Appendix

6Eh

Reserved

6Fh

1.

Initialize floppy controller

 

2.

Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware.

70-72h

Reserved

73h

(Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if :

 

-AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive.

 

-ALT+F2 is pressed

74h

Reserved

75h

Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM…..

76h

Reserved

77h

Detect serial ports & parallel ports.

78h-79h

Reserved

7Ah

Detect & install co-processor

7B-7Eh

Reserved

7Fh

1.

Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported.

 

 

-If errors occur, report errors & wait for keys

 

 

-If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue:

 

 

Clear EPA or customization logo.

80h-81h

Reserved

82h

1.

Call chipset power management hook.

 

2.

Recover the text font used by EPA logo (not for full screen logo)

 

3.

If password is set, ask for password.

83h

Save all data in stack back to CMOS

84h

Initialize ISA PnP boot devices

85h

1.

USB final Initialization

 

2.

NET PC: Build SYSID structure

 

3.

Switch screen back to text mode

 

4.

Set up ACPI table at top of memory.

 

5.

Invoke ISA adapter ROMs

 

6.

Assign IRQs to PCI devices

 

7.

Initialize APM

 

8.

Clear noise of IRQs.

86-92h

Reserved

93h

Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code

94h

1.

Enable L2 cache

 

2.

Program boot up speed

 

3.

Chipset final initialization.

 

4.

Power management final initialization

 

5.

Clear screen & display summary table

 

6.

Program K6 write allocation

 

7.

Program P6 class write combining

95h

1.

Program daylight saving

 

2.

Update keyboard LED & typematic rate

96h

1.

Build MP table

 

2.

Build & update ESCD

 

3.

Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h

 

4.

Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick

 

5.

Build MSIRQ routing table.

FFh

Boot attempt (INT 19h)

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