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Appendix F: Diagnostic Code Checkpoints

Check point

Diagnostic LED Decoder

G=Green, R=Red, A=Amber

MSB

 

 

LSB

 

 

 

 

Description

EF

A

A

A

G

Read error occured on

 

 

 

 

 

media. Jump back to

 

 

 

 

 

checkpoint EB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F0

R

R

R

R

Search for pre-defined

 

 

 

 

 

recovery file name in root

 

 

 

 

 

directory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

R

R

R

A

Recovery file not found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F2

R

R

A

R

Start reading FAT table

 

 

 

 

 

and analyze FAT to find

 

 

 

 

 

the clusters occupied by

 

 

 

 

 

the recovery file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F3

R

R

A

A

Start reading the recovery

 

 

 

 

 

file cluster by cluster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F5

R

A

R

A

Disable L1 cache.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FA

A

R

A

R

Check the validity of the

 

 

 

 

 

recovery file configuration

 

 

 

 

 

to the current

 

 

 

 

 

configuration of the flash

 

 

 

 

 

part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FB

A

R

A

A

Make flash write enabled

 

 

 

 

 

through chipset and OEM

 

 

 

 

 

specific method. Detect

 

 

 

 

 

proper flash part. Verify

 

 

 

 

 

that the found flash part

 

 

 

 

 

size equals the recovery

 

 

 

 

 

file size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F4

R

A

R

R

The recovery file size does

 

 

 

 

 

not equal the found flash

 

 

 

 

 

part size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FC

A

A

R

R

Erase the flash part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FD

A

A

R

A

Program the flash part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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