Check

Diagnostic LED decoder

Description

point

G=Green, R=Red, O=Orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

O

Off

O

G

Prepare BBS in Int 19 boot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC

O

G

R

Off

End of POST initialization of chipset registers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

B1

R

Off

R

O

Save system context for ACPI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

Off

Off

Off

Off

Pass control to OS Loader (typically INT19h).

 

 

 

 

 

 

61-70

-

-

-

-

OEM POST Error. This range is reserved for chipset vendors and

 

 

 

 

 

system manufacturers. The error associated with this value may

 

 

 

 

 

be different from one platform to the next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bootblock initialization code checkpoints

The Bootblock initialization code sets up the chipset, memory, and other components before system memory is available. The following table provides the diagnostic LED codes for these checkpoints and describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the bootblock initialization:

Check

Diagnostic LED decoder

Description

point

G=Green, R=Red, O=Orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before

R

R

Off

O

Early chipset initialization is done. Early super I/O initialization

D1

 

 

 

 

is done, including RTC and keyboard controller, NMI is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D1

R

R

Off

O

Perform keyboard controller BAT test. Check if waking up from

 

 

 

 

 

power management suspend state. Save power-on CPUID value

 

 

 

 

 

in scratch CMOS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D0

R

R

Off

R

Go to flat mode with 4 GB limit and GA20 enabled. Verify the

 

 

 

 

 

bootblock checksum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D2

R

R

G

R

Disable CACHE before memory detection. Execute full memory

 

 

 

 

 

sizing module. Verify that flat mode is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D3

R

R

G

O

If memory sizing module not executed, start memory refresh and

 

 

 

 

 

do memory sizing in Bootblock code. Do additional chipset

 

 

 

 

 

initialization. Re-enable CACHE. Verify that flat mode is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D4

R

O

Off

R

Test base 512 KB memory. Adjust policies and cache first 8 MB.

 

 

 

 

 

Set stack

 

 

 

 

 

 

D5

R

O

Off

O

Bootblock code is copied from ROM to lower system memory and

 

 

 

 

 

control is given to it. BIOS now executes out of RAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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