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Acer 5220G User Manual

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Chapter 4

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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

Check ROM copyright notice

48h

Check video configuration against CMOS

49h

Initialize PCI bus and devices

4Ah

Initialize all video adapters in system

4Bh

QuietBoot start (optional)

4Ch

Shadow video BIOS ROM

4Eh

Display BIOS copyright notice

50h

Display CPU type and speed

51h

Initialize EISA board

52h

Test keyboard

54h

Set key click if enabled

58h

2-2-3-1

Test for unexpected interrupts

59h

Initialize POST display service

5Ah

Display prompt “Press F2 to enter
SETUP”

5Bh

Disable CPU cache

5Ch

Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB

60h

Test extended memory

62h

Test extended memory address lines

64h

Jump to User Patch1

66h

Configure advanced cache registers

67h

Initialize Multi Processor APIC

68h

Enable external and CPU caches

69h

Setup System Management Mode (SMM)
area

6Ah

Display external L2 cache size

6Bh

Load custom defaults (optional)

6Ch

Display shadow-area message

6Eh

Display possible high address for UMB
recovery

70h

Display error messages

72h

Check for configuration errors

76h

Check for keyboard errors

7Ch

Set up hardware interrupt vectors

7Eh

Initialize coprocessor if present

80h

Disable onboard Super I/O ports and
IRQs

81h

Late POST device initialization

Code

Beeps

POST Routine Description