POST Tests

 

 

 

Code

Beeps

POST Routine Description

54

 

Set key click if enabled

56

 

Enable keyboard

58

2-2-3-1

Test for unexpected interrupts

5A

 

Display prompt “Press F2 to enter SETUP”

5C

 

Test RAM between 512 and 640K

60

 

Test extended memory

62

 

Test extended memory address lines

64

 

Jump to User Patch1

66

 

Configure advanced cache registers

68

 

Enable external and CPU caches

6A

 

Display external cache size

6C

 

Display shadow message

6E

 

Display non-disposable segments

70

 

Display error messages

72

 

Check for configuration errors

74

 

Test real-time clock

76

 

Check for keyboard errors

7A

 

Test for lock key on.

7C

 

Set up hardware interrupt vectors

7D

 

Intelligent system monitoring

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

 

Reinitialize onboard 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

Solving Problems 5-19

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