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Appendix b: bios post codes – SUPER MICRO Computer 5014C-MF User Manual

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Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes

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Appendix B:

BIOS POST Codes

This section lists the POST (Power On Self Testing) Codes for the Award BIOS.

POST (hex) Defi nition

CFh

Test CMOS R/W functionality

C0h

Early chipset initialization
- Disable shadow RAM
- Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below)
- Program basic chipset registers

C1h

Detect memory
- Auto detection of DRAM size, type and ECC
- Auto detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below)

C3h

Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM

C5h

Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM

0h1

Expand the Xgroup codes located in physical address 1000:0

02h

Reserved

03h

Initial Superio_Early_Init switch

04h

Reserved

05h

1. Blank out screen
2. Clear CMOS error fl ag

06h

Reserved

07h

1. Clear 8042 interface
2. Initialize 8042 self-test

08h

1. Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips
2. Enable keyboard interface

09h

Reserved

0Ah

1. Disable PS/2 mouse interface
2. Auto detect ports for keyboard & mouse followed by a port & interface swap (optional)
3. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips

0Bh

Reserved

0Ch

Reserved

0Dh

Reserved

0Eh

Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the
speaker.

0Fh

Reserved

10h

Auto detect fl ash type to load appropriate fl ash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD
& DMI support

11h

Reserved