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40. POST Codes
Please take reference to Phoenix-Award website for the latest post codes.
http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+Services/BIOS/AwardBIOS/Award+Error+Codes.ht
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40.1 Normal POST Code
Note:
EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h. ISA POST codes are output to
port address 80h.
Code (hex)
Name
Description
C0
Turn Off Chipset and
CPU test
OEM Specific-Cache control cache
Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification. Tests the following
processor status flags: Carry, zero, sign, overflow, the BIOS sets
each flag, verifies They are set, then turns each flag off and
verifies it is off.
Read/Write/Verify all CPU registers except SS, SP, and BP with
data pattern FF and 00. RAM must be periodically refreshed to
keep the memory from decaying. This function ensures that the
memory refresh function is working properly.
C1
Memory Presence
First block memory detect OEM Specific-Test to size on-board
memory. Early chip set initialization Memory presence test OEM
chip set routines clear low 64K of memory Test first 64K memory.
C2 Early
Memory
Initialization
OEM Specific- Board Initialization
C3
Extend Memory DRAM
select
OEM Specific- Turn on extended memory Initialization
Cyrix CPU initialization, Cache initialization
C4 Special
Display
Handling
OEM Specific- Display/Video Switch handling so that switch
handling display switch errors never occurs
C5
Early Shadow
OEM specific- Early shadow enable for fast boot
C6
Cache presence test
External cache size detection
CF
CMOS Check
CMOS checkup
B0
Spurious
If interrupt occurs in protected mode.
B1
Unclaimed NMI
If unmasked NMI occurs, display Press F1 to disable NMI, F2
reboot.
BF
Program Chip Set
To program chipset from defaults values
E1-EF
Setup Pages
E1- Page 1, E2 - Page 2, etc.
1
Force load Default to
chipset
Chipset defaults program
2 Reserved