Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes

 

Table A-2. Terminal POST Errors (Continued)

 

 

Post Code

Description

22h

1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller

28h

Auto size DRAM

 

 

29h

Initialize POST Memory Manager

2Ah

Clear 512 kB base RAM

 

 

2Ch

1-3-4-1 RAM failure on address line xxxx*

2Eh

1-3-4-3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx* of low byte of memory bus

 

 

2Fh

Enable cache before system BIOS shadow

32h

Test CPU bus-clock frequency

 

 

33h

Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager

36h

Warm start shut down

 

 

38h

Shadow system BIOS ROM

3Ah

Auto size cache

 

 

3Ch

Advanced configuration of chipset registers

3Dh

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

 

 

41h

Initialize extended memory for RomPilot

42h

Initialize interrupt vectors

 

 

45h

POST device initialization

46h

2-1-2-3 Check ROM copyright notice

 

 

47h

Initialize I20 support

48h

Check video configuration against CMOS

 

 

49h

Initialize PCI bus and devices

4Ah

Initialize all video adapters in system

 

 

4Bh

QuietBoot start (optional)

4Ch

Shadow video BIOS ROM

 

 

4Eh

Display BIOS copyright notice

4Fh

Initialize MultiBoot

 

 

50h

Display CPU type and speed

51h

Initialize EISA board

 

 

52h

Test keyboard

54h

Set key click if enabled

 

 

55h

Enable USB devices

58h

2-2-3-1 Test for unexpected interrupts

 

 

59h

Initialize POST display service

5Ah

Display prompt “Press F2 to enter SETUP”

 

 

5Bh

Disable CPU cache

 

 

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