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HP Vectra VL400 User Manual

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4 BIOS Overview

Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed

3Dh

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

40h

Set initial CPU speed

42h

Initialize interrupt vectors

44h

Initialize BIOS interrupts

45h

POST device initialization

47h

Initialize manager for PCI Option ROMs (Rel. 5.1 and earlier)

48h

Check video configuration against CMOS

49h

Initialize PCI bus and devices

4Ah

Initialize all video adapters in system

4Bh

Display QuietBoot screen

4Ch

Shadow video BIOS ROM

4Eh

Display BIOS copyright notice

50h

Display CPU type

51h

Initialize EISA board

52h

Test keyboard

54h

Set key click if enabled

56h

Enable keyboard

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 UserPatch1

66h

Configure advanced cache registers

Checkpoint

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POST Routine Description