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S4 post codes – AMD Socket AM2+ Quad Core Processor 790GX User Manual

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Setup Init

Display setup message and enable setup
functions Detect if mouse is present,
initialize mouse, install interrupt
vectors. Special treatment to PS2
Mouse port
ACPI sub-system initializing

71 Setup

Cache

Controller

Initialize cache controller.

72

Install FDD

Enter setup check and auto-
configuration check up
Initialize floppy disk drive
controller and any drives.
Install FDD and setup BIOS data area
parameters

73

Install HDD

Initialize hard drive controller and
any drives.
IDE device detection and install
Initialize any serial and parallel
ports (also game port).

74

Detect & Initialize
Math Coprocessor

Initialize math coprocessor.

75

HDD Check for Write
protection

HDD check out

76 Reserved

77

Display POST error

Check POST error and display them
and ask for user intervention
Ask password security (optional).

78

CMOS and Option ROM
Init

Write all CMOS values back to RAM and
clear screen.
Enable parity checker
Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.
Initialize any option ROMs present
from C8000h to EFFFFh.
NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,
ROMs initialize from C8000h to
F7FFFh.

79 Reserved
7A Reserved
7B Reserved
7C Reserved
7D Boot

Medium

detection

Read and store boot partition head and
cylinders values in RAM

7E

Final Init

Final init for last micro details
before boot

7F

Special KBC patch

Set system speed for boot
Setup NumLock status according to Setup

80

Boot Attempt

Set low stack Boot via INT 19h.

FF Boot






S4 POST Codes

Code(hex) Name

Description

5A

Early Chipset Init

Early Initialized the super IO

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