75 ARK-6310 User Manual
Appendix B AWARD BIOS POST Messages
5F Reserved
60 Setup enable Display setup message and enable setup functions
61 Reserved
62 Reserved
63 Initialize & Install Mouse
Detect if mouse is present, initialize mouse, install inter-
rupt vectors.
64 Reserved
65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
66 Reserved
67 ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing
68 Reserved
69 Setup Cache Controller Initialize cache controller.
6A Reserved
6B Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto- configuration check up
6C Reserved
6D
Initialize Floppy Drive &
Controller
Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives.
6E Reserved
6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters
70 Reserved
71 Reserved
72 Reserved
73
Initialize Hard Drive &
Controller
Initialize hard drive controller and any drives.
74 Reserved
75 Install HDD IDE device detection and install
76 Reserved
77
Detect & Initialize Serial/
Parallel Port
Initialize any serial and parallel ports (also game port).
78 Reserved
79 Reserved
7A
Detect & Initialize Math
Coprocessor
Initialize math coprocessor.
7B Reserved
7C
HDD Check for
Write protection
HDD check out
7D Reserved
7E Reserved
7F POST error check
Check POST error and display them and ask for user
intervention
80 Reserved
81 Reserved
82 Security Check Ask password security (optional).
83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.
84 Pre-boot Enable
Enable parity checker. Enable NMI, Enable cache
before boot.
85 Initialize Option ROMs
Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to
EFFFFh. NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,
ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.
86 Reserved
Table B.1: Normal POST Codes