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Bios addresses, System memory map – HP A7818-IE002 User Manual

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System BIOS

BIOS Addresses

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BIOS Addresses

This section provides a summary of the main features of the HP system BIOS. This is
software that provides an interface between the computer hardware and the operating
system. For the procedure to update the system ROM firmware, see page 70.

System Memory Map

Reserved memory that accessory boards use must reside in the area from C8000h to
EFFFFh.

HP I/O Port Map (I/O Addresses Used By The System, if
configured)

You access peripheral devices, accessory devices, and system controllers through the
system I/O space, which isn’t located in system memory space. The 64KB of addressable
I/O space comprises 8-bit and 16-bit registers (called I/O ports) located in the various

0000 0000 - 0000 03FF

Real-mode IDT

0000 0400 - 0000 04FF

BIOS data area

0000 0500 - 0009 FC00

Used by operating system

0009 FC00 - 0009 FFFF

Extended BIOS data area

000A_0000 - 000B_FFFF

Video RAM or SMRAM (not visible unless
in SMM)

000C 0000 - 000C 7FFF

Video ROM (VGA ROM)

000C 8000 - 000F FFFF

Adapter ROM, RAM, memory-mapped
registers, BIOS

000E 0000-000F FFFF

128KB BIOS (Flash/Shadow)

0001 0000-000F FFFF

Memory (1MB to 16MB)

0010 0000-001F FFFF

Memory (16MB to 32MB)

0020 0000-003F FFFF

Memory (32MB to 64MB)

0040 0000-007F FFFF

Memory (64MB to 128MB)

0080 0000-7FFF FFFF

Memory (128MB to 2GB)

FECO 0000

I/O APIC

FEEO 0000

Local APIC (each CPU)

FFF8 0000-FFFF FFFF

512KB BIOS (Flash)