Error Messages and Beep Codes

Table 35. Port 80h POST Codes (continued)

POST Code

Description of POST Operation

 

 

 

Keyboard (PS/2 or USB)

 

 

90

Resetting keyboard

 

 

91

Disabling keyboard

 

 

92

Detecting presence of keyboard

 

 

93

Enabling the keyboard

 

 

94

Clearing keyboard input buffer

 

 

95

Instructing keyboard controller to run Self Test (PS/2 only)

 

 

 

Mouse (PS/2 or USB)

 

 

98

Resetting mouse

 

 

99

Disabling mouse

 

 

9A

Detecting presence of mouse

 

 

9B

Enabling mouse

 

 

 

Fixed Media

 

 

B0

Resetting fixed media

 

 

B1

Disabling fixed media

 

 

B2

Detecting presence of a fixed media (IDE hard drive detection etc.)

 

 

B3

Enabling/configuring a fixed media

 

 

 

Removable Media

 

 

B8

Resetting removable media

 

 

B9

Disabling removable media

 

 

BA

Detecting presence of a removable media (IDE, CD-ROM detection, etc.)

 

 

BC

Enabling/configuring a removable media

 

 

 

BDS

 

 

Dy

Trying boot selection y (y=0 to 15)

 

 

 

PEI Core

 

 

E0

Started dispatching PEIMs (emitted on first report of EFI_SW_PC_INIT_BEGIN

 

EFI_SW_PEI_PC_HANDOFF_TO_NEXT)

 

 

E2

Permanent memory found

 

 

E1, E3

Reserved for PEI/PEIMs

 

 

 

DXE Core

 

 

E4

Entered DXE phase

 

 

E5

Started dispatching drivers

 

 

E6

Started connecting drivers

 

 

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Intel D945GCLF2 Post Code Description of Post Operation, Mouse PS/2 or USB, Fixed Media, Removable Media, PEI Core

D945GCLF2 specifications

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