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Post codes – Acer 3000 User Manual

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Chapter 4

POST Codes

Code

Beeps

POST Routine Description

02h

Verify Real Mode

03h

Disable Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)

04h

Get CPU type

06h

Initialize system hardware

08h

Initialize chipset with initial POST values

09h

Set IN POST flag

0Ah

Initialize CPU registers

0Bh

Enable CPU cache

0Ch

Initialize caches to initial POST values

0Eh

Initialize I/O component

0Fh

Initialize the local bus IDE

10h

Initialize Power Management

11h

Load alternate registers with initial POST
values

12h

Restore CPU control word during warm boot

13h

Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices

14h

Initialize keyboard controller

16h

1-2-2-3

BIOS ROM checksum

17h

Initialize cache before memory autosize

18h

8254 timer initialization

1Ah

8237 DMA controller initialization

1Ch

Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller

20h

1-3-1-1

Test DRAM refresh

22h

1-3-1-3

Test 8742 Keyboard Controller

24h

Set ES segment register to 4 GB

26h

Enable A20 line

28h

Autosize DRAM

29h

Initialize POST Memory Manager

2Ah

Clear 215 KB base RAM

2Ch

1-3-4-1

RAM failure on address line xxxx

2Eh

1-3-4-3

RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of
memory bus

2Fh

Enable cache before system BIOS shadow

30h

1-4-1-1

RAM failure on data bits xxxx of high byte of
memory bus

32h

Test CPU bus-clock frequency

33h

Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager

36h

Warm start shut down

38h

Shadow system BIOS ROM

3Ah

Autosize cache

3Ch

Advanced configuration of chipset registers

3Dh

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

42h

Initialize interrupt vectors

45h

POST device initialization

46h

2-1-2-3

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