2.4 System Board Troubleshooting

2 Troubleshooting Procedures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0185h

Configure all PnP ISA devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0186h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2-4 Debugging port boot mode status (5/7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debug Port

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0187h

 

Configure motherboard configurable devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0188h

 

Initialize timeouts, key buffer, and soft reset flag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0189h

 

Enable non-maskable interrupts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

018Ah

 

Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area and initialize the mouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

018Bh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

018Ch

 

Initialize the floppy disk and display an error message if failure was detected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

018Fh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0190h

 

Initialize hard-disk controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0191h

 

Configure the local bus IDE timing register based on the drives attached to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0192h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0193h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0195h

 

Initialize CD-ROM drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0196h

 

Reset segment-register addressibility from 4GB to normal 64K by generating a

 

 

 

 

 

Shutdown 8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0197h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0198h

 

Search for option ROMs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0199h

 

Check support status for Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology (disk-

 

 

 

 

 

failure warning).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

019Bh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

019Ch

 

Perform late SMM initialization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

019Dh

 

Initialize Security Engine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

019Eh

 

Enable hardware interrupts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

019Fh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01A0h

 

Verify that the system clock is interrupting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01A2h

 

Setup Numlock indicator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01A4h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01A8h

 

Remove "Press F2" prompt from the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01AAh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01ACh

 

Enter SETUP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Satellite M30-35 Maintenance Manual (960-455)

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Toshiba M30-35 manual Debugging port boot mode status 5/7

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