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Appendix B AWARD BIOS POST Messages
6C Reserved
6D Reserved
6E Reserved
6F Reserved
70 Setup Init
Display setup message and enable setup functions
Detect if mouse is present, initialize mouse, install inter-
rupt vectors. Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port ACPI
sub-system initializing
71
Setup Cache
Controller
Initialize cache controller.
72 Install FDD
Enter setup check and auto11 configuration check up Ini-
tialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives. Install
FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters
73 Install HDD
Initialize hard drive controller and any drives. IDE device
detection and install Initialize any serial and parallel ports
(also game port).
74
Detect & Initialize Math
Coprocessor
Initialize math coprocessor.
75
HDD Check for Write
protection
HDD check out
76 Reserved
77 Display POST error
Check POST error and display them and ask for user
intervention
Ask password security (optional).
78
CMOS and Option
ROM Init
Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.
Enable parity checker Enable NMI, Enable cache before
boot. Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to
EFFFFh. NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled, ROMs
initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.
79 Reserved
7A Reserved
7B Reserved
7C Reserved
7D
Boot Medium
detection
Read and store boot partition head and cylinders values
in RAM
7E Final Init Final init for last micro details before boot
7F Special KBC patch
Set system speed for boot. Setup NumLock status
according to Setup.
80 Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h.
FF Boot
Table B.2: Quick POST Codes
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