2 Troubleshooting Procedures

 

2.4 System Board Troubleshooting

 

 

 

Table 2-3 D port status (5/7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D port status

Inspection items

 

Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F106h

 

 

Initializing a PCI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testing a PIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking whether to execute self-test (only in cold boot)

 

 

 

 

 

(checking the space key and a printer wraparound

 

 

 

 

 

connector )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F107h

 

 

Initializing PCI bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing information of LAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking the factor of WakeUp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F108h

 

 

Running a task waiting for the end of INIT_PCI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing the data in CMOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing PnP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting up the setup parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for the end of multiple box states check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting up the hardware parameters based on resources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F109h

 

 

Running a task waiting for the completion of generating PnP

 

 

 

 

 

resource

 

 

 

 

 

Serial interrupt control

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing PnP-related H/W

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing PC Card Slots

 

 

 

 

 

PCI auto configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a work area for auto configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Getting PCI IRQ

 

 

 

 

 

Storing the results of VGA configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F10Ah

 

 

Running a task waiting for completion of PCI_CONFIGURATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initializing H/W required after PCI configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Starting an HDD initialization sequence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enabling power off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generating output codes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Toshiba A100 manual F10Ah

A100 specifications

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