82 Intel® Server Board S1200BT Service Guide
Table 6. POST Progress Code LED Example
• Upper nibble bits = 1010b = Ah; Lower nibble bits = 1100b = Ch; the two are 
concatenated as ACh.
Table 7. Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder
LEDs
Upper Nibble LEDs Lower Nibble LEDs
MSB LSB
LED #7 LED #6 LED #5 LED #4 LED #3 LED #2 LED #1 LED #0
8h 4h 2h 1h 8h 4h 2h 1h
Status
ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF
Results
101011 0 0
Ah Ch
Progress Code
Diagnostic LED Decoder
O = On, X=Off
Upper Nibble           Lower Nibble
MSB 8h 4h 2h 1h     8h 4h 2h 1h LSB
#7 #6 #5 #4       #3 #2 #1 #0
Description
SEC Phase
0x01      X   X   X   X             X   X   X   O First POST code after CPU reset
0x02      X   X   X   X             X   X   O   X CPU Microcode load begin
0x03      X   X   X   X             X   X   O   O   Cache As RAM initialization begin
0x05      X   X   X   X             X   O   X   O SEC Core at Power On Begin.
0x06      X   X   X   X             X   O   O   X Early CPU initialization during Sec Phase
0x07      X   X   X   X             X   O   O   O Early South Bridge initialization
0x08      X   X   X   X             O   X   X   X Early North Bridge initialization
0x09      X   X   X   X             O   X   X   O End Of Sec Phase
0x0E      X   X   X   X             O   O   O   X CPU Microcode Not Found.
0x0F      X   X   X   X             O   O   O   O CPU Microcode Not Loaded.
PEI Phase
0x10      X   X   X   O             X   X   X   X PEI Core Starts