Troubleshooting
Table A-1 POST code checkpoints (continued)
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| 04 | Check the CMOS diagnostic byte to | 1. | Restart the |
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| determine whether battery power is | 2. | Clear CMOS and then restart the |
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| proper and whether the CMOS |
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| checksum is proper. Verify the CMOS |
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| the CMOS checksum is wrong, update |
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| CMOS with |
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| clear passwords. Initialize data variables |
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| 05 | Initialize the interrupt controlling | 1. | Restart the |
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| hardware and interrupt vector table. | 2. | Replace the |
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| 06 | Initialize the system timer. Initialize the |
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| 08 | Initialize the keyboard controller (KBC). | 1. | Restart the |
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| C0 | Early CPU initialization starts. |
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| C1 | Set the boot processor initialization |
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| C2 | Set the boot processor initialization for |
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| C5 | List and set application processors. |
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| C7 | Exit the early CPU initialization. |
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| 0A | Initialize the 8042 compatible KBC. | 1. | Restart the |
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| 2. | Replace the |
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| 0B | Detect the presence of PS/2 mouse. | 1. | Restart the |
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| 2. | Replace the PS/2 mouse and |
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| 0E | Test and initialize different input | 1. | Restart the |
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| devices. Also, update kernel variables. | 2. | Upgrade the BIOS and restart the |
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| Disable handler for IRQ1 installation. |
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