Configuring the BIOS

Award POST Codes

Code

Name

Description

88

Reserved

 

89

Setup ACPI

Setup ACPI tables

 

tables

 

8A

Reserved

 

8B

Option ROM

Scan for Option ROMs

 

Detect

 

8C

Reserved

 

8D

Enable Parity

Enable Parity Check

 

Check

 

8E

Reserved

 

8F

IRQ12 Enable

Enable IRQ12 if mouse present

90

Reserved

 

91

Reserved

 

92

Reserved

 

93

Boot Medium

Detect and store boot partition head and cylinders

 

Read

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

Base memory detect

 

Presence

 

C2

Early Memory

Board Initialization

C3

Extend

Turn on extended memory, cache initialization

 

Memory

 

C4

Special Display

First display initialization

C5

Early Shadow

Early shadow enable for fast boot

C6

Cache

External cache size detection

 

presence

 

CF

CMOS Check

CMOS checkup

 

 

 

B0

Spurious

If interrupt occurs in protected mode.

 

 

 

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EVGA X58 SLI Micro, 121-BL-E756 manual Configuring the Bios

121-BL-E756, X58 SLI Micro specifications

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