Table 34: Port-80h Codes and Beep Codes (Continued)

Port-80

Beep

Error Descriptions

Codes

Codes

 

70

 

Display error messages

 

 

 

72

 

Check for configuration errors

 

 

 

74

 

Test real-time clock

 

 

 

76

 

Check for keyboard errors

 

 

 

7A

 

Test for key lock on

 

 

 

7C

 

Set up hardware interrupt vectors

 

 

 

7E

 

Test coprocessor if present

 

 

 

80

 

Detect and install external RS232 ports

 

 

 

82

 

Detect and install external parallel ports

 

 

 

85

 

Initialize PC-compatible PnP ISA devices

 

 

 

86

 

Re-initialize on board I/O ports

 

 

 

88

 

Initialize BIOS Data Area

 

 

 

8A

 

Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area

 

 

 

8C

 

Initialize floppy controller

 

 

 

90

 

Initialize hard disk controller

 

 

 

91

 

Initialize local bus hard disk controller

 

 

 

92

 

Jump to UserPatch2

 

 

 

93

 

Build MPTABLE for multi-processor boards

 

 

 

94

 

Disable A20 address line

 

 

 

95

 

Install CD-ROM for boot

 

 

 

96

 

Clear huge ES segment register

 

 

 

98

1-2

Search for option ROMs. One long, two short beeps on checksum failure

 

 

 

9A

 

Shadow option ROMs

 

 

 

9C

 

Set up Power Management

 

 

 

9E

 

Enable hardware interrupts

 

 

 

A0

 

Set time of day

 

 

 

A2

 

Check key lock

 

 

 

A4

 

Initialize typematic rate

 

 

 

A8

 

Erase F2 prompt

 

 

 

AA

 

Scan for F2 key stroke

 

 

 

AC

 

Enter SETUP

 

 

 

AE

 

Clear in-POST flag

 

 

 

B0

 

Check for errors

 

 

 

B2

 

POST done – prepare to boot Operating System

 

 

 

B4

1

One short beep before boot

 

 

 

B5

 

Display MultiBoot menu

 

 

 

B6

 

Check password (optional)

 

 

 

B8

 

Clear global descriptor table

 

 

 

BC

 

Clear parity checkers

 

 

 

BE

 

Clear screen (optional)

 

 

 

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