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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