IRQ1). If your POST tasks require inter-

 

 

rupts off, preserve them with a PUSHF and

 

 

CLI at the beginning and a POPF at the end.

 

 

If you change the PIC, preserve the existing

 

 

bits.

 

 

 

4Ch

 

Shadow video BIOS ROM if specified by

 

 

Setup, and CMOS is valid and the previous

 

 

boot was OK.

 

 

 

4Eh

 

Display copyright notice.

 

 

 

4Fh

 

Initialize MultiBoot. Allocate memory for

 

 

old and new MultiBoot history tables.

 

 

 

50h

 

Display CPU type and speed.

 

 

 

51h

 

Checksum CMOS and initialize each EISA

 

 

slot with data from the initialization data

 

 

block.

 

 

 

52h

 

Verify keyboard reset.

 

 

 

54h

 

Initialize keystroke clicker if not enabled in

 

 

Setup.

 

 

 

55h

 

Enable USB devices.

 

 

 

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