MS-7374 Mainboard

LED 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

These four LEDs allow users to identify system problems through 16 various combi- nations of LED signals.

LED4 LED5 LED6 LED7 LED8 LED9 LED10 LED11

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LED Signal

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Green

Description

System Power ON

The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not in- stalled properly.

EarlyChipset Initialization

Memory Detection Test

Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if the memorymod- ule is damaged or not installed properly.

Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting.

Initializing Keyboard Controller.

Testing VGA BIOS

This will start writing VGA sign-on message to the screen.

Processor Initialization

This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, sys- tem bus, etc...)

Testing RTC (Real Time Clock)

 

LED Signal

Description

 

 

 

 

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Initializing Video Interface

 

 

 

 

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This will start detecting CPU clock,

 

 

 

 

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checking type ofvideo onboard. Then,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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detect and initializethe video adapter.

 

 

 

 

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BIOS Sign On

 

 

 

 

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This will start showing information

 

 

 

 

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about logo, processor brand name,

 

 

 

 

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etc...

 

 

 

 

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Testing Base and Extended Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Testing base memory from 240K to

 

 

 

 

 

 

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640K and extended memory above

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1MB using various patterns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Assign Resources to all ISA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Initializing Hard Drive Controller

 

 

 

 

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This will initialize IDE drive and

 

 

 

 

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controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Initializing Floppy Drive Controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This will initialize Floppy Drive and

 

 

 

 

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controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BootAttempt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This will set low stack and boot via

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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INT 19h.

 

 

 

 

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Operating System Booting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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