2.4 System Board Troubleshooting

2 Troubleshooting Procedures

Table 2-4 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

 

 

 

 

 

Setting of printer port

 

 

 

 

F000H

BTBK_START

 

 

 

 

 

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

BTBK_CALC_CHKSUM_END

 

 

 

 

 

EC/KBC rewrite check

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

 

 

process”

 

 

 

 

Key input

 

 

 

 

 

When a key is pressed, check if it is

 

 

Tilde key or Tab key

 

 

 

 

F002H

BTBK_INI_SC_START

 

 

 

 

 

Initialization of SC

 

 

 

 

F003H

BTBK_INI_SC_ERR

 

 

 

 

F004H

BTBK_SC_HW_FAILURE

 

 

 

 

F005H

BTBK_INI_KBC_END

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS rewrite request check

If Checksum check error occurred on except

 

 

Boot Block or rewrite is required by user, go to

 

 

“BIOS rewrite process”.

 

 

 

F006H

BTBK_ENTER_CHK_BIOS_SIGN

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS signature check

 

 

 

 

F007H

BTBK_ENTER_SYSTEM_BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

Transits to System BIOS IRT

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS rewrite process

Initialization of ICHM. D31

 

 

 

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