Asus P5E - Manual (Page 175)

P5E A-5
CPUSPEED
1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640K memory address.
2. Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU.
3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: onboard IDE controller.
4. Measure CPU speed.
5. Invoke video BIOS.
TESTVRAM
1. Initialize multi-language
2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU speed .
RESET KB Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips.
8254TEST Test 8254
8259MSK1 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1.
8259MSK2 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2.
8259TEST Test 8259 functionality.
Reserved Initialize EISA slot
COUNTMEM
1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page.
2. Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU.
MP INIT
1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU
2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range.
3. Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU.
4. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable
ranges between each CPU are not identical.
USB INIT Initialize USB
TEST MEM Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0)
SHOW MP Display number of processors (multi-processor platform)
PNP LOGO
1. Display PnP logo
2. Early ISA PnP initialization
-Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device.
Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code.
SHOW EZF
(Optional Feature)
Show message for entering AWDFLASH.EXE from FDD (optional)
ONBD IO
1. Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch.
2. Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch.
EN SETUP
Okay to enter Setup utility; i.e. not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS
setup utility.
MSINSTAL Initialize PS/2 Mouse
CHK ACPI Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h
EN CACHE Turn on L2 cache
SET CHIP
Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration
table.
AUTO CFG
1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices.
2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to
“AUTO”.
INIT FDC
1. Initialize floppy controller
2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware.
CUTIRQ12
(Optional Feature)
Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if :
-AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive.
-ALT+F2 is pressed
DET IDE Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, DVDROM…..
COM/LPT Detect serial ports & parallel ports.
DET FPU Detect & install co-processor