4-9 Troubleshooting

POST Codes

The code displayed using the postcard is shown below.

CP

Reason

01

Initialize BMC

02

Verify Real Mode

03

Test BMC

04

Get Processor type

06

Initialize system hardware

08

Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values

09

Set in POST flag

0A

Initialize Processor registers

0B

Enable Processor cache

0C

Initialize caches to initial POST values

0E

Initialize I/O

0F

Initialize the local bus IDE

10

Initialize Power Management

11

Load alternate registers with initial POST values

12

Restore Processor control word during warm boot

13

Initialize PCI Bus mastering devices

14

Initialize keyboard controller

16

BIOS ROM checksum

17

Initialize external cache before memory autosize

18

8254 timer initialization

1A

8237 DMA controller initialization

1C

Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller

20

Test DRAM refresh

22

Test 8742 Keyboard Controller

24

Set ES segment register to 4GB

28

Autosize DRAM, system BIOS stops execution here if the BIOS does not detect any

 

usable memory DIMMs

29

Initializes the POST Memory Manager

2A

Clear 8 MB base RAM

2C

Base RAM failure, BIOS stops execution here if entire memory is bad

2E

Test the first 4MB of RAM

2F

Initialize external cache before shadowing

32

Test Processor bus-clock frequency

33

Initializes the Phoenix Dispatch Manager

34

Test CMOS

35

RAM Initialize alternate chipset registers

36

Warm start shut down

37

Reinitialize the chipset

38

Shadow system BIOS ROM

39

Reinitialize the cache

3A

Autosize cache

3C

Configure advanced chipset registers

3D

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

41

Check unsupported processor

40

Set Initial Processor speed new

42

Initialize interrupt vectors

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NEC 120Mf, 5800 manual Post Codes

120Mf, 5800 specifications

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