Acer ASX3200, ASX1200 manual Post Code Hex Post Routine Description

POST Code (Hex)	POST Routine Description
12h	Use walking 1’s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry. Also set real-
	time clock power status, and then check for override.
13h	Reserved
14h	Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are
	MODBINable by OEM customers.
15h	Reserved
16h	Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is defined. See
	also POST 26h.
17h	Reserved
18h	Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level
	(586 or 686).
19h	Reserved
1Ah	Reserved
1Bh	Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed
	to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR.
1Ch	Reserved
1Dh	Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch.
1Eh	Reserved
1Fh	Load keyboard matrix (notebook platform)
20h	Reserved
21h	HPM initialization (notebook platform)
22h	Reserved
23h	1 Check validity of RTC value: e.g. a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC
	minute.
	2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value
	instead.
24h	Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into
	consideration of the ESCD’s legacy information.
25h	Early PCI Initialization:
	Enumerate PCI bus number
	Assign memory & I/O resource
	Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0
26h	1 If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator
	initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots.
	2 Init onboard PWM
	3 Init onboard H/W monitor devices
27h	Initialize INT 09 buffer
28h	Reserved
29h	1 Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640K memory address.
	2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU.
	3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: onboard IDE
	controller. Measure CPU speed.
2Ah	Reserved
2Bh	Invoke Video BIOS
2Ch	Reserved

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