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HP Vectra VL400 User Manual

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4 BIOS Overview

Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed

8Ch

Initialize floppy controller

8Fh

Determine number of ATA drives

90h

Initialize hard disk controllers

91h

Initialize local-bus hard disk controllers

92h

Jump to UsersPatch2

93h

Build MPTABLE for multi-processor boards

94h

Disable A20 address line (Rel. 5.1 and earlier)

95h

Install CD ROM for boot

96h

Clear huge ES segment register

97h

Fixup Multi Processor table

99h

Check for SMART drive

9Ah

Shadow option ROMs

9Ch

Set up Power Management

9Eh

Enable hardware interrupts

9Fh

Determine number of ATA drives

A0h

Set time of day

A2h

Check key lock

A4h

Initialize typematic rate

A8h

Erase F2 prompt

AAh

Scan for F2 key stroke

ACh

Enter SETUP

AEh

Clear IN POST flag

B0h

Check for errors

B2h

POST done - prepare to boot operating system

B5H

Terminate QuietBoot

Checkpoint

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POST Routine Description