Appendix B: Award BIOS POST Codes

POST (hex)

Description

 

 

2Dh

1. Initialize multi-language

 

2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU

 

speed ….

2Eh

Reserved

2Fh

Reserved

30h

Reserved

31h

Reserved

32h

Reserved

33h

Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips.

34h

Reserved

35h

Reserved

36h

Reserved

37h

Reserved

38h

Reserved

39h

Reserved

3Ah

Reserved

3Bh

Reserved

3Ch

Test 8254

3Dh

Reserved

3Eh

Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1.

3Fh

Reserved

40h

Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2.

41h

Reserved

42h

Reserved

43h

Test 8259 functionality.

44h

Reserved

45h

Reserved

46h

Reserved

47h

Initialize EISA slot

48h

Reserved

49h

1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page.

 

2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU.

4Ah

Reserved

4Bh

Reserved

4Ch

Reserved

4Dh

Reserved

4Eh

1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU

 

2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable

 

range.

 

3. Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU.

 

4. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the

 

cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical.

4Fh

Reserved

50h

Initialize USB

51h

Reserved

52h

Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0)

53h

Reserved

54h

Reserved

55h

Display number of processors (multi-processor platform)

56h

Reserved

57h

1. Display PnP logo

 

2. Early ISA PnP initialization

 

-Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device.

 

 

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