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HP Vectra VL400 User Manual

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4 BIOS Overview

Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed

67h

Initialize Multi Processor APIC

68h

Enable external and CPU caches

69h

Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area

6Ah

Display external L2 cache size

6Ch

Display shadow-area message

6Eh

Display possible high address for UMB recovery

70h

Display error messages

72h

Check for configuration errors

74h

Test real-time clock

76h

Check for keyboard errors

7Ah

Test for key lock on

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 Motherboard Configurable Devices

88h

Initialize BIOS Data Area

89h

Enable Non-Maskable Interrupts (NMIs)

8Ah

Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area

8Bh

Test and initialize PS/2

Checkpoint

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POST Routine Description