Award POST Codes

Code

Name

Description

 

 

intervention

 

 

 

80

Reserved

 

 

 

 

81

Reserved

 

 

 

 

82

Security Check

Ask password security.

 

 

 

83

Write CMOS

Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.

 

 

 

84

Display PNP

Display PNP devices

 

 

 

85

USB Final Init

Final USB initialization

 

 

 

86

Reserved

 

 

 

 

87

Reserved

 

 

 

 

88

Reserved

 

 

 

 

89

Setup ACPI tables

Setup ACPI tables

 

 

 

8A

Reserved

 

 

 

 

8B

Option ROM Detect

Scan for Option ROMs

 

 

 

8C

Reserved

 

 

 

 

8D

Enable Parity Check

Enable Parity Check

 

 

 

8E

Reserved

 

 

 

 

8F

IRQ12 Enable

Enable IRQ12 if mouse present

 

 

 

90

Reserved

 

 

 

 

91

Reserved

 

 

 

 

92

Reserved

 

 

 

 

93

Boot Medium Read

Detect and store boot partition head and cylinders

 

 

values in RAM

 

 

 

94

Final Init

Final init for last micro details before boot

 

 

 

95

NumLock

Set NumLock status according to Setup

 

 

 

96

Boot Attempt

Set low stack Boot via INT 19h.

 

 

 

C0

Base CPU test

Read/Write CPU registers

 

 

 

C1

Memory Presence

Base memory detect

 

 

 

C2

Early Memory

Board Initialization

 

 

 

C3

Extend Memory

Turn on extended memory, cache initialization

 

 

 

C4

Special Display

First display initialization

 

 

 

C5

Early Shadow

Early shadow enable for fast boot

 

 

 

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730I specifications

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