Configuring the BIOS

 

 

 

 

Award POST Codes

 

 

Code

Name

 

Description

54

Reserved

 

 

55

CPU display

 

Detect CPU speed and display CPU vendor specific

 

 

 

version string and turn on all necessary CPU features

56

Reserved

 

 

57

PnP Init

 

PnP logo and PnP early init

 

Display

 

 

58

Reserved

 

 

59

Setup Virus

 

Setup virus protect according to Protect Setup

5A

Reserved

 

 

5B

Awdflash Load

 

If required, will auto load Awdflash.exe in POST

5C

Reserved

 

 

5D

Onboard I/O

 

Init Initializing onboard superIO

5E

Reserved

 

 

5F

Reserved

 

 

60

Setup enable

 

Display setup message and enable setup functions

 

 

 

 

61

Reserved

 

 

62

Reserved

 

 

63

Initialize

 

Detect if mouse is present, initialize mouse, install

 

Mouse

 

interrupt vectors.

64

Reserved

 

 

65

PS2 Mouse

 

Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port

 

special

 

 

66

Reserved

 

 

67

ACPI init

 

ACPI sub-system initializing

68

Reserved

 

 

69

Init Cache

 

Initialize cache controller

6A

Reserved

 

 

6B

Setup

 

Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up

 

 

 

 

6C

Reserved

 

 

6D

Initialize

 

Initialize floppy disk drive

 

 

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EVGA X58 SLI Micro, 121-BL-E756 manual Award Post Codes

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