2.4 System Board Troubleshooting

2 Troubleshooting Procedures

Table 2-5 Debug port (Boot mode) error status (1/10)

D port status

Inspection items

Details

 

 

 

Boot block

Permission of A20 and Clear of

 

 

software reset bit

 

 

Prohibition of APIC

 

 

 

 

 

Initialization of MCH and ICH

 

 

 

 

 

Initialization of Super I/O

 

 

 

 

 

Initialization of debug port

 

 

 

 

 

Dummy read of 3rd Bus data

 

 

 

 

F000H

Only PIT CH0 initialization

 

 

(for HOLD_ON)

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS rewrite factor flag initialization

 

 

 

 

 

CHECK SUM CHECK

Transition to protected mode

 

 

 

 

 

Boot block checksum (skip when returned to S3)

 

 

(halts when error)

 

 

 

 

 

Checksum other than boot block (skip when

 

 

returned to S3)

 

 

 

F001H

EC/KBC rewrite check

If “rewrite” is requested, go to “BIOS rewrite process”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transition to system BIOS IRTwhen

 

 

returned to S3)

 

 

 

 

 

Key input

 

 

 

 

 

When a key is pressed, check if it is

 

 

Tilde key or Tab key

 

F002H

Initialization of SC

 

 

 

 

F005H

 

 

 

 

 

F006H

 

If Checksum check error occurred on except

 

BIOS rewrite request check

Boot Block or rewrite is required by user, go to

 

 

“BIOS rewrite process”.

 

 

 

F007H

BIOS signature check

 

 

 

 

F008H

Transits to System BIOS IRT

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS rewrite process

Initialization of ICHM. D31

 

 

 

 

 

DRAM configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Permission of cache (L1 cache only)

 

 

 

 

 

Memory clear

 

 

 

F009H

 

Transition to real mode and copy of BIOS to

 

 

RAM

 

 

 

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