165

Diagnostic LED Decoder

Check

point

G=Green, R=Red, A+Amber Description

MSBLSB

3B

G

OFF

R

A

Test for total memory

 

 

 

 

 

installed in the system.

 

 

 

 

 

Also, check for DEL or ESC

 

 

 

 

 

keys to limit memory test.

 

 

 

 

 

Display total memory in

 

 

 

 

 

the system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3C

G

G

R

R

Mid POST initialization of

 

 

 

 

 

chipset registers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

OFF

R

OFF

OFF

Detect different devices

 

 

 

 

 

(Parallel ports, serial ports,

 

 

 

 

 

and coprocessor in

 

 

 

 

 

CPU...etc). successfully

 

 

 

 

 

installed in the system and

 

 

 

 

 

update the BDA,

 

 

 

 

 

EBDA...etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

OFF

R

OFF

R

Programming the memory

 

 

 

 

 

hole or any kind of

 

 

 

 

 

implementation that

 

 

 

 

 

needs an adjustment in

 

 

 

 

 

system RAM size if

 

 

 

 

 

needed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

52

OFF

R

G

R

Updates CMOS memory

 

 

 

 

 

size from memory found

 

 

 

 

 

in memory test. Allocates

 

 

 

 

 

memory for Extended

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS Data Area from base

 

 

 

 

 

memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

OFF

R

R

OFF

Initializes NUM-LOCK

 

 

 

 

 

status and programs the

 

 

 

 

 

KBD typematic rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

OFF

A

R

A

Initialize Int-13 and

 

 

 

 

 

prepare for IPL detection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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