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Appendix D: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

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1Ch

Initialize interrupt controllers for some shut-
downs.

20h

1-3-1-1

Verify that DRAM refresh is operating by
polling the refresh bit in PORTB.

22h

1-3-1-3

Reset the keyboard.

24h

Set segment-register addressibility to 4 GB.

28h

1-3-3-1

Using the table of configurations supplied
by the specific chipset module, test each
DRAM configuration to see if that particular
configuration is valid. Then program the
chipset to its autosized configuration.
Before autosizing, disable all caches and all
shadow RAM.

29h

1-3-3-2

Initialize the POST Memory Manager.

2Ah

Zero the first 512K of RAM.

2Ch

1-3-4-1

Test 512K base address lines.

2Eh

1-3-4-3

Test first 512K of RAM.

2Fh

Initialize external cache before shadowing.

32h

Compute CPU speed.

33h

Initialize the Phoenix Dispatch Manager.

34h

1-4-2-1

CMOS test.

36h

Vector to proper shutdown routine.

38h

Shadow the system BIOS.

3Ah

Autosize external cache and program cache
size for enabling later in POST.

Checkpoint
Code

Beep Code

Description