HP A7818-IE002 User Manual
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Tests And Error Messages
Order In Which POSTs Occur
Chapter 4
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76h
Check for keyboard errors
Keyboard Test
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
82h
Detect and install external RS 232 ports
83h
Configure non-MCD IDE controllers
84h
Detect and install external parallel ports
85h
Initialize PC-compatible PnP ISA devices
86h
Re-initialize onboard I/O ports
87h
Configure system board configurable devices
(optional)
88h
Initialize BIOS data area
89h
Enable Non-Maskable Interrupts (NMIs)
8Ah
Initialize extended BIOS data area
8Bh
Test and initialize PS/2
Mouse PS2 Test
8Ch
Initialize floppy controller
8Fh
Determine number of ATA drives (optional)
90h
Initialize hard disk controllers
Disc Ctrl. Init.
91h
Initialize local-bus hard disk controllers
Disc Bus Init.
92h
Jump to UsersPatch2
Maxilife Test
93h
Build MPTABLE for multiprocessor boards
95h
Install CD-ROM for boot
CDROM Ctr. Init.
96h
Clear huge ES segment register
97h
Fix multiprocessor table
98h
Search for option ROMs
Opt. Rom Detect.
99h
Check for SMART drive
9Ah
Shadow option ROMs
9Ch
Set up power management
9Dh
Initialize security engine (optional)
9Eh
Enable hardware interrupts
Table 4-4
POST Checkpoint Codes (Continued)
Checkpoint
Code
POST Routine Description
MaxiLife LCD
Display Message
Beep
Codes